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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:15 AM Original message |
I Have Seen Too Many Hurling The Insult "Anti-Semite". Please Stop! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. it's an attempt to shut down debate with people they disagree with |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly. In fact, it's a *form* of anti-semitism itself... |
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Klaxon (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
94. Indeed |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. It used to be a quite effective way to stifle debate |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Precisely, Purveyor. It doesn't work anymore. Leiberman referred to |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Did you see Lanny Davis last week on cspan? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Funny, I've been expecting that pejorative all morning |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:32 AM Original message |
I Was Openly Accused Of It Yesterday. |
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slide to the left (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Arabs are Semites |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. er, no. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Definitions of semite on the Web: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. This is a settled issue |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. I didn't ignore the wiki page. I googled "semite definition" and that |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. LOL |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #75 |
88. I once worked in a cancer research lab where one of the lab techs |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
54. Thank you. I hate it when this has to be pointed out. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
86. So... An Anti-Semetic German In The Late 19th Century, Is... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 05:34 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Don't have much of an academic background do you? |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #86 |
102. As I said, the term is a misnomer; but we still know what it means |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you n/t |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. I equate that to freepers yelling: "Anti-American!" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sadly, ad hominems are a plague on DU. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. One person even compared it |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. People should be |
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springhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Hmmmmmmmmm.......... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Can you read? |
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springhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
77. I've been reading your posts for the last three days........ |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Yes I have the gall. This is a discussion board. n/t |
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springhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #81 |
89. You don't discuss.......... |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitism |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. This is classic textbook |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Thank-you Cali. |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
87. You're not serious -- oh, god, you are.... |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Saying Israel commited 9-11 IS antisemitic, and everybody goddamn well |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. Do you come here for dialouge, or are you just here for the shouting? |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. I think we agree here. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I agree with you on those comments....BUT |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Thanks, Johny |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. it couldn't be any more blatant than the example you cite |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
85. I don't see what example one.. |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. Somehow familiar... |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. Bravo, DA! One more thing - I don't understand why "some" |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. It is a complicated issue for the moderators, right now. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I know it's complicated but wouldn't it be easier on them to put all |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. No, I stay out of the ghetto, but I want to read about this war. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. In that case why move any of them? n/t |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's a lot like saying we're anti-American when we say we are anti-war |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. perfect comparison |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
103. Very Well Said (nt) |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Aren't Arabs ALSO 'Semites'? |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Correct: Semite (defenition) |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. The ignorance of some is astonishing |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 05:10 AM Response to Reply #47 |
95. The origin of the term "anti-semitism" does not mean that Arabs |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. You are correct, BUT: |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm anti-Zionist and Likud, not anti-semitic |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I am a Jew and not a Zionist. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. The term "Zionist" already sounds anti-semitic to me! |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Wrong. The term is widely used. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Oh yeah, show me. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
79. Well, how about the World Zionist Organization? |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. The term does have a rather dark history behind it |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
92. zionists call themselves zionists |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. It is just like the right wing claiming you "hate" Bush just because |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. I do hate Bush. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
68. Why are you calling people Zionists, while complaining that people |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have attempted to stay away |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. I haven't seen that much of it. |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. See 44 for one of many examples I have been so accused in recent days. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hear hear! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. If someone calls you an antisemite... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's become too easy and cheap to use. It gives someone |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. to accuse Israel... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. How the heck is that "anti-semitic"??? |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. What he might be implying is that |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. read some stuff that white supremacists write and say... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 05:12 AM Response to Reply #63 |
96. I don't care what white supremacists are saying. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 05:14 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. i know. nt. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 06:11 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. You seem to care though. Why? |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 06:16 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. bigotry interests me. nt. |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. accusing large groups of people of deliberately slaughtering people... |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Yes, to accuse all of the above is ridiculous |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. You are wrong. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
80. You are the problem the OP was referring to. |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. Here's A Fine Example Of EXACTLY What I'm Talking About. |
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Maiden England (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
91. Firstly an apology |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. Deleted sub-thread |
butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. If you even ask a question about the feud between the two parties... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. who are they? |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. Hooray for you DA from one of the slapped down |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Alerting Works! |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. thanks, didn't think to use the alert |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'm tired of it too... and thank you mods. |
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pyro858 (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. Most israeli's aren't semites anyway. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. European and American transplants |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Do try learning some history n/t |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:47 AM Response to Reply #76 |
93. History such as that of the role of russian jews in the creation |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
67. DA there are some who honestly are |
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Bretttido (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
69. Amen! |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
72. use the alert. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. yup there have been those posts. that is why i get so mad when |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
82. I've had people admit to me they are anti-semitic. Someone on this board. |
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MsMagnificent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
84. "Revisionist" accusations too |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
90. i'm Anti-Smite myself. (for the slow: the 'e' was intentionally left out) |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
101. isn't it true that those that make bigoted statements.... |
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