Comments on: British anti-Israel profs lose the fight http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/12/5735 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/12/5735/comment-page-1#comment-34692 Alex Bensky Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:18:42 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5735#comment-34692 Trade unionists supporting Palestinians, who have nothing resembling a free trade union, as opposed to Israel, which has a very strong labor movement. Ah, yes, what Meryl calls "the Exception Clause" but is properly referred to as "The Bensky Corollary to Everything" proves itself yet again. I was never much of a leftist but one reason I'm not one at all is that by every proclaimed value of the left, leftists should be wildly pro-Israel. Instead they tend to be wildly anti-Israel, which demonstrates that what really motivates them is not what they claim it is. As to what really motivates some, not all: if I were a cynic I'd say it's anti-Semitisim, but credulous soul that I am, I'm sure it's something else. I just can't figure out what. Trade unionists supporting Palestinians, who have nothing resembling a free trade union, as opposed to Israel, which has a very strong labor movement. Ah, yes, what Meryl calls “the Exception Clause” but is properly referred to as “The Bensky Corollary to Everything” proves itself yet again.

I was never much of a leftist but one reason I’m not one at all is that by every proclaimed value of the left, leftists should be wildly pro-Israel. Instead they tend to be wildly anti-Israel, which demonstrates that what really motivates them is not what they claim it is.

As to what really motivates some, not all: if I were a cynic I’d say it’s anti-Semitisim, but credulous soul that I am, I’m sure it’s something else. I just can’t figure out what.

]]> By: david foster http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/12/5735/comment-page-1#comment-34687 david foster Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:57:32 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5735#comment-34687 This is an excellent outcome, of course. But the fact that the boycott proposal was made in the first place, and that it received so much support, is one more piece of evidence about the degree to which much of academia has become the enemy of civilization. This is an excellent outcome, of course. But the fact that the boycott proposal was made in the first place, and that it received so much support, is one more piece of evidence about the degree to which much of academia has become the enemy of civilization.

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