http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x344598Someone an article posted on DU saying the Minister Farrakhan made an anti-semetic remark. Reading through the thread, I felt like I was witnessing the republican "the Democratic Party opposed the Civil Rights Movement, citing to (former) klansman Senator Byrd, as evidence.
Following was my response:
I know that the following comment will be angrily dismissed and/or flamed, but ...
from reading the article, the Minister Farrakhan did not say that "the Jews and Zionists ...", as the article says; what he said was "the 'Zionists' (are) trying to push the US into war." Is this a matter of semantics, or a distinction without a difference? I think not!
The fact is, one does not have to be Jewish to be a Zionist.
OKAY ... HERE COMES THE PART MANY WILL REALLY HATE ... It is not a stretch to argue that the Zionists are to Judaism, what radical Islamist are to Islam, or what (in a more extreme example) what klansmen are to Christianity.
The Minister Farrakhan is many things, some of which are faults of his long ago past, and this past flavors the present perception of many. But to disabuse yourself of these misperceptions, I encourage those of interest to listen to/read his teachings of the last decade or two (his actual words, not a report of what he was to have said). I think that you would find that he promotes a pro-Black message (though this might prove troublesome enough for many); but the message is not an anti-{insert flavor of your choice} message.