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Professor Alan Dershowitz of Harvard Law School on the controversial book, “The Wandering Who,” and its endorsement by prominent college professor...
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-- a great thing about America's I can save that for -- but neither hide nor anyone especially the government and they're the ones that count because they have the guns in the right to use force.
No one in this country can force you to shut up.
We had the right to free speech.
And that means as long as you don't directly incite violence you could say just about anything.
What if you say something repulsive.
Hateful danger.
I can't forbid you to say it but don't have a moral responsibility to criticize you about it forcefully.
Yes says a man has been called the best known criminal lawyer in the world Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.
He's angry about a book and about college professors from Princeton University of Chicago who want the book so please -- -- Well.
Every year or some nut cases publish books that say the -- try to control the world with Hitler was right that the Holocaust didn't occur that Jews killed Christian children and use their blood to make not to.
Every year people publishing books like this and this is another book like that business is -- right capture and some obscure saxophone assuming went -- nobody takes particularly seriously -- on the left -- takes him seriously he's guardian says he's one of the London's finest saxophone up -- -- but I think his music seriously but his -- nobody takes seriously he hates the left as much as he -- the right -- if anybody who's Jewish.
Or is anything to do -- being generally is -- juries were ordered his -- says he hates the -- and him.
And that he would like to get rid of anything that relates to his Jewish background.
And so he writes all these things about Hitler and about the Holocaust and nobody would take it seriously except.
They're two very prominent professors have endorsed the book and told everybody presumably including their students to read it.
To think about it to reflect on it to -- -- -- -- imagine sending your kid to the university Chicago -- we guiding.
Now is professor marriage timer who's in the American academy of arts and sciences.
And he said read and discuss whether it -- was right whether the Jews kill Christian children how.
That gives an -- mature.
For the first time in my adult life to genuine anti semitism.
John -- Shriver says of course I don't agree with everything in the offices in the -- what blur bird does he like part float there's nothing in this book.
That deserves to be why it's conspiracy -- -- -- fascinating and provocative book on Jewish identity -- -- like video game that -- com is a provocative and serious book about German identity but not a bad Jewish identity this guy hates Jews -- everything about Jews makes up facts says the Holocaust didn't occur.
The idea that you would endorse this book written not by an academic.
Written by some obscure saxophone us why does a professor at the university Chicago endorsed this book because he hates Jews look I don't wanna censor anything let anybody you -- to -- what do you want -- why shame.
Professor -- chime -- we don't do enough shaming and our society shame on you for supporting bigotry and anti semitism and the worst kind of hatred.
People should come over diversity should throw my -- actually not student should go -- and say how could you have done that.
Faculty member should say at launch.
How come you're endorsing.
A book that could have been written by Hitler -- David duke.
What are you doing if you -- Ginnie I find ugly with -- -- absolutely the answer full speech is good speech the answer to bad speech is better speech.
-- at least engage in the marketplace of ideas.
And shame people for being coming complicit in the oldest bigotry in the world -- anybody.
Endorsed -- book which had views like this about black people.
About gay people about women it fundamentally I know you don't want to plug this book that we should give a title thanks for talking about at the wondering -- Study of Jewish identity politics not about Jewish -- -- politics he says the Jewish religion is the most dangerous religion in the world I mean this is the kind of junk.
That you expect to read on neo Nazi web -- by the way neo Nazi website love this book he's a hero to the neo Nazis.
Why is -- hero to John Mayer -- YSE hero to Richard -- why is he here.
Our caucus in -- in -- my university Princeton he he responded to our email.
Commercial armored didn't.
I endorse the book has -- story of the quest for Jewish identity.
Not as a narrative with which I approval.
I've never taken anti Semitic -- -- yes he has he has taken answers -- -- positions number one number two.
It don't do that on the cover of the book -- transforming Stuart story.
Should be reflected upon -- discussed widely if somebody had endorsed the book saying that slavery hadn't occurred.
Or that there were no rapes ever against the women.
They would be shamed today and I think the university.
And it's students and it's faculty -- to shame these professors they want to understand that what they've done.
This cross a terrible want ignore -- or third this book ignore the book but don't ignore me your timer.
Don't ignore fault some people might say -- What what -- so uptight about anti semitism seems to be decreasing in the United States the eighty -- surveys since 1960 asking people.
Do you agree -- disagree with this question.
It's gone from 40% believing things like Jews are more irritating.
Down to 17% today.
Well that's a good thing that's a good development is not true around the world -- gone up dramatically in France kind of dramatic -- -- gone up dramatically in many Arab countries and in many parts of the world.
And increasingly.
Being accepted on some college campuses today there was some of that and they Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.
Here's an interview with the union teacher in Los Angeles.
The zionist Jews were running these big banks -- our Federal Reserve which is not run by the federal government they need to be run out of this country.
So -- so that's a fringe comment most of the people don't agree with that so what their -- and -- some movement.
There's a diverse we have French not and have distinguished professor American academy of arts and sciences and another distinguished professor used to be -- -- -- for Palestinian affairs.
For the United Nations but remember what that -- -- She said zionist fusion -- -- distribution means Jews but you can use the word zionists today.
When you mean Jews.
And he says in this book over and over again zionists and Jews Jews zionist sold the same thing you know he calls the recent credit crunch -- IO punch he's saying Jews are responsible for what's going on in the world today.
That's what these professors are telling their students it's okay to say and consider.
On -- university campus you know there are certain things are generally -- -- university campuses.
Namely racism and sexism and homophobia.
What these guys are trying to do was say anti semitism is no longer taboo -- university campuses it's OK you don't wanna censor anybody but you want more criticism I want more criticism I want more shaming -- want when people make these kinds of endorsements don't want them double B held accountable for.
Thank you professor Alan --
