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WinSmith

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Saturday, October 6, 2007 11:29 AM
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The Conspiracy

Oh, by simply pointing out that the ADL has refused to condemn the right wing bloviators, GG is an anti-semite. I'm dense, I don't get it.

Yes, you don't it. I explicitly said Greenwald wasn't anti-Semitic, but was accidentally slipping into a well tread narrative that is very seductive and appealing.

Who doesn't love the story of the grand bogeymen hidden in our culture working to destroy us from within?

It's titilating, it's scary, and it's very intoxicating to feel like you've "discovered" the hidden conspiracy and you have access to the truth. Like finding Superman's secret identity.

But Glenn's response to my posting of David Duke is just nonsensical. This isn't about Hitler arguing the "earth is round," this is about a noted racist and anti-Semite making the very same age old narrative accusation that Glenn is. It's not agreeing with a crazy person on an innocuous fact. It's about agreeing with a racist on the central narrative that drives his racism.

And it doesn't even give him pause.

Seriously, how is that possible? If I was agreeing with David Duke on any issue involving Jews or black people or Mexicans, I think I'd take a week off just to reevaluate my life.

There's a reason David Duke loves the hidden Israeli power in Congress story so much. It feeds everything he represents.

And if that post doesn't give some of you pause to rethink what you're advocating, I'm not sure what will.

Saturday, October 6, 2007 11:41 AM
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"stifling debate"

Who argued "that there couldn't possibly be anti-semitic criticism of Joe Lieberman"? Even one time, much less "everytime"?

Every time they (you) claim that anti-Semitism is simply brought up to "stifle debate" or "distract" or as an ideological tool (as Glenn claims the ADL is using it).

By virtue of your criticism of the charge you're claiming the anti-Semitism itself doesn't exist. By definition of the false invocation of "playing the anti-Semitism" card.

What's so hard to follow?

Saturday, October 6, 2007 12:35 PM
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Kitt ZINGS

If you can possibly find a group of folks more feeble minded than you are, go try out your dogpissings on them. You're so far out of your league here that your tail is not between your legs, it has been chopped off.

Ooooh snap, Kitt!! You GOT me!!

Worthless, utterly worthless. Insulting me with ad hominems is just plain pathetic, Kitt. The litany of insults directed at me in this thread shows how emotionally charged people get over their God given right to smack down those privileged rich and power Jews who dare claim that anti-Semitism still exists.

Excuse me for ruining your comic book conspiracy theories. Hey, I hear no Jews died in the World Trade Center. Those Israelis are GENIUSES at manipulating the entire USA. They're like super villians. It's amazing. Somebody should write a book exposing when all the Rabbis got together and plotted world domination. Oh wait...

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