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Subject: Re: [Marxism] Shifting opinion on Israel



Les Schaffer <schaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
"i turned to my tablemates and asked if anyone needed elaboration on my views.
they all agreed (roughly) with what i said, and then one (non-Jew)
admitted to me she is not comfortable criticizing Israel, especially around
Jews.
we sort-of-Jews need to make the non-Jew crowd feel better about their
anti-Israeli sentiments.

COMMENT

(1) You may not appreciate how true that is.
Numerous discussions with non-Jewish 'sort-of' progressives, and just plain
human-shocked-at-what-is-happening' - are stifled if anyone comes into ear
shot.

(2) I am certainly not taking a rise.
But I think it is worth pointing out that Hinduism is not well understood in
the West - as well as Islam. I was brought up in an intensely religious family.
Anyone who has been so, and become a secularist (and not necessarily a Marxist)
- perforce finds the fervent born-again Islamic protestations of some on this
list, a bit weird.
Hari Kumar



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