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Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
17. Yes, I know you do.
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 02:55 AM
Dec 2012

You think it makes sense to hold a British woman born in 1956 responsible for the atrocities committed by the Nazis in the 30's and 40's, because ermagerd, the UK is part of Europe! By this logic, Avigdor Lieberman is just as responsible for the Holocaust and for the Gulags, being not just European himself, but also Soviet.

Do you also think using the Holocaust as a toy, a trivial plaything to trot out every single time you don't get your way, is a respectful approach to the mass destruction of humanity it represents? After all, that's what Lieberman's doing, and you think he has a point. Don't get the resolution you want in the UN? It's just like the Holocaust. Don't get a free pass on violating international treaties you signed? Gosh, that's what Auschwitz must have felt like. Run out of peanut butter? Just one more thing you have in common with Anne Frank, I guess! If you can't fathom why this is vile, well... you have no room to be talking about who has what "moral capital"

Lieberman has no point, he's simply making an especially grotesque attempt at the Chewbacca Defense. Don't carry water for him, it makes you look bad.

"inappropriate and offensive" is the guy's cornerstone, that's the business plan Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #1
'not a condemnation of Hamas' statements but rather a call to the heads of Hamas ..... King_David Dec 2012 #2
did you make that quote up so you could post that video? azurnoir Dec 2012 #4
No i didn't nt King_David Dec 2012 #6
so can you pull it from the article for us no not just that sentence but the paragraph it appears in azurnoir Dec 2012 #7
in your OP .... King_David Dec 2012 #8
not what you quoted and debunked in any event azurnoir Dec 2012 #9
Explain ? nt King_David Dec 2012 #10
here azurnoir Dec 2012 #23
antiPalistinian ? King_David Dec 2012 #27
clever not as Hamas is Palestinian azurnoir Dec 2012 #28
Oh look, a Kahanist belittling the Holocaust and using those dead and gone as political props Scootaloo Dec 2012 #3
Indeed! eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #13
Practically everything that Lieberman says or does is inappropriate and offensive to just about LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #5
Except Israeli voters, it seems Scootaloo Dec 2012 #15
That's so clearly not true Violet_Crumble Dec 2012 #18
I'm sorry if EU Bureaucrats find mention of the Holocaust offensive. holdencaufield Dec 2012 #11
it was the manner in which it was mentioned that was offensive azurnoir Dec 2012 #12
No, it certainly wasn't Scootaloo Dec 2012 #14
I believe Minister Lieberman has a point ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #16
Yes, I know you do. Scootaloo Dec 2012 #17
No, let the people who agree with the racist Moldovan gangster out themselves. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #19
But the EU should fork over aid and trade privileges, right? geek tragedy Dec 2012 #20
In fact ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #21
Palestinians need it a great deal more than the affluent Israelis do. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #22
Yes ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #25
Oy, serves me right for debating Likudniks. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #29
Especially when you have no case holdencaufield Dec 2012 #30
If you need a case to be made that the Palestinians are in more need geek tragedy Dec 2012 #31
Do Holocaust comparisons amount to Nazi comparisons? bemildred Dec 2012 #24
I hadn't thought of that but you're right azurnoir Dec 2012 #26
IOKIYARWI geek tragedy Dec 2012 #32
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