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That's my take. If I have it wrong, he'll let us know.
[/ QUOTE ]Well, only because you asked, I'll comment.
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Just because Mason stepped in when the topics were
anti-semitic...
[/ QUOTE ]Can you please point out a recent post that was anti-semitic? Or, something easier, a
topic that was anti-semitic? Take the last couple of months.
I am not saying that there are no anti-semites here. (In fact, I'm sure I can spot anti-semites better than most of the easily offended pro-Israel posters!) But I have not seen anything that was
anti-semitic. Accusations of anti-semitism are often hurled against those who object to Israeli policies.
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...doesn't mean that he encourages hateful posts directed at Arabs or Muslims. He doesn't.
[/ QUOTE ]Hateful posts might not be "encouraged" but it seems obvious that anti-Arab posts are given much more leeway than anti-Israeli.
For instance, imagine if I were to write anything like the following:
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Make it so that Olbert fears to see sunlight. Send emissaries to let him know that until he leaves Lebanon alone he will be a target.
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The Arabs should expel 98% of the Jews in the West Bank and dump them back into Israel. Give each Jew $1000 (yes this is inadequate) and tell them "good-bye forever and don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you!" This tactic is similar to what Hezbollah calls for!
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The Palestinians fill the newly vacated terroritory and keep that land forever-and-ever.
[/ QUOTE ]Yet, this is exactly what was written about the Arabs by a 2+2 poster and did not draw the slightest comment from the mods. (I only changed names.)
Link And it wasn't the most bigoted post I've seen here about Arabs. So, let's just say that all sides are equally free to present on 2+2 their opinion abt the Middle East situation -- but one side is more equal. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]