>>>>how is it that when it comes to terrorists the government can do no wrong, but when it comes to healthcare, or almost anything else, it can do nothing right, in the eyes of the modern conservative?

Great question - I would guess that conservatives don't really believe that the goverment is infallible when it comes to things like identifying actual terrorists or ensuring that only guilty people are given the death penalty. They just don't care if the government screws those things up, because those things serve conservatives' emotional needs and they figure that the inevitable screw-ups are unlikely to affect them personally.

>>>the government can ensure that people it thinks are dangerous will be locked up.

Well, we certainly wouldn't want any pesky rights or laws getting in the way of THAT.

It's a good thing Jews have never had any influence within the ACLU. If they did, the ACLU would no doubt be persecuting Muslims instead of defending them. Just like those Jew-made Hollywood movies. Right?

>>>>If you keep posting, you're going to single-handedly cancel all the intellectual cred the Jews earned with Albert Einstein.

Jonah Goldberg already took care of that, I'm afraid.

On a slightly more serious note, a number of commenters have belittled and insulted Steve Klein and/or politely shown him the error of his ways, without constant reference to his being Jewish and how he isn't as smart as this or that smart Jew. It wasn't really funny the first time, and now it is just grating. Yes, there have been some Jews who were pretty bright, and some who were/are real dumbasses. Just like everybody else. Let it go fer Christ's sake.

>>>India's Untouchables are relegated to the lowest jobs, and live in constant fear of being publicly humiliated, paraded naked, beaten, and raped with impunity by upper-caste Hindus seeking to keep them in their place

I'm sure the Brits could have straightened that out, too, if they hadn't wimped out and ended their occupation prematurely. No doubt a couple more centuries would have done the trick....

You really should get a new screen name and/or vocation. History's most prominent carpenter would be saddened and disgusted by you.

>>>Certainly, everyone would have been happier had Zionists simply stayed in their own countries. I'm sorry that they didn't, but I bet you aren't and I bet they aren't.

You have a funny definition of "everyone."

>>>You'd rather Palestinians have settled for Oslo

I have no opinion whatsoever about Oslo.

>>>In the history of this conflict, no one has ever offered a just end to this situation.

That may well be true.

>>>In short you'd rather Palestinians settle for injustice.

To the extent that Israel's existence is an injustice, it is a fait accompli. Palestinians have, I suppose, a variety of choices regarding how to deal with that reality. Far be it from me to tell them what to do, but yes, I'd rather they give more thought to settling for half a loaf. Killing and dying for a cause that was lost long ago and will never be won is not just, either. For anybody.

>>>Do you hate Muslims/Arabs?

Not at all.

I do hate bigots, though, and you are one.

(Sorry Titonwan -- I'm a big fan of yours, but this clown really sucks ass, IMHO.)

to suggest that Arabs have been unfairly stereotyped in some American movies is to make a point that is quite possibly valid and certainly worthy of discussion.

To contend (as you seem to be sincerely doing) that these movies are evidence of a Jewish plot to brainwash people to kill Muslims is bugfuck crazy, as well as [here Gator90 pauses, wondering if he dares type the forbidden word... "fuck it," he says, and types] anti-Semitic.

You dumb goy.

>>>Yeah, ridicule, and snicker at the stupid goy.

Will do.

BWAAA-HAH-HAH!!

>>>Have you made a study of Jewish history.

A little bit, yes. I'm not sure it proves that 21st-century American Jews would be treated worse than American Muslims are currently treated if some Jews from another country perpetrated 9/11, etc.

I'm not saying you're wrong, by the way -- perhaps you're right. But it is not obvious to me.

Unlike Muslims, Jews have a lot of power in this country, you know. We even control Hollywood and make movies that portray Arabs as terrorists as part of a diabolical plot to encourage the killing of Muslims (just ask Bill Owen). BWAAA-HAH-HAH!!

>>>>Were they 19 Jewish terrorists who flew those jet aircraft into the World Trade Center ... were prominent and respected Rabbis teaching Jews to wage holy war against non-Jews in our synagogues, invoking the Torah, etc., you can be sure American Jews would be treated very differently - with a lot more open suspicion and hostility - than American Muslims are being treated.

How do you know this?

>>>have you ever read about Muslims proselytizing by invasion anywhere

I see others have responded to this, but yes, I have read about how Islam came to be the dominant faith in the Middle East in the first place. (Hint: it was proselytization by invasion.)

All of the Abrahamic cults (a new phrase for me, and one I find highly apt) have their own bloody histories of warfare, cruelty and intolerance.

A lot of people think one cult is inherently better or worse than the others. All such people are wrong.

>>>Palestinians foolishly think that the world is going to come to its senses some day and see that it would be fair for them to be given back Palestine.

And yet, when I occasionally wonder if Palestinians would rather dream of reclaiming Palestine than work toward a durable two-state solution, and suggest that this preference (however understandable it may be) is a fundamental obstacle to peace, people call me a meanie Zionist A-hole. Go figure.