Former Pink Floyd frontman sparks fury by comparing Israelis to Nazis

[DanTex]

196. Again, that's different than being accused of racism.

Whether it's accurate or not, that's an above-belt charge.

I see what you are saying with the slavery/Obama thing, but I don't think it's the same thing. First of all, some slavery rhetoric against Obama is not actually racist, it's just the Ayn Rand people who actually believe that taxation and social programs are tantamount to slavery. That's nuts, but it's not racist.

Second, there's plenty of other evidence to suggest that there is racism underpinning some of the opposition to Obama. With Israel, at least among DUers, that's not the case. I've never seen any criticism of Jewish people or the Isreali people, or the Jewish religion, or anything like that. It's all criticism of Israeli government policy. A lot of it is along the same lines that people criticize American foreign policy. In both cases it sometimes slips into hyperbole. But accusations of bigotry and anti-semitism are out of place.

If Isreal had nothing to do with Judaism, but it was still located in the same place, with the same policies, do you think that there would be any less criticism and any less hyperbole?