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not your typical anti-semite. he was Jewish himself

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Analog Scott

In Reply to: RE: Genius at chess, but his anti-semitism and delight at 9-11 will sour his legacy. (nt) posted by semuta on September 30, 2011 at 17:08:35

Bobby Fischer was a most enigmatic individual.

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He was just a garden verity sociopath. - Victor Khomenko 16:57:42 10/01/11 (4)
Remove his chess talent and what's left behind is not enough for one half-page in a book. Such anti-Semites are a nickle a hundred.
- Totally clueless. Wow! - Plinko 17:28:35 10/06/11 (0)
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- That is just absurd - Analog Scott 17:19:26 10/01/11 (2)
  Remove his chess talent and you have a different person. Hey remove Einstein's inteligence and you have just another high school drop out.
  
  You can't remove Bobby Fischer's chess talent. You can't change what was.
  You can't make him into some simple easy target that is easy to dismiss no matter how much you disliked him. Despite your protests he was a complex man who was a significant figure in 20th century culture and.....
  
  this was a very good movie.
  
  But I see no point in you seeing it.
  - Einstein wasn't a sociopath. Case closed. nt - Victor Khomenko 17:44:17 10/01/11 (1)
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    - You haven't made any case - Analog Scott 18:40:55 10/01/11 (0)
      so yeah case closed.

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