June 15, 2005

Perfect irrationality: the shortest route between anti-semitism and Islamophobia

I've overlooked the fact that Gilad Atzmon has tried to portray his detractors as giving vent to a singularly Jewish, indeed, zionist self-indulgence. This, of itself, is a grotesque distortion of our position. Gilad Atzmon has made many anti-semitic pronouncements. I won't bore readers with still more quotes. Visit his site and read beyond his disclaimer. It wouldn't be accurate, though, to call him a neo-nazi. However, his association with Paul Eisen and his willingness to distribute Paul Eisen's holocaust denying literature (with which, apparently, Atzmon has "slight disagreements") does mean that where Atzmon goes he carries the shadow of neo-nazism with him. The anti-semitism should be enough to make him persona non grata but Paul Eisen links with approval to the Zundelsite. Click on the link in the headline to this post and then check out Zundel. Find the section headed Victims of Zion. See who these victims are. I'm not Deborah Lipstadt so I don't want to give them the publicity they have so far lacked but way down the page is a "Victim of Zion" called Nick Griffin. Yes, it's him, the BNP leader being touted as "victim of Zion" and this on account of a conviction for racism. But Griffin's racism isn't directed at Jews these days and he doesn't claim to be anti-"zionist", unlike his competitor/mentor, John Tyndal. No, Griffin's beef is "Islamisation".

The reason we are opposed to any form of racism is because we are opposed to all forms of racism and any flirtation with an anti-semite, yes, a rambling, bumbling, self-contradicting one, but an anti-semite all the same, is a step on a route from anti-semitism to Islamophobia and all other racism too.

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