This is hate speech as far as I am concerned. It is ugly and unacceptable from anyone, especially from a member of the US House of Representatives. Maybe he’s getting the media attention he craves, but these remarks dehumanize a group of people and create a context for discrimination and violence.
This is a humorous account of a very serious event, including local twitter updates: http://foknewschannel.com/bin-laden-dead/
See Laurence H. Kant, “Anti-Semitism on Rise in West,” op-ed, Lexington Herald Leader, January 8, 2007: Antisemitism1
Sad, but illuminating. And there's some hope with the popular anger against the murderer and…
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DR. LAURENCE H. KANT (LARRY KANT), MYSTIC SCHOLAR: Engaged Mysticism and Scholarship in the Pursuit of Wisdom;
Discovering meaning in every issue and facet of life; Integrating scholarship, spirituality, mysticism, poetry, community, economics, and politics seamlessly.
Historian of Religion: Ph.D., Yale University, 1993 (Department of Religious Studies); Exchange Scholar, Harvard University, Rabbinics, 1983-84; M.A., 1982, Yale, 1982 (Department of Religious Studies); M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 1981; B.A., Classics (Greek and Latin), Tufts University, 1978; Wayland High School (Wayland, MA), 1974.
Served on the faculty of Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), York University (Toronto), and Lexington Theological Seminary (Lexington, KY).
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