Foxman

Foxman is making a categorical identification of anti-Semitism on any (even theoretical) linkage between Israeli actions and anti-American actions.

Matthew Yglesias » David Petraeus, Jew-Hater 2010

Foxman is a formerly impressive leader of a formerly respected organization.

Matthew Yglesias » Foxman Steps Up His Campaign Against Fairness 2009

I think what Foxman is saying, in an honest but perhaps not so elegant way, is that, given the current world climate and attitudes towards Israel and Zionism — as clearly exemplified by many of the comments above [this is based on the comments on washingtonmonthly, not here] — “fairness” or “balance” in a syntactic sense may not be a particularly relevant capacity.

Matthew Yglesias » Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It 2009

Foxman is making a categorical identification of anti-Semitism on any (even theoretical) linkage between Israeli actions and anti-American actions.

Matthew Yglesias » David Petraeus, Jew-Hater 2010

Foxman is doing nothing of the sort. scythia says:

Matthew Yglesias » David Petraeus, Jew-Hater 2010

Foxman is a fucking intellectually dishonest Zionist – or is that a redundancy?

Matthew Yglesias » Foxman Steps Up His Campaign Against Fairness 2009

While Smith’s article isn’t crystal clear, I think it’s obvious enough what Foxman is referring to.

Matthew Yglesias » Foxman Steps Up His Campaign Against Fairness 2009

As Calderon basically said in #13, I think what Foxman is decrying is what he sees as Mitchell’s “moral equivalence” rather than his fairness as such.

Matthew Yglesias » Foxman Steps Up His Campaign Against Fairness 2009

Technically, there’s option (c) Foxman is unaware of what Petraeus said.

Matthew Yglesias » David Petraeus, Jew-Hater 2010

Or, to put it another way using Goldberg's words, Goldberg's calling Foxman's speech an act of "cowardice" might be an example of someone "who offers up these sorts of theories and is imposing their own mental states on others."

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