tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post172725781895913957..comments2023-10-03T23:58:17.279+11:00Comments on Middle East Reality Check: Phillip Adams Hails Israeli 'Martyrs'MERChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500573372528287733noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-53842916630045803432013-07-08T04:57:22.825+10:002013-07-08T04:57:22.825+10:00Yes, he's a strange case. It's as though h...Yes, he's a strange case. It's as though his judeophilia, triggered in his childhood/youth by association with progressive Jews in the Communist Party (and with which I have no problem) somehow interferes with and inhibits a full appreciation of political Zionism and its crimes. His interview with Saree Makdisi in particular (See my 19/9/09 post 'He Just Doesn't Get It') seems to me to be a classic case of an individual struggling with a massive bout of cognitive dissonance.MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-52766855237163431112013-07-07T21:56:38.768+10:002013-07-07T21:56:38.768+10:00I usually listen to ABC radio at work, not to be i...I usually listen to ABC radio at work, not to be informed, but to keep up with the dominant paradigm.<br />Adams often throws in little comments declaring 'exceptionalism' of Jews.<br />Last week, I think during (??) interview with Oliver Stone he stated that Jews are represented above their numerical presence among us in fields like literature, music or basically 'fine arts'.<br />If anyone made the same claim of Jews in the field of banking, or politics or holywood, they'd be decried as so called "anti-Semites".<br /><br />I don't know if it was you that 1st brought the following to my attention; but I think this statement by Adams shows that in spite of the fact that he calls himself an Athiest; he sure does seem to worship Jews or perhaps even suffers from Metzitzah Envy.<br /><br />"So I’m proud my daughter converted to Judaism. And I hope that Meaghan’s research shows that great-grandma was Jewish.<br /><br />Phillip Adams ao, October 1998"Kostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671075111499067052noreply@blogger.com