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Behind the Aegis

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51. Some sure do.

Tue Mar 3, 2015, 03:58 PM

Mar 2015

Including those who don't find anything, except the most egregious examples, anti-Semitic. And while it is true that every group has those who are "absurd" about it, they are the exception, not the rule.

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Can we please, finally, once and for all, just accept the fact... [View all] Ken Burch Mar 2015 OP

Goodness, is big bad Israel bombing Iran? aquart Mar 2015 #1

Bibi wants Obama to do it for him. Obama, thankfully, is working to resolve issues with Iran sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #3

Well said brush Mar 2015 #5

Yes,... Segami Mar 2015 #21

I didn't say Israel was bombing Iran. I said Netanyahu wants Iran bombed. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #6

Before I read one word of the responses I fully expected your words to be mischaracterized. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #27

I think a vast majority of people already accept that. To treat Israel as if it were different, is a sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #2

Attempts to discredit people and their political stands by accusing them of merrily Mar 2015 #4

It works both ways. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #9

Well put leftynyc Mar 2015 #11

Please read my reply 12. If someone accuses me of sexism because I post an accurate fact about merrily Mar 2015 #14

Defending Israeli security policies and Netanyahu's rhetoric about Iran Ken Burch Mar 2015 #32

Antisemitism just is leftynyc Mar 2015 #38

As I mentioned once before, I am not familiar with that as much because I tend to merrily Mar 2015 #12

As I said, it works both ways. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #15

I agree. It does go both ways. I have seen such posts here and there, but I am sure merrily Mar 2015 #22

I was accused of leftynyc Mar 2015 #37

That takes me back to the fact that that kind of accusation is rampant on this board. merrily Mar 2015 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Mar 2015 #56

Well said, merrily. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #28

Thank you. merrily Mar 2015 #29

+ many. nt Duppers Mar 2015 #57

We still need to acknowledge how important Israel is to a lot of Jewish folks Warpy Mar 2015 #7

Far, far too many people leftynyc Mar 2015 #8

Me too. COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #40

It's entirely possible to do that Ken Burch Mar 2015 #13

Very true. You make an important point there. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #16

That is basically what the second paragraph of my Reply 4 was acknowledging, namely, the need for a merrily Mar 2015 #31

No. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #10

I think the telltale sign (or one of them) is nebulously blaming "Jews" for current Israeli policy. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #17

That is one sign. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #18

Yep. Anti-Semitism exists, and has always existed, independent of any action taken by Israel itself. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #20

Nobody anywhere is saying that antisemitism doesn't exist, and that it didn't predate Israel. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #35

I agree, but with qualifications (as noted above). nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #41

Wrong. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #44

Some people have absurd standards for it treestar Mar 2015 #47

Some sure do. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #51

Agreed, obviously. n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #33

I didn't say that NO criticism of Israel was ever anti-semitic. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #19

Why do you continue to tell me (and others) how we should fight anti-Semitism? Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #24

Actually, a lot of AA people would agree with that passage as you phrased it. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #30

He Quoted Cornel West JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #46

+1000 ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #52

"All forms of prejudice and hatred need to be fought." THIS. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #25

Conservative media is equating the President's views on Bibi/Israel with anti-semitism Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #49

That is JUST AS WRONG as claiming anti-Semitism never plays a part. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #50

In general I agree with this, but unfortunately there are those on both sides who indulge in rank nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #23

Really? leftynyc Mar 2015 #39

Probably not. Most of them are decidedly on the political right. n/t nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #42

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #26

K&R.... daleanime Mar 2015 #34

I doubt it treestar Mar 2015 #45

You and I have disagreed on several issues, but we agree 100% here. Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #48

Thank you for that post. n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #55

Yes. elleng Mar 2015 #53

I am not sure what the many posters here who criticized your statement read: guillaumeb Mar 2015 #54