In the mind of many people I know, Ruth Wisse has a handicap which is that she cannot write a simple article without contradicting herself at least once on something that is vital to the point she is trying to make. I do not speak, read or write Yiddish so I cannot tell you whether or not this is due to the fact that she is immersed in that culture but she is a professor of Yiddish and comparative literature at Harvard, and people close to that culture often show signs of suffering that same handicap. In any case, whatever the reason for her handicap, Ruth Wisse is back doing her shtick in her favorite publication, the Wall Street Journal. This is where on October 1, 2010 she wrote an article under the title: “At Harvard, Groupthink About Islam”. The article is exactly what you would expect from someone of her caliber.
In the article Ruth tells the story of Martin Peretz who stirred up a controversy because of a blog he wrote at the New Republic's website for which she says he “admits that he wasn't blameless” and she adds that he “apologized and sought atonement.” He did so, she says, at a Harvard sponsored event not too long ago. She does not, however, say much about what else happened at the event itself except to single out the reaction of a member of some committee who declared that everyone on his committee “was – without exception – appalled by Peretz's comments.”
This declaration irks her no end and she expresses her annoyance by mocking the member that made it in this way: “Why not, then, organize an open forum where Mr. Peretz might engage with his critics? That, presumably, was out of the question: better to ensure that students know which side 'everyone – without exception' is on.” What she is saying here is that contrary to what the member of the committee has declared, she believes there are exceptions. In fact, she is so certain there are people who will disagree with the member's declaration and agree with Martin Peretz that she challenges the university to seek these people out by organizing an open forum where they will come from hiding and engage with Peretz.
As far as I am concerned, it does not really matter whether there is one person who will agree just a little with Peretz or there are a hundred of them who will disagree vehemently with him. What is of concern to me here is that Ruth Wisse, the professor of Yiddish and comparative literature at Harvard, holds two exactly opposite opinions at the same time, and yet the University is still paying her real money to screw up the minds of her students and everyone who might be exposed to her views. Look what this holder of a PhD is saying; she is saying not everyone agrees with a statement made by a member of the committee and this is proof that groupthink exists at Harvard. To repeat, she says the disagreement is proof that groupthink exists. How much do you pay someone that cannot see how absurd this is? And come to think of it, who the hell is the editor at the Wall Street Journal that accepts such articles for publication?
And of course, there is a deeper reason why Peretz wrote what he wrote and why Wisse agrees with him. Actually, there are two interlocking reasons, each of which was expressed by one of them. Let me begin with what he wrote on his website and apologized for: “...I wonder whether I need honor these people [Muslims] and pretend that they are worthy of the privileges of the First Amendment which I have in my gut the sense that they will abuse." As to the other reason, she expresses it in writing this way: “Like him [Peretz], I too regret that Muslim political culture in the U.S. and internationally is not ... life-affirming. Where are the campus protests against Hamas ... against Muslim ... bombers in … Afghanistan and Pakistan? … Universities ought to be encouraging, not inhibiting, that development.”
My friend, my dear reader, if you liked the saying in Animal Farm as it was put down by the pigs: “All animals are equal except that some are more equal than others,” you will love what these two Jews have said because what they said is the mirror image of how the pigs put it. Basically what the Jews are saying is this: Because America is a nation of laws, let the law apply to everyone equally but make it so that some are less equal than others by exempting the Muslims from the protection of the provision of the Constitution which gives everyone the right to speak freely because these people will abuse that right. And in the interest of equal protection which is also in the American Constitution, let us make it a rule, at least on the university campuses of the nation, to the effect that the Muslims can only protest against Hamas and such. Don't you love it, my friend, when there is not a rabbi around to counsel the Jews how to put things without sounding like an asshole!
And I know exactly what these two characters want. In fact, it is not only these two who want it; it is the World Jewish Congress, AIPAC and all their Jewish affiliates worldwide. It is what they have been asking me to deliver for nearly half a century, the reason why I am still blacklisted by them and by their cohorts, and the reason why this website exists at all. I am of Egyptian origin, having lived in Egypt for a year and a half as an infant and then for seven more years as a teenager. I am not even a Muslim and they have managed to keep me from enjoying my right to speak freely all these years unless and until I “freely” praise Israel and the Jews from here to eternity and I “freely” condemn everything Arab and Muslim from here to eternity.
So then, the question becomes: Do they really believe that my “freely” expressed opinions will be noticed by an Arab or a Muslim anywhere in the world and will change things to their liking? Of course not. In fact, nothing of what is happening today was happening in the Nineteen Sixties when they first blacklisted me, a condition they promised will remain in force until I came to my senses and learned to freely praise Israel and the Jews from here to eternity, and learned to freely condemn everything Arab and Muslim from here to eternity. But to be fair to them I must admit they also promised that if I came to my senses and agreed to do as they say, they will see to it that I win every prize I can think of -- from the smallest prize they would invent specifically for me in the Quebec Province of Canada to the Pulitzer which they give away in America to the Oscar which is a Hollywood thing to the Nobel which is international -- and what have you. Not to forget the honorary PhDs they will have the universities of the world bestow on me.
But if not to impress the Arabs or the Muslims, what are those Jews after? They are after the legislators in Ottawa, in Washington as well as those who run the Provincial and State governments. The Jews want this display of affection for their causes from people like me and from other Arabs and Muslims, and they want a display of revulsion for everyone else, especially the other Arabs and Muslims. They want this very badly to impress upon the legislators that they too ought to reflect the mood of the people by displaying the same sort of sentiments. The intent here is that when this happens and the legislators pop up on every television screen to express how much they love the Jews and Israel, and hate the Arabs and the Muslims, the Jewish leaders will maintain their dictatorial rule over Ottawa, Washington and the Provincial and State legislatures. When the Jewish leaders have this safely under their belt, they will have the power, the money and the weapons that they and Israel will need, the flow of which they hope to maintain for as long as they can keep the nonsense going.
Well, knowing what you know now about Ruth Wisse, you can tell she does not have the brains to think this far or think up something this complicated. She is only the running dog that is trained by her handlers to bark in a given way at every occasion. But there is one thing she cannot get away from; she cannot write an article in which she does not contradict herself which is what nullifies the point she is trying to make and defeat her own purpose every time. Those poor handlers, they could not find someone with a higher IQ.
I knew someone who used to say: “They are ignorant and they have the PhDs to prove it.” I thought this was a joke until I began to read Ruth R. Wisse of Harvard University, and in my mind at least, this does not constitute a joke anymore. It is sad but it is the reality of a Brave New World that is not yet governed entirely by the World Jewish Congress. But the war is still raging and you can imagine what it will be like if these guys score a complete victory and actually come to dominate the whole world.