![]() In my book on postcommunist Holocaust denial, as well as in a number of other articles, I have insisted on the extensiveness of the use of this device not only in postcommunist East-Central Europe, but also in "established" democracies of the Western hemisphere. It is therefore unsurprising to find the political discourse of utilitarian anti-Semites to be self-contradictory in a longer-term perspective. But it is a matter that brings to the fore the singularly PRESENT orientation of utilitarian anti-Semites, who seem to believe that the only thing that counts is what serves the need of the moment, and that the future can always be dealt with starting from scratch. That such political alliances are shortsighted and, more often than not, return to haunt the utilitarian anti-Semites themselves is another matter altogether. ![]() Failure to distance oneself from anti-Semitic views in the hope of enlisting the support of those who are obviously prejudiced, or even forging political alliances with them, can be just as telling as embracing their views openly. "Utilitarian anti-Semitism" refers to the occasional exploitation of anti-Semitic prejudice for the needs of the moment by politicians who, by and large, are probably not anti-Semitic. Deconstructing The Salad: Utilitarian Anti-Semitism DECONSTRUCTING HOLOCAUST DENIAL: ROMANIA'S CUCUMBER SEASON REVISITED (Part 2)ģ. ![]()
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