Tuesday, September 20, 2005

What hath Finkelstein wrought?

Here is one of the reviews from Amazon.com, Norman Finkelstein's, Beyond Chutzpah : On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. More on the DePaul professor in the previous post.

(Three stars) NOT FAR ENOUGH, September 19, 2005Reviewer: JEW HATER "MARK" (DETROIT) - See all my reviews FINKELSTEIN'S HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, ESPECIALLY FOR A JEW. HE RECOGNIZES HOW DESPICABLE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS ARE, AND HOW WHINY THE REST OF THE JEWS ARE. HE DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH THOUGH. HE DOESN'T TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THOSE PEOPLE. TIME FOR ACTION!!!

Amazon will probably do the right thing and pull this "review." Yes, there are some reviews that are less strident and not racist, but DePaul should realize, when you hook up with a guy like Norman Finkelstein, this kind of dreck will come to the surface. Also, doing a Google or Yahoo! search on Norman Finkelstein, will take you to a lot of white supremacist sites.

UPDATE 9:15PM. 9/20/05: Amazon pulled the offensive post today.

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