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AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
50. Having been a former semi-basher......
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 02:58 AM
Nov 2012

The answer is no, not always. Some do in fact, weave all three together.
but there are some who don't, perhaps to disguise their intentions, or out of a genuine respect for most Jews as a whole; I was of the latter faction.

Thanks shira for posting more from former apartheidist Steve Apfel azurnoir Sep 2012 #1
When you have nothing, attack the messenger with something/anything? shira Sep 2012 #2
ummm Apfels ravings against the ANC and Desmond Tutu would tend to speak for themselves n/t azurnoir Sep 2012 #5
Umm, no they don't. But what's really interesting... shira Sep 2012 #9
Surely everyone here 'attacks the messenger' LeftishBrit Sep 2012 #11
So you attack the messenger no matter the message.... shira Sep 2012 #20
Yet in another post you say... LeftishBrit Sep 2012 #29
In that other post, I quoted his anti-Jewish bigotry in order to show... shira Sep 2012 #32
ANC members does not mean "non whites" King_David Sep 2012 #3
well thanks for the info about Ronnie Kasrils, if memoery serves azurnoir Sep 2012 #4
Like I said , King_David Sep 2012 #6
it doesn't mean White either as you implied azurnoir Sep 2012 #7
Huh? King_David Sep 2012 #8
but "zionists" and "israelis" means "Jews" right? shaayecanaan Sep 2012 #46
Kasrils being in the ANC is enough to call into question... shira Sep 2012 #10
If he's Jewish, he's not an antisemite...End of discussion. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #12
Really? If Bridget Gabriel and Wafa Sultan are bigots.... shira Sep 2012 #14
Because they don't want nazi-like results. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #17
You don't think Atzmon is an anti-semite? How about... shira Sep 2012 #18
Fischer was. Like Atzmon, however, Fischer was totally self-marginalizing-we all knew he was nuts. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #19
So you're wrong about Jews who can't be antisemitic.... shira Sep 2012 #21
Atzmon is simply an irrelevant madman. He doesn't matter. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #23
He's not irrelevant to the ISM, FGM, Richard Falk, or Walt/Mearsheimer... shira Sep 2012 #24
The anti-zionist movement isn't responsible for Atzmon. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #25
You wrote earlier Bobby Fischer was an anti-Semite. He's Jewish... shira Sep 2012 #27
Why is it so important to label Atzmon an antisemite? Isn't it enough Ken Burch Sep 2012 #30
You won't label Atzmon an anti-semite despite the experts' definition... shira Sep 2012 #33
No...ALL of that is antisemitism. I denounce all of them. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #34
So to be clear, those who spew great amounts of anti-semitism.... shira Sep 2012 #35
Why the necessity? I'll say this... Ken Burch Sep 2012 #36
The point is, despite what experts about anti-semitism say.... shira Sep 2012 #37
As you said...he was ejected. And rightly so. That means he no longer matters. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #42
"Atzmon simply isn't an important figure and he has no following at all." oberliner Sep 2012 #43
Atzmon's fan club includes Mearsheimer, Falk.... shira Sep 2012 #45
He does matter. See post #41 below. shira Sep 2012 #44
untrue Shaktimaan Nov 2012 #49
Jews can definitely be (and have been) antisemites oberliner Nov 2012 #51
Shira...STOP relentlessly equating all criticism of Israel with antisemitism! Ken Burch Sep 2012 #13
You can't argue against any points in the OP, can you? n/t shira Sep 2012 #15
The OP is contempible bilge. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #16
Ken its the going theme let it be azurnoir Sep 2012 #22
How can you say certain people and organizations take a stand vs. anti-semitism.... shira Sep 2012 #28
The Balad party is bad...it's also too small to be a threat to anybody. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #31
But it's leader, Zoabi, is loved and admired within the anti-Zionist movement.... shira Sep 2012 #39
Anti-zionism (not criticism) is anti-semitism. n/t shira Sep 2012 #47
No. JoeyT Sep 2012 #26
If they're entirely separate groups, how do you explain a creature.... shira Sep 2012 #38
I don't know who Gilad Atzmon is, JoeyT Sep 2012 #40
His ouster did cause some splintering, but the point is.... shira Sep 2012 #41
Christians attacked in Jerusalem. No Jews were involved. MSM ignores story. You do the math. shira Sep 2012 #48
Having been a former semi-basher...... AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #50
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