The article is disturbing enough to keep you up at night--at least if you don't recognize it as primarily rhetorical--things are not that bad, at least not yet--

But it is important to understand is that the weavers and spinners of anti-semitic poison are gaining ground in European media, in academics, and is even penetrating the left--which is most disturbing, because the left was once the stronghold against them--

Martin isn't familar with the rhetoric of this "new" antisemitism" so he can't tell the difference between it and the legitimate questions, hestitations, and fears that folks have about what is happening in the Middle East--and he doesn't think he needs to--he just goes after everybody--

The people that Martin likes to tangle with here are not the Leftist Anti-Semitic Intellectuals that George Will or anyone else is talking about--on the other hand, Martin is not the cause of all the problems in the world either--there are some very vicious anti-semites out there, and some of them ply their trade on this forum when they can--