Dershowitz is an interesting guy, essentially an old line New Deal liberal Democrat, one with whom most of us, yours truly included, would disagree most of the time. However, he actually believes in freedom of speech and academic freedom, things the current crop of academic Marxists and NYT editors are trying to destroy. Dershowitz even wrote an article for the Boston Globe, which I posted yesterday, that denounced the coup against Larry Summers by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in terms very similar to those used by many of us here on FR.
Hey lets not get carried away praising Dershowitz. How many of you remember the many times he stood up for the free speech rights of Christians in the public square? I don't remember, either.
Dershowitz will stand up for ADL positions in a never ending conflict with Muslims and Christians. If it sticks it to Muslims, he is all for it. If it sticks it to Christians, he is all for it. Free speech is only the argument the lawyer is using this time against Muslims. No one has free speech if they are Christians saying the J word in public in Dershowitz's world.