...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

The new McCarthyism: Were you to ask CUPE boss Sid Ryan what he thought of McCarthyism, that era in American history when Americans were hassled and blacklisted for having any connection to Communism unless they agreed to play ball with the House Committe and "name names," good lefty that he is he would no doubt say it was dreadful. Appalling. A dark period that brought out and reflected the worst of America. And yet, in calling for a boycott of Israeli academics, and saying that they should only be allowed to continue teaching if they publicly renounce Zionism--in essence, forcing them to answer the question "are you now or have you ever been a Zionist?"--isn't he employing exactly the same tactics as right-wing Senator Joseph McCarthy?

You see, these days most of the McCarthys--the kafir ones, anyway--can be found on the left.

Posted by: scaramouche at 22:26 | link | comments (2)

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#1  07 January 2009 - 01:23

 

OT:

Steve Paikin has just "interviewed" Babs Hall of the OHRC. You'll have to watch the podcast if you did not catch the show. Hall is aggressively, ferociously stupid. She clearly has no knowledge of her statutory mandate- she comes across as an intermeddling old busybody. But one with horrific sanctioning powers. It is clear that she has absolutely no idea the harm which the use of her powers entails- she is a clear and demonstrable threat to freedom of expression.

Fire. Them All.

Anonymous

#2  07 January 2009 - 11:14

 

Saw it. See my next post.

scaramouche

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