Reply #17: I think you missed my point

[Lithos]

There are quite a few far RW-oriented groups who are attempting to mainstream their hate and are currently doing so under the cover of the left. This is a fact that is not worth the time to go into. They are doing so by using the language of the left and a basic ignorance which exists for many involved in this rather complicated situation. Ignorance is not stupidity but that doesn't mean it, especially willful ignorance or what I call knowledge bias/blindness, can't occasionally be used by others. And yes, it does happen.

As for your focus on the subject covered in point 2 several posts higher in the thread, there are those involved in the greater I/P debate who see anti-Semitism in any criticism of Israel. Such a view is of course not only wrong, but simple to the point of being hypocritical. Yes, there is anti-Semitism out there which must be excised along with any anti-Islamic/Arabic bigotry, but criticism of Israel and the PA are both necessary and healthy components of any debate which respectfully considers any benefit to the people of both Israel and Palestine.

As to your statement, please review what you just said.

One issue that pro-Israel apologists have is that they are unable to see to sides of the coin. The rhetorical tools at the disposal of these gentlemen are multi-faceted, and quite unfair. For instance, they enjoy a closer familiarity with the halls of power in the west, they have a greater facility with english - the lingua franca of the world, and they also have the ability to shut a debate down by raising the 'anti-semitism' flag, and also the 'holocaust' flag.

It sounds like you are saying there are a group of people in power working behind the scenes here who are controlling the situation. True?