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ProgressiveMuslim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 03:05 PM
Response to Reply #31
34. So Shira, do you consider what was printed above hate speech?
Or was your Amos Oz quote designed to buttress that POV?
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  -Candidly Speaking: Jewish blood libels shira  Mar-25-09 09:09 PM   #0 
  - Just don't let any women sing around them.  panader0   Mar-25-09 09:15 PM   #1 
  - About OP author: Isi Leibler is the single most corrupt and degenerate human  IndianaGreen   Mar-25-09 09:23 PM   #2 
  - LOL. This ought to be good.  bemildred   Mar-25-09 09:34 PM   #3 
  - I wuz gonna ask you to pass the popcorn  Fozzledick   Mar-25-09 10:38 PM   #5 
     - Like any good Bruce Willis movie.  bemildred   Mar-25-09 10:45 PM   #6 
     - Sorry, but I don't see how that applies to The Fifth Element or Pulp Fiction  Fozzledick   Mar-25-09 11:37 PM   #9 
        - A couple of my favorites.  bemildred   Mar-26-09 08:35 AM   #19 
     - Gotta keep them axes sharpened for them lying war criminal  Sezu   Mar-25-09 10:49 PM   #7 
     - And what's the distraction yr so bothered by?  Violet_Crumble   Mar-26-09 06:50 AM   #16 
  - He admits he has an axe to grind. What's YOUR excuse? n/t  Sezu   Mar-25-09 10:32 PM   #4 
  - It's a betrayal of Judaism to criticize the IDF, apparently.  geek tragedy   Mar-25-09 11:05 PM   #8 
  - You've mixed your metaphors,  henank   Mar-26-09 02:19 AM   #10 
     - If it was gibberish that didn't make sense, how would you know it was bigoted or not?  Violet_Crumble   Mar-26-09 04:53 AM   #13 
     - You wanted to know  henank   Mar-27-09 01:58 AM   #26 
        - As I suspected...it was knee-jerking...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-27-09 04:02 AM   #27 
        - The Likud Party was not in power itself during Operation Cast Lead  Ken Burch   Mar-28-09 05:41 AM   #47 
           - Which Israeli political parties are not driven by "Likud values" in your view? nt  oberliner   Mar-28-09 10:24 PM   #67 
              - I would call Barak and Livni "quasi-Likudniks" because they view the security issue  Ken Burch   Mar-29-09 02:08 AM   #75 
     - Um, it's this abhorrent op-ed piece that accuses  geek tragedy   Mar-26-09 08:14 AM   #18 
  - It is truly unfair to invoke the "blood libel" imagery in this context  Ken Burch   Mar-26-09 04:07 AM   #11 
  - I've heard this many times before and not just about Israel  LeftishBrit   Mar-26-09 04:45 AM   #12 
  - Yeah, it reminds me a lot of US conservatives about the Iraq war...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-26-09 04:56 AM   #14 
  - Are Jews ever accused of blood libel? This is getting curiouser and couriouser.  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-26-09 06:13 AM   #15 
  - Jews who criticize Israel are obviously Jew-hating anti-semites.  geek tragedy   Mar-26-09 08:13 AM   #17 
  - There you go again  henank   Mar-26-09 01:42 PM   #20 
     - If anything, this is one of Lieberman's principles. n/t  Idealism   Mar-26-09 02:12 PM   #21 
     - The ignorance about Israeli politics displayed by those who  Sezu   Mar-26-09 03:41 PM   #22 
     - I realize that the Olmert government wasn't Likud; but isn't Leibler a Likudnik?  LeftishBrit   Mar-27-09 05:18 AM   #30 
        - He definately is and he's written an article about it....  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 05:13 PM   #56 
           - What exactly is a "Likudnik" ?  oberliner   Mar-28-09 06:36 PM   #58 
              - Likudnik almost equal judeofascist  IndianaGreen   Mar-28-09 07:58 PM   #59 
              - I've never come across that word "judeofascist" before  oberliner   Mar-28-09 08:42 PM   #60 
              - I disagree  LeftishBrit   Mar-29-09 03:25 AM   #76 
                 - "A judeofascist is not necessarily jewish, nor are all right-wing jews judeofascists"  IndianaGreen   Mar-29-09 12:33 PM   #85 
              - I take it to mean a member or supporter of Likud...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 09:31 PM   #62 
              - Thanks!  oberliner   Mar-28-09 09:50 PM   #63 
                 - Uh, didn't I just tell you what I think *likudnik* means?  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 09:55 PM   #64 
                    - Well you had written "member or supporter"  oberliner   Mar-28-09 10:11 PM   #65 
                       - Supporter - someone who supports....  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 10:24 PM   #68 
                          - Apologize for any annoyance caused  oberliner   Mar-28-09 10:54 PM   #70 
                             - Bullshit...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 11:07 PM   #71 
                                - I truly did not mean to annoy you  oberliner   Mar-28-09 11:26 PM   #72 
                                   - Fair enough...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-29-09 01:27 AM   #74 
                                   - Oberliner, a question...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-30-09 06:13 AM   #87 
              - Here is what a Likudnik is NOT:  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-29-09 06:39 AM   #80 
                 - I don't think people know what they are saying when they use that term  oberliner   Mar-29-09 07:27 AM   #81 
                    - I agree entirely.  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-29-09 08:10 AM   #82 
  - The term goes back to Medieval "Christian" Europe  Ken Burch   Mar-28-09 03:02 AM   #43 
  - More on Leibler  azurnoir   Mar-26-09 06:04 PM   #23 
  - Disturbing to find this Israeli-Australian puke dictating to America what to do  IndianaGreen   Mar-27-09 12:17 AM   #24 
     - He wasn't dictating to anyone what to do  henank   Mar-27-09 01:53 AM   #25 
        - I'm pretty sure you missed the point by a mile there...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-27-09 04:20 AM   #28 
        - Violet, this quote is from Amos Oz, someone you respect very much  shira   Mar-27-09 05:18 AM   #29 
        - more Amos Oz  shira   Mar-27-09 05:34 AM   #31 
           - Amos Oz isn't comparing the Palestinians with the Nazis  LeftishBrit   Mar-27-09 06:13 AM   #32 
           - So Shira, do you consider what was printed above hate speech?  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-27-09 03:05 PM   #34 
              - no, I don't believe those comments by Oz were hate speech  shira   Mar-27-09 03:54 PM   #35 
                 - I was talkinga about what Leibler wrote. Is that hate?  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-27-09 04:47 PM   #36 
                    - let's agree if that's hate, then labeling Israel constantly as a Nazi apartheid racist evil state  shira   Mar-27-09 06:04 PM   #38 
                       - I never compare Israel to Nazis, nor I do use the term genocide.  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-27-09 08:39 PM   #39 
                       - baloney. codswallop. you do both. it 's beyond belief that  cali   Mar-28-09 03:37 AM   #45 
                          - Bullshit.  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-28-09 07:31 AM   #48 
                             - Every time I substantively address one of your nasty posts, I get crickets.  ProgressiveMuslim   Mar-28-09 04:58 PM   #54 
                       - Stereotypes against either Israeli or Palestinian society is generally steeped in bigotry...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 01:35 AM   #41 
                       - so using your argument about stereotyping I/P  shira   Mar-28-09 11:38 AM   #49 
                          - I don't think the same applies to Nazism...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 04:23 PM   #52 
                             - Nazism was a truly extreme situation  LeftishBrit   Mar-28-09 04:38 PM   #53 
                             - Exactly....  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 05:01 PM   #55 
                             - to answer your question, no, no one can really be compared to the Nazis  shira   Mar-28-09 10:21 PM   #66 
                                - I meant that Nazism and German society then can't be compared to anything else...n/t  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 10:25 PM   #69 
                                   - so you won't answer the question?  shira   Mar-29-09 05:53 AM   #77 
                                      - No, I thought I'd already made it clear...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-29-09 06:04 AM   #78 
                                         - okay, sorry - I didn't see that you answered it  shira   Mar-29-09 06:09 AM   #79 
                                            - But now yr comparing the Palestinians to the Nazis?  Violet_Crumble   Mar-30-09 06:22 AM   #88 
                                            - no  shira   Mar-30-09 09:11 PM   #89 
                                            - Sorry, but you were...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-31-09 06:44 AM   #90 
                                            - sorry, I know what I was thinking and am still thinking  shira   Mar-31-09 08:47 PM   #91 
                                            - Yes, you were...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-01-09 06:20 AM   #92 
                                            - no, I didn't, and I'd appreciate it if you stopped falsely accusing me  shira   Apr-01-09 05:36 PM   #93 
                                            - But yr entire argument is an attempt to justify blind hatred of the Palestinian people...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-02-09 06:12 AM   #94 
                                            - can you admit that Hamas actions are evil  shira   Apr-02-09 06:18 AM   #95 
                                            - I don't do the *evil* label coz it's hyperbolic crap...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-02-09 07:13 AM   #96 
                                            - let's see if I understand you  shira   Apr-02-09 09:46 PM   #97 
                                            - No, yr not understanding me...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-04-09 06:31 AM   #98 
                                            - forget the "evil" label then, let's go with "sick and twisted"  shira   Apr-04-09 06:35 AM   #99 
                                            - Don't change the subject, Shira...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-04-09 06:54 AM   #100 
                                            - I believe that what Hamas does is evil  shira   Apr-04-09 07:47 AM   #101 
                                            - That's not what this sub-thread has been about...it was about SOCIETY...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-04-09 09:26 AM   #102 
                                            - I'm on topic, you don't like the answers apparently  shira   Apr-05-09 08:04 AM   #103 
                                            - For fucks sake, go back and reread this exchange! You are trying to change the subject!  Violet_Crumble   Apr-05-09 06:19 PM   #104 
                                            - You think it's pretty damn simple?  shira   Apr-05-09 06:55 PM   #105 
                                            - Read post 94  Violet_Crumble   Apr-05-09 07:11 PM   #106 
                                            - you're contradicting yourself now  shira   Apr-05-09 08:48 PM   #107 
                                            - No I'm not as unlike you I understand the impact of Nazism on German society...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-05-09 08:53 PM   #108 
                                            - well you certainly don't understand the impact of Hamas on Palestinian society  shira   Apr-05-09 09:12 PM   #109 
                                            - Considering you don't even know the definition of society, that's rich...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-05-09 10:12 PM   #110 
                                            - do you know what a strawman is?  shira   Apr-05-09 10:44 PM   #111 
                                            - I do, but clearly you don't...  Violet_Crumble   Apr-05-09 10:52 PM   #112 
                       - The problem is, shira, that, even if the Israeli government and the IDF  Ken Burch   Mar-29-09 07:01 PM   #86 
        - He's a disgusting right-winger but he's still not 'dictating' to America  LeftishBrit   Mar-27-09 06:17 AM   #33 
           - You forgot to mention that his writings are also bigoted...  Violet_Crumble   Mar-28-09 01:37 AM   #42 
              - He is certainly bigoted  LeftishBrit   Mar-28-09 03:36 AM   #44 
        - Jerusalem Post is owned by Hollinger International. A RW rag since Conrad Black bought it  IndianaGreen   Mar-27-09 05:00 PM   #37 
  - Defaming someone is a civil tort, not a criminal offense  The Second Stone   Mar-28-09 12:49 AM   #40 
     - I agree with your first sentence but...  LeftishBrit   Mar-28-09 03:43 AM   #46 
     - Proved in what international court  The Second Stone   Mar-28-09 12:41 PM   #50 
        - I suppose I tend to think that the term 'rogue nation' is rarely helpful  LeftishBrit   Mar-28-09 04:21 PM   #51 
        - "rogue nation", like "failed state" is a pejorative term, and usually used that way, to dismiss.  bemildred   Mar-28-09 06:06 PM   #57 
           - rogue state is also a technical term of international law  The Second Stone   Mar-29-09 12:10 AM   #73 
              - But mainly used for propaganda in the news media.  bemildred   Mar-29-09 08:55 AM   #83 
        - Small note:  Idealism   Mar-28-09 09:21 PM   #61 
     - Criminal Defamation Laws are rather common.  Sezu   Mar-29-09 11:08 AM   #84 
 

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