The Guardian mindset

Marko Attila Hoare

I think a large part of the reason why Dr MacEoin's piece was rejected was precisely that it was entirely factual and accurate. What the Guardian likes is opinionated, contrarian and ill-informed articles that offend people and attract controversy while requiring no mental effort to read. Which is why our good friend Neil Clark is, from the Guardian's point of view, an ideal columnist. Though I'm sure the fact that Dr MacEoin's article didn't fit in with the Guardianista world-view was a contributory factor...

Joshua

For further elucidation of the Guardian's real reasons for the rejection of the article, Dr. Hoare should read the comments section appended to the article in question. My own feeling is that while the British left is chiefly responsible for the fact that Britain is now the leading centre for anti-Semitism in Europe, those on the left who are most responsible for this state of affairs do not want for obvious reasons to admit that anti-Semitism actually exists. Thus, we have the United Kingdom’s University and College Union (UCU), which on one hand wants to boycott Israel and only Israel, but on the other has passed a resolution to the effect that "criticism" of Israel never amounts to anti-Semitism. The British left, at least as far as Jews are concerned, no longer marches to the sounds of the Internationale, but instead to the Horst Wessel Song.