Just as his provocative statements in 2018 were published just before the release of his book, “The Case Against Impeaching Trump." And the back-and-forth opinions about professor Dershowitz in the Martha’s Vineyard Times newspaper got so heated on one story, news editor George Brennan announced he was shutting off the comments.įinally, I will point out that author-professor Dershowitz’ latest hyperventilated cancel culture pronouncements seemed perfectly timed to the release of his latest book. Uber producer, writer, and comedian Larry David of the popular TV show,” Curb Your Enthusiasm” sharply dismissed him at a popular gathering spot. Hushed and whispered past criticisms of Dershowitz are now loud and public. Hierta says she was so frightened that she installed burglar bars on her home windows.
But, this time, the controversy prompted hate mail from someone identifying as a member of the Proud Boys, the far-right domestic terrorist group. That’s why the bellicose barrister has threatened to sue the Chilmark Free Library for taking him off a list of this summer’s scheduled speakers.Ĭhilmark librarian Ebba Hierta explained - as she did in 2018 - that the library space seats 40, too small for his sure-to-be overflow crowd. His response? To up the manufactured controversy ante from his 2018 whines of shunning to his 2022 bloviating about being canceled by people he describes as anti-free speech.
Plenty of Vineyarders are open about scratching him from the dinner party lists where he once was an honored guest.
The Emotional Divide Over Martha's Vineyard's Confederate Monumentįast forward to 2022 and Dershowitz is an even more vigorous defender of the former president, though he claims he only votes for liberal Democrats, including Hillary Clinton. Dershowitz complained that … he was being shunned and disinvited from dinner parties on Martha’s Vineyard because he championed 'Trump’s civil liberties.' The avalanche of reaction to what many called whining stirred up long-held personal antipathy, and recently rising political distaste for Dershowitz." Before you say it, yes there are many other more serious issues to discuss, but this drama keeps unfolding right in my backyards - I live in Cambridge and I spend as much time as possible on Martha’s Vineyard. Here’s part of what I said in my July 2018 commentary titled Don’t Cry for Alan Dershowitz: "My take on shunning, the political divide, invites to Martha’s Vineyard dinner parties, and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz. In case you’ve forgotten, he made national news back then complaining that his work with former President Donald Trump had made him a pariah among the social set. It’s deja vu all over again on Martha’s Vineyard where Harvard emeritus Professor Alan Dershowitz is giving a repeat performance from the summer of 2018.
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