Israel/Palestine

holdencaufield

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35. There are still those...

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 05:54 AM

Jan 2012

... who don't understand that Jewish cultural identity (while as valid as any other cultural identity) isn't based on race.

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Beware the humanitarian racist [View all] shira Jan 2012 OP

From OP. "A simple test"... shira Jan 2012 #1

If the answer is "often", you're probably a racist. If it's "not", the case is still open. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author shira Jan 2012 #5

It's a profoundly murderous (antisemitic) worldview permeating the PA and Hamas... shira Jan 2012 #6

I guess it's pretty unthinkable that a people who have lived for decades under a brutal occupation Crunchy Frog Jan 2012 #22

You're assuming the PLO and other extreme Palestinian groups.... shira Jan 2012 #28

Palestinian hatred of Jews is, sadly, at least partly rational. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #36

You'd have a point if this pathological hatred was rare prior to 1948... shira Jan 2012 #37

You claim that the PLO is genocidal and you have the gall to call other people racists? N.T? Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #38

What the PLO calls legitimate resistance to occupation is nothing more... shira Jan 2012 #39

I suspect yes, no and yes, but don't know for sure. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #40

A better test: do you support Israel's continuing to grant special privilidges to Jews, Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #3

The Law of Return has nothing to do with race or racism oberliner Jan 2012 #4

Nonsense. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #7

The OP doesn't claim hatred vs. Jews is racism... shira Jan 2012 #8

"Nonsense" does not a rational argument make oberliner Jan 2012 #18

that's absurd Shaktimaan Jan 2012 #33

Well, it certainly does have alot to do with ancestry and bloodlines. Crunchy Frog Jan 2012 #23

Jus sanguinis holdencaufield Jan 2012 #9

Care to provide some examples? Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #10

'Are there *any* other nations that actively discriminate in favour of a foreign people and against LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #11

"There for centuries" qualifies as indigenous in my book. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #13

I think Israel, like the UK, USA, Australia, etc. should continue to exist, though it's questionable LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #15

I think the implications was that all of Israel is "settlements" oberliner Jan 2012 #17

My interpretation was a bit different LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #19

That's pretty much exactly my view. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2012 #41

WRT "Other nations that actively discriminate in favour of.... shira Jan 2012 #12

Sure, here are some examples holdencaufield Jan 2012 #16

The problem with this argument... Shaktimaan Jan 2012 #34

There are still those... holdencaufield Jan 2012 #35

The Big Lie Returns: Antisemites and Antisemitism shira Jan 2012 #14

Guardian's Israel correspondent promotes agenda of radical anti-Israel NGO shira Jan 2012 #20

29 November '11: Lift Travel Ban on Human Rights Defender Jefferson23 Jan 2012 #21

What a nice and facile way of labeling anyone you wish Crunchy Frog Jan 2012 #24

Not anyone.... shira Jan 2012 #26

+1 Jefferson23 Jan 2012 #32

So I guess this guy is more the ugly racist type then? No hypocrisy for him? bemildred Jan 2012 #25

When humanitarian racists are welcomed by ugly racists.... shira Jan 2012 #27

Shouldn't that be ugly racists being welcomed by humanitarian racists? bemildred Jan 2012 #29

It goes both ways... shira Jan 2012 #30

OK, Atzmon does go a bit over the top. bemildred Jan 2012 #31