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More on “Obsession” [Updated]

November 3, 2008 islamoyankee

Aziz links to a thorough review of the movie.

Josh finds a good break down at TPM.

And of course, check out Obsession with Hate.

Update: Both Aziz and Svend point me to a new deconstruction by Jews on First. The point is that this fight is bigger than us, and we have many natural allies who can take this apart without making it about identity politics.

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