Originally posted by Dan Halberstein:
"As regards my personal use of "Nazi"
I really have to look back for longer than I have right now, to see if I ever claimed knowledge that you or others here are members of Nazi parties."
Here, I'll help you: "You {Kevin} and RJ have a good time together at the next wine-and-cheese-cross-burning, or whatever it is you do at the local poet nazi gathering."
"You, Bob Clawson, decided to identify yourself as an anti-Semite, and apparently you see nothing wrong with that."
Nothing. My position has been consistent. I think both the Arabic Semites and the Jewish Semites are behaving badly. Besides, I knew I'd be called antisemitic sooner or later, so I just wanted to get it out of the way. Call me Cumbaya. Call me Ismael. I don't care. I don't feel like a demon. I don't live like a demon.
Kevin does.
"From the looks of things, I believe you think that including both Arabs and Jews among the targets of your anti-Semitism somehow lessens the import of making such a statement."
I should hope so. The statement is so frequently flung about that I have no respect for whatever it's intended to mean. Mostly, to me, it means, "Gotcha!" But I don't find that useful.
"I remind you of this proclamation to help you sort out why people call you anti-Semitic."
Well hardly anyone ever has, actually.
"As to your membership in any Nazi party, you will need to clarify that for us..."
Certainly. I belong to no Nazi party.
"I know you to agree with many of the founding principals of the original Nazi party, and several subsequently formed neo-Nazi groups."
Good lord, are you sober?
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