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18:51 - Just so's we're clear
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=5604_Fifth_Column_Rappers
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I don't think many thinking people are fooled by this sort of thing, but apparently there are a lot of people who need reality to have subtitles. So here's one piece of helpful translation:
Although he makes no bones about loathing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government ("I disagree with every aspect of Sharon"), Ahmad maintains that neither he nor anyone in the group is anti-Semitic.
"I am a Semite, so I can't be anti-Semitic," says Ahmad, pointing out that the correct definition of the word "Semite" is anyone speaking a Semitic language, including Arabs.
"We all come from Abraham . . . the Quran says that if you don't follow all the prophets, you're not a real Muslim," he says as the others nod.
Anybody who answers the question "Are you anti-Semitic?" with a tangent about what the definition of "Semitic" is, is anti-Semitic. Yes, yes-- I understand how broad the definition of "Semites" is in an ethnic and linguistic sense. But the interviewer needed a big sign to be floating behind him that read: YOU KNOW WHAT HE MEANT.
This is called a "dodge", and it is a tactic used by people who don't want to give a straight and truthful answer on the grounds that it will be self-incriminating.
(Via LGF.)
Me, I like Trey and Matt's exchange at the beginning of one of one of the South Park DVDs.
Trey: Many viewers see us making fun of Jews on the show a lot, and they want to know: Are you guys anti-Semitic?
Matt: <chuckling> Well, it's a fair question; but considering that I'm Jewish, I'd say it would be pretty hard for me to be anti-Semitic.
Trey: <sunny indulgent smile> I am, however.
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