tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post116993671009831689..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Racism, Marty Peretz and Anti-SemitismDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1169950640919487722007-01-27T18:17:00.000-08:002007-01-27T18:17:00.000-08:00It's Yglesias, and he definitely is Jewish (I'm gu...It's <I>Y</I>glesias, and he definitely is Jewish (I'm guessing of Sephardic descent by the last name, but definitely Jewish). <A HREF="http://www.matthewyglesias.com/" REL="nofollow">Matt Yglesias</A> is a very prominent mainline liberal blogger.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1169941535513211212007-01-27T15:45:00.000-08:002007-01-27T15:45:00.000-08:00I'm not certain that's the best analogy unless of ...I'm not certain that's the best analogy unless of course you consider antisemitism racism, which I certainly don't.<BR/><BR/>But you do make a good point about hypocrisy.<BR/><BR/>Marty is the mad uncle in the attic over at TNR (which explains why he has his own separate blog from The Plank). It's pretty common knowledge that Peretz has, shall we say "issues" with muslims, and that he tends to group them all into one category.<BR/><BR/>I think Jonathan made a mistake in taking Iglesias' bait. Though there was some merit to his reply, he put himself in the awkward position of having to either admit that his employer is quite the bigot, or pretend he doesn't realize this which is frankly, absurd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com