What Would Qualify As An Anti-Muslim Sentiment?
Shorter Col. Mustard: The attacks on Marty Peretz are grossly unfair. He didn’t literally say that Muslims should be deprived of First Amendment rights; he merely said that they were unworthy of First Amendment rights. I don’t see any anti-Muslim sentiment there at all!
You might wonder how Jacobson would deal with the fact that Peretz himself has conceded that his unambiguously anti-Muslim comments were beyond the pale. But don’t worry, the Duke of Dijon is nothing if not up on every point in the winger rebuttal book:
The fact that Peretz feels obligated to respond shows that the accusations that he is anti-Muslim were very damaging and growing, from people who didn’t like him to begin with.
Yes, Marty is the real victim here! He’s paid a severe price for his extensive history of similar comments. Why, a decade ago he had a comfortable sinecure as editor of The New Republic, and now…this is central to his point.
Shorter Jacobson:
How dare you call racists and religious bigots racist and bigoted!
Pretty much what conservatives have been saying for decades (the people who criticize my bigotry are the REAL bigots!).
Also it’s okay to call someone a bigot–as long as that someone isn’t a person you “don’t’ like to begin with”.
How dare you call racists and religious bigots racist and bigoted!
Pretty much what conservatives have been saying for decades (the people who criticize my bigotry are the REAL bigots!).
Just change Muslim to Jew and figure it out. The media doesn’t seem to be able to.
Haiiiiiiiiii