Reply #144: it would be enough if Israel were just singled out even for legitimate reasons, and that's bigotry

[shira]

In all seriousness, even though THAT is antisemitic I don't really have a problem with Israel being held accountable or reasonably criticized for real crimes and injustices - even if they are the only country being held accountable.

The problem is with all the ridiculously false charges - THAT is demonization.....not the mere act of singling a nation out. Those articles I cited for you on the mosque and flour mill do not merely point to innocent 'flaws' in Goldstone's investigations and analyses. They go way beyond that and show that Goldstone and his gang simply weren't interested in facts. They had their agenda and were not going to let the facts speak for themselves.

I pointed out in my last post about Goldstone (and Travers) lying WRT there being no real criticisms of the report. If you can't even admit they lied about that, then naturally you're going to give them the benefit of the doubt about everything, no matter how damning the evidence against them.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=124&topic_id=290602&mesg_id=290622

Check out that little thread. What accounts for such a reaction (and it's not just Bemildred) that puts Goldstone above any criticism? You'd think I blasted some religious figure and was committing the worst theological blasphemy. What's the deal?

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It's now been 2 months since the release of the report....when will Goldstone start addressing all the substantive criticism that now exists, and moreover, will he dare make any retractions and corrections or amendments to his report? And if not, why not? We are interested in the facts, aren't we? Wasn't that his job?