Brown University students should have the intellectual maturity to
judge for themselves what constitutes irrational " hate speech " and
what is simply dissent from more conformist points of view.
For example, anti-Zionism should not be mindlessly linked to anti-Semitism. When Catholic priests and bishops simply " defend the faith " of 2000 years they should not be immediately branded " haters ".
What is fresh about Bernie Sanders' " democratic socialism " is that it rises above Hillary's fatuous " identity politics " and focuses on unacceptable economic inequality which affects ALL races and ethnic groups, and both sexes.
One litmus test for incipient fascism is a hateful attitude toward organized labor and the rights of working class people to unionize. Left wing Jews have played an honorable role in working class struggles. Read Irving Howe's popular book " World of Our Fathers ".
For example, anti-Zionism should not be mindlessly linked to anti-Semitism. When Catholic priests and bishops simply " defend the faith " of 2000 years they should not be immediately branded " haters ".
What is fresh about Bernie Sanders' " democratic socialism " is that it rises above Hillary's fatuous " identity politics " and focuses on unacceptable economic inequality which affects ALL races and ethnic groups, and both sexes.
One litmus test for incipient fascism is a hateful attitude toward organized labor and the rights of working class people to unionize. Left wing Jews have played an honorable role in working class struggles. Read Irving Howe's popular book " World of Our Fathers ".
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