A quick summary:
Norman Finkelstein posted various David Letterman-style "Top 10" lists about himself on his web site. Except these lists are all critical of Finkelstein. Sol believes these lists came from the web log CampusJ.
These include:
The 10 Nuttiest Things "The Nutty Assistant Professor" Has Said
The 10 Most Devastating Things People Have Said About Finkelstein
The 10 Biggest Lies Finkelstein Has Been Caught Telling
The 10 Most Despicable Things Finkelstein Has Said About Others
In that last batch, I want to bring out this quote timely quote:
....on the Simon Wiesenthal Centre"The Centre is renowned for its 'Dachau-meets-Disneyland' museum exhibitions and 'the successful use of sensationalistic scare tactics for fund-raising."
Here's what Sol says about Finkelstein's bizarre negative vanity:
Do you think DePaul University knew who Norman Finkelstein was before they hired him? If they did, they could have asked. Finkelstein has a wonderful resource on his own "issues" posted right there on his own web site. Apparently reposted from CampusJ, most people would re-post this stuff in order to respond to it. Finkelstein clearly feels no pressure to do so. Far-Leftists like Finkelstein wear this stuff as a badge of honor.
Sol's Finkelstein post is great, visit his blog and if you have a blog, link to it. He's also been a strong supporter of Thomas Klocek, the pro-Israel professor suspended by DePaul last September.
Finkelstein, incidentally, has been quite upfront in accusing Alan Dershowitz of plagiarism and not attributing sources in one of his books. I was unable to find the CampusJ post Sol cited.
If Sol is correct, and I bet he is, then he's caught Abnormal Norman committing a sin he's accused Dershowitz of: not attributing sources.UPDATE 7:15PM Sept 20, 2005: The sources are listed on the site, in a round about fashion, but they're there.
http://www.campusj.com/files/2005/04/18/10/14/32/dershowitzpamphletfinkelstein.doc
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