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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:30 PM Original message |
Archbishop Tutu labelled 'anti-Semitic' by ADL for critique of Israeli policy |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is Abe Foxman on meth? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. Is the Pope a Nazi? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. The only possible explanation is that the ADL uses "anti-semitic" to mean "anti-Israel" |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No, anti-Zionist or even anti-Israeli-policy. |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ...or anti-oppression of Palestinians... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Oh yeah, and I left out Foxman in that other thread. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just one point here.. |
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Grimm (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Tutu is on the advisory board of USACBI |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Thanks |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's a standard response to those who criticize Israeli policy. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. At this point, that has become something like a badge to earn |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. The ADL has become as idiotic and racist as Ahmadinejad |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. We should just call it the Defamation League |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. The ADL has become a pathetic joke. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. This headline and article is a lie |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. do you really think nitpicky bullshit helps your side? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I don't have a side - other than the side of peace |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. god its getting thick in here |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. yes, hiding behind euphemisms is The Awesome |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. What is it a euphemism for? |
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Sezu (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. TRUTH is nit picky bullshit???? Really? In what |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Straight from the "horses mouth" |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Those are his exact words, let everyone be aware of them and their |
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Sezu (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And here are some of Tutu's words |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Lieberman Tells Russian Newspaper: U.S. Will Accept Any Israeli Decision |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And I'm supposed to get upset about Tutu saying "The Jewish lobby is very powerful"? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Would you invite Lieberman to be your school's commencement speaker? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. I think that's their business, not mine. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I hear ya |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
73. Thats a "popular" quote in these here parts |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You found all of those from what website, |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. BBC 2002: Tutu condemns Israeli 'apartheid' |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Well, at a minimum, I think we need to hunt down Lieberman first. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. "Critics of Israel are being smeared"--how absurd! ... well, not really. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. None of those threads prove antisemitism |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. This list sounds a bit like the lists that keep cropping up of what Israeli leaders have supposedly |
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Sezu (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
70. Well said. I don't consider him an antisemite either |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Foxman: Tutu certainly is not an anti-Semite and should not be so characterized |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
57. oberliner, that is from 2007, are you disputing what his words are in the |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. All I'm saying is that he appears to hold two concurrent opinions |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. You certainly are free to interpret Foxman's statements from 2007 |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. The headline couldn't be changed without violating the repressive policies of the I/P thread |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The headline is true |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. No it is not |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. It fucking well is... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I will shoot him an email and try to get clarification |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The words in that press release speak for themselves... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
37. No, it's not. The ADL have labelled him antisemitic... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Foxman: Tutu certainly is not an anti-Semite and should not be so characterized |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:44 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Why are you posting stuff from 2007 when he was labelled an antisemite this week? n/t |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. He has not labeled Tutu an antisemite |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Oh good. Yr now back to what he's actually said now... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. "His statements have conveyed bigotry" does not equal "He is an antisemite" |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Now yr just getting absolutely ridiculous... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. I'm afraid I disagree |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I respect what you are saying |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Arguably |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I think Foxman ought to be replaced |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. What do you see the function of the ADL as being? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Fighting anti-semitism, bigotry, and extremism |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. "people have been accused of making... racist statements though they themselves were not... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. That was what I was saying |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I think you are too generous to him. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. ADL: Archbishop Desmond Tutu 'Poor Choice' for Commencement Ceremonies |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. He does not say that Tutu is anti-semitic as the headline claims |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
60. Take your gripe to ADL. It's their press release! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. To paraphrase Richard Pryor |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
72. bigotry against the Jewisg people was what Foxman said |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
36. Foxman: The ADL does not believe Tutu is an anti-Semite |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Foxman most definately did label him antisemitic in the CURRENT ADL press release... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. He does not label him antisemitic in that quote |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. He certainly did and anyone who claims otherwise is being dishonest... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Well Abe doesn't think so |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. If he doesn't think it, then he shouldn't label him an antisemite...it's very easy... |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Can you point me to the question you mean? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. Strategic irrelevant nit picking bullshit has overtaken this discussion |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Not strategic and not a bridage |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Is, or is not, the Foxman/ADL position on Tutu outrageous and dishonest? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Foxman actually intervened on Tutu's behalf in support of his speaking at St. Thomas U. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:38 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Is, or is not, the Foxman/ADL position on Tutu outrageous and dishonest? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Not the adjectives I would use, no |
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