Alan Dershowitz and Jeffrey Toobin on Free Speech

[drpiddleton]

Every president you vote continues their war mongering crusade against countries who oppose US interests. Now you are planning to attack Iran at some stage because of the possibility that they maybe creating nuclear weapons.

[drpiddleton]

You have committed far worst atrocities than Israel has. Why don't you get angry about that and leave Israel alone!! Israel had never invaded another country half way around the world under the pretence of WMD!!! Israel is not trying to impose their ideological views on others.

[drpiddleton]

For those Americans who are critical of Israel I hope you are able to turn your scrutiny on your own country. May I remind that America hasn't been involved in a just war since the forties when you and your British and Russian defeated Hitler. Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq is a joke. Your sanctions that you have placed on countries who disagree with you have resulted in many 1000s dead.

[rightwing52000]

I didn't know the president of Harvard was fired over Israel.

[seans10]

Dershowitz is such a fucking liar. Summers wasn't booted from Harvard because of statements he made in defense of israel.

[seans10]

LOL - jews are afraid to speak their minds. If only.

[DBSpy1]

I just saw this guy on AOL,he made it sound like only Jews don't talk nasty,what gives. And by the way,I'm blond,blue and have had nose busted more than once form coward sucker punches defending my Jewish friends growing up, but I bet I could never get a good part in a TV show or movie because I'm (was blond) blond, that really hurts my feelings a whole lot. S. Calif.,a little outside of the Valley.

[peretz48]

I thought Dershowitz's take on how Lee Bollinger should have handled Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad was right on the mark- once you invite someone you have to extend the same courtesy as you would any other invitee. Of course you can then ask very specific questions to help illuminate what that person is really all about.

[bfoaliali]

On his point about Norman Finkelstein: Read both books. Be honest fellow members of YouTube. Read Dershowitz's book The Case for Israel. And read Norman Finkelsteins Beyond Chutzpah, and compare the two. Compare who is right, compare who uses real sources. Do not take my words. Use your own thoughts, I promise you the results will be crystal clear.

[mmitwaly]

What a liar! he turned the table around. He is accusing others what the Jews do. Kinda like calling the Palestinians terrorists.

[EdMahoney19]

@mmitwaly Notice the jews shield their speech under First Amendment Freedom of speech but censor nonjewish speech under First Amendment separation of church and state? For example, you can erect a menorah on public land, but not a nativity scene.

[slickrickdarula]

@EdMahoney19 watch out speaking ''truth'' as you did will get you called anti-semite lol

[EdMahoney19]

@slickrickdarula Pardon the pun, but that's TRUE.

[pazomblez]

It's so amusing to hear this fool talk about free speech.

He tried to stop Beyond Chutzpah from being published, even went so far as to write to the governor of California (the book was published by U. of California Press) to ask him to personally intervene on Dersh's behalf to get the book suppressed.

Dersh is worse than a stalinist commissar. At least they had no choice but to propagandize, they were doing it for fear of persecution. But Dershowitz lives in a free society and still does it.

[pazomblez]

@pazomblez

Beyond Chutzpah being Norm Finkelstein's book where he exposes Dershowitz as a fraud and a liar, with extensive documentation.

[RepublicanStones]

This guy thinks Joan Peters fraud work is a serious piece of scholarship!!!!?????????

He is against free speech, as was seen from his pressure tactics against DePaul to deny Finkelstein tenure. And he mentions his book becoming a besteller, he doesn't mention the fact the likes of the ADl and AIPAC would have bought huge quantites of his book to pass out at dinners and events, best seller my ass !

[LSRochon]

take a look at the flagged comments on this video.....free speech??????

[badbubbagump]

Dershowitz is a venomous delusional apologist for Israel.He is a known plagiarist and unremitting instigator that defended OJ Simpson.

Type Dershowitz Vs Finkelstein.......Finkelsein beat him to a pulp.

[zacki2666]

Are you out of your mind? Are you deceiving yourself? Mr. Dershoitz, you are very skillful at twisting the facts about Israel which has been callously displacing Palestinians from Palestinian land!!!

[SweetDissident]

This speech of Dersh's is hilarious. Everyone knows, and anyone who doesn't can look it up, it is Dershowitz who tries to keep professors from doing their jobs. He is lying about Finkelstein too. Dersh is the Joe McCarthy of the 21st century. You should SEE what Dersh did at DePaul! Disgraceful behavior!

[SweetDissident]

Maybe because Israel is committing WAR CRIMES? Dershowitz is EVIL!!!!!!!!! See his letters @ Finkelstein's web site. Horrendous! Finkelstein didn't LIE he EXPOSED this fraud. Anyone can read the first edition of "The Case for Israel" and see for themselves the plagiarism and errors! See his article in Huffington Post where, right after the Gaza Massacre, Dersh writes "Israel was well within its rights. . ." See "Campus Watch" web site. Dersh is Joe McCarthy reborn!

[jagiar]

Is he serious?? Give me a break Dershowitz! If you want to speak about the restriction of free speech, why don't you adress the issue of the illegality of questioning the holocaust in Canada or of saying anything perceived to be ANTI-semiic (as opposed to pro-semitic) in any part of North America.

Another example of his typical double-speak. Everyone knows that the greatest restriction to free speech in the last 20 years has been fowarded by the Jewish lobbists such as the ADL.

[amibidhrohi2006]

Dershowitz, consider, the possibility that educated tenured professors mostly genuinely finds zionism reprehensible.

And isn't it within the rights of other scholars to debate your works?

That he would use measures to attack another professor by destroying that professor's career goals takes this to an arena beyond free speech - personal harm.

Dershowitz is a fascist - Can't tolerate people disagreeing with him, and will take measures to affect as much harm on them as possible.

[Leknifrog]

that was indeed a pretty weak way to "prove" cowardice. i feel like maybe something was left out of the video where he makes better points.

[stuarthand]

Alan Dershowitz supported allegations of plagiarism against Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi

[northpal2]

Let me get this straight, the airwaves and newspapers are full of zionist crap for that disqusting gulag called israel.

School children must be brainwashed about a fake khazar holocaust.

They insult Judaism calling themselves jews and spout the disgusting (toliet paper filth)talmud.

They defile the land of the Lost Tribes of Israel, breaking The Ten Commandments in occupation.

Now in institutions of higher learning the aquiecense of knowlege must also be perverted.

huh ????

[kiril1]

How much garbage can be put on one mouth?Don't know the answer?-look at northpal2.

Let me guess..you were in the Sibir Gulag..ok.post traumatic stress disorder,that is what happened to you..ok.Have a good day.

[northpal2]

The game is up, we are on to you bastards.

The veil is being lifted to reveal you for who you really are. Nothing is going to stop that, none of your media propaganda is working any more. Speilberg can make all the dvd's he wants, no one is falling for your crap anymore.

You have insulted the creator, and judgement day is comming.

So go cry wolf some place else.

[kiril1]

You can put your creator and your judgement day on your ass.

Don't use so much drugs,I told you,you would regret about it after.))

[trance2307]

The human censor I like to call him...

[greenback001]

dershowitz compulsively twist words and notions to his advantage. he is a model lowlife lawyer and an enabler of the murdering regime in Israel. good and decent Jews need to speak out against this man as he drags beautiful Judaism through the mud for personal gain. he incites anti-semitism.

[trance2307]

Nicely put

[ysfaljanabi]

dershowitz = a cunt. a total lying bastard. a fucker.

ysf

[ItsikLee]

The words 'sour grape' and 'oldjoe5' should always be placed next to each other.

[oldjoe5]

How derivative. Any ideas of your own?

[sacs1800]

finkelstein settled out of court with depaul because of the university's unfair treatment. dershowitz is not only lying about why finkelstein was not tenured their (the college president was a zionist), he lying about winning the battle!

[oldjoe5]

The words distinguished and Alan Dershowitz should never be placed next to each other.