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Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Fre

abuse of language, and how some purported conservatives have adopted — and deploy, against other “conservatives” — a dangerous set of linguistic assumptions.

Is Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Frey anti-semitic? [Jeff G.]

As many of you know, on at least two occasions, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Frey has made statements that more than a few people have suggested are redolent with the stink of anti-semitism. Generally, when I interpret such statements, I appeal to the writer’s intent: was the statement signified in such a way that the anti-semitism belongs to its author, or am I merely imagining anti-semitism in