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Agnosticsherbet

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8. We should not be surprised to see some European activists are grotesque racists.
Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:16 AM
Nov 2012

However, because the fact that they paint all Jews, inside and outside of Israel with the same brush, doesn't mean all those in opposition to Israel's military policy should not be painted with the same brush.

According to the story, out of 150 demonstrators, "Several demonstrators can be heard chanting “Hamas, Hamas, all Jews to the gas.” Now, because several chanted, that doesn't mean that the entire group of 150 were in accord with them.

Occupy demonstrations in the U.S. have shown us that not all demonstrators are of one mind. Black Bloc anarchists often demonstrated with Occupy, and they were not in line with the majority.

This news release appears to be written more as propaganda than as a real report on the situation in Antwerp.

There are some really sick people out there. glacierbay Nov 2012 #1
You paint a broad swath roody Nov 2012 #2
They weren't Ash_F Nov 2012 #4
Luckily Belgium has laws against hate speech. Ash_F Nov 2012 #3
Luckily the US has free speech.. pipoman Nov 2012 #15
I would say this is incitement, Ash_F Nov 2012 #18
Hateful extremists fan the flames and bring everybody down. NCarolinawoman Nov 2012 #5
Disgusting. SHOULD be roundly criticized by EVERYONE, without exception. nt riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #6
Belgium has a lot of racists frazzled Nov 2012 #7
We should not be surprised to see some European activists are grotesque racists. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2012 #8
In many European countries this conflict has become a far left vs far right issue.. Lars77 Nov 2012 #9
I think it was the far-right group. Ash_F Nov 2012 #13
Hm, who knows. It has virtually nothing to do with the real conflict going on now though. Lars77 Nov 2012 #16
It's annoying to see liberal human rights groups compared to right wing Nazi's Ash_F Nov 2012 #21
This has the feeling of being only half the story starroute Nov 2012 #10
The primary source for the Jpost article is this organization Ash_F Nov 2012 #12
Jerusalem Post is a far right paper Lars77 Nov 2012 #17
I see. It's all the fault of the Jews. aquart Nov 2012 #30
My eighth grade US History teacher explained this phenomenon to us back in 1970 slackmaster Nov 2012 #11
Sick. are_you_serious_1234 Nov 2012 #14
The people yelling that are disgusting. Marrah_G Nov 2012 #19
"reportedly..." "several demonstrators..." Jerusalem Post (extreme right-wing) JackRiddler Nov 2012 #20
Don't you find it strange dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #22
That's not true leftynyc Nov 2012 #24
I hadn't realised that gas is a Flemish word dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #28
It was not in English. The OP translation is. former9thward Nov 2012 #26
I too would like a respectable source for what, if true, is a hateful chant. byeya Nov 2012 #23
You sure this isn't an exression of right wing European opinion? McCamy Taylor Nov 2012 #25
Oh, Oh, we didn't mean JEWS, we meant marybourg Nov 2012 #27
Europe has been so welcoming of its new Muslim population, too. aquart Nov 2012 #29
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