Reply #73: It's my turn to call bullshit now...

[Violet_Crumble]

In the LBN alone, there are more than 50 threads criticizing Israel and not ONE claim of a poster being anti-Semitic. I didn't read through all 50 threads, but I did read a good many of them.

Considering accusations of anti-semitism are deleted by the mods, it would be impossible to find one claim of a poster being anti-semitic. See, pretending it doesn't happen is like pretending anti-semitism is never seen at DU - both claims are wrong, and just because the mods delete that stuff when it's posted doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We don't even have to wander out of the I/P forum to have witnessed accusations of anti-semitism levelled against those who voice opposition to Israel's policies in the Occupied Territories because I've been a victim of those claims in this forum. I took a quick squizz at the board that simplistic and badly written post came from and some of those who levelled those accusations at me are over there posting away...

The real problem is not people calling others anti-Semitic, the real problem is posters copping out to a FAKE charge that they think will supposedly be levied against them if the choose to post an anti-Israeli piece/post.

What I think is a problem is when people have such a problem with criticism of Israel's policy in the Occupied Territories that they label that criticism as 'anti-Israel'. Sorry, but criticism of the policies of a state doesn't make that person anti-that country. I'm very critical of some of the policies of my own country, so I guess I'd be labelled anti-Australia by those who label criticism of Israeli policy as anti-Israel? Or is there some different rule that gets applied to Israel maybe? And the accusations of anti-semitism aren't fake, as I explained in the previous paragraph, but I've never been worried about what label gets slapped on me by those who want nothing better than to shut down discussion of this issue that doesn't suit them....

I really doubt that one post could be found where a pro-Israeli poster claims that all criticism against Israel is anti-Semitic,

I hope yr not going to bet on that because those claims have been made in the past in this forum. Unless you want to insist on seeing a post that hasn't been deleted in which case yr right, because they always get deleted.

but from the belly-aching here, it would lead one to think that it happens all the time! IT DOESN'T!

Yeah, kind of like the belly-aching where people try to lead one to believe that anti-semitic comments happen all the time, right?

Violet....