tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post1764046724755897279..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: McCarthyism and Israel's LeftBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-78381711941233540732010-02-10T06:53:46.838+02:002010-02-10T06:53:46.838+02:00There is McCarthyism in Israel. Actually it preda...There is McCarthyism in Israel. Actually it predates McCarthy. The Left has always used these methods against the Right.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-16055155373694045482010-02-09T19:33:27.829+02:002010-02-09T19:33:27.829+02:00It's all part of a high-powered PR assault on ...It's all part of a high-powered PR assault on Israel. That is, using specific words to elicit a strong response from the public, such as calling Israelis "Nazis" and Israel an "apartheid state."<br /><br />The later two have spread like wild fire and you find people making such comparisions everywhere from You Tube comments to the former president of the US.<br /><br />Personally, I think the accusation of McCarthyism is particularly dangerous if allowed to go unchecked as it could well lead to actual McCarthyism in Israel.<br /><br />The world is so politically correct and it seems (could be wrong) any pro-Zionist stance in Israel can subject an Israeli to an investigation or suspicion of being a subversive.<br /><br />(Note, I don't know if that's the case but when an Israeli blogger gets called to a police station it makes you wonder about genuine McCarthysim there).Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.com