So Alan Dershowitz thinks Keith Ellison is Anti-Semitic but not Steve Bannon

[Quixote1818]

Can someone explain WTF is going on with Dershowitz?

On Edit: I know a lot of us on the left think Israel is heavy handed including a crap load of Jewish folks like Jon Stewart who have been very critical of Netanyahu. I get the sense that because he supports Israel 100% that he tries to gas light the left who ask questions about how heavy handed Israel can be. It's intellectually dishonest on his part. I am sure there are some anti-Semitic's on the far left but the bulk of liberals have zero problem with Jewish folks but serious problems with Netanyahu and the treatment of Palestine. They are two very different issues.

[Cattledog]

1. Degeneration of the brain?

[bettyellen]

2. $$$$

[elleng]

3. OH ffs. dershowitz lost it years ago.

IGNORE!

[baldguy]

6. And yet he keeps popping up in threads on DU denouncing Ellison.

[elleng]

7. No surprise, really.

There is a fair number of haters here, unfortunately.

[CincyDem]

4. Dershowitz exemplifies the diversity that exists within all groups.

Just because he's Jewish, doesn't meant that he's rational on this topic. I'm sure there's some other agenda in his mind that allows all this to make sense. And, as your question implies, it's likely an outlier agenda relative to the bulk of the Jewish community in the US. That said, there are women who say Bannon isn't sexist, there are African Americans who say Bannon isn't racists, hell...there are probably Muslims who aren't sure that he's Islamophoic.

My point is, just because someone is a ____________ (fill in the blank), that doesn't mean they understand the -ism that affects their community.

Personally - I think Dershowitz is an ass.

[stone space]

5. Alan Who? Is that the Torture Warrant guy? His name sounds familiar.

[oberliner]

8. Let me tell you how it works with Alan Dershowitz

If he thinks you are pro-Israel, then you are not anti-semitic.

If he thinks you are anti-Israel, then you are.

That's pretty much it.

[Quixote1818]

11. Agree. See what I added in my OP. nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. Keith Ellison is as inarticulate as DWS.

Why Ellison? He could generate the same kind of backlash as Obama. He doesn't present a good argument when he is on MSNBC. There are others to choose from. A passionate full time person.

[Quixote1818]

13. To be honest I think Ellison would be a distraction myself

I personally like him but he would be an easy target and we should look elsewhere.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. Exactly. Why him? Remember... Bernie isn't a Democrat.

I want Howard Dean back, but then again I may be too old to know who would be best in the job.

[LenaBaby61]

10. Dershowitz ....

Really lost it bout 10 years ago.

[UTUSN]

12. Well, there's OJ.