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From: bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Jesse Jackson: Anti-semite and Liar
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Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 11:16:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 11 11:16:40 1984
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I think that Anti-Semite is carrying it a bit too far.  What the
hell is a "Hymie"?  Well, I confess that I didn't know.  So I lay low
for a time to seek enlightenment.  Conclusions as follow -

A HYMIE seems to be an unfeeling but innocuous slur to use.  One of
the contributors to net.religion.jewish signs himself as a "Hymie from
Hymie-town".   It seems that in terms of severity, its no worse than
calling an Irish person a Paddy or a Mick.  Unfeeling to be sure, but
hardly bigoted.

If you wish to criticize  Jesse Jackson, pick on his total lack of a
realistic program, or the like ... but keep the accusations out of it.
In passing, I seem to recall from Newspaper articles that some members
of Jewish organizations had in fact been attacking Jackson from the start.

Before anyone starts laying in on me for Anti-Semitism/Racism - I never
met a Semite (Jewish or otherwise) nor a Black until I was old enough
to realise the absurdity of preconceptions.  The vestigal prejudices I
know I have, deal with a totally different situation altogether (And I'm
not telling you what they are!)


		Cheers,
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				Binayak Banerjee
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