Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson said anti-Semitism is sometimes justified. In an interview published in the January issue of Esquire, Watson, a self-described libertarian, defended his right to make anti-Semitic remarks and wondered why everyone isn’t as intelligent as Ashkenazi Jews.
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