Comments on: TROLL ALERT

By: Dean Esmay

Dean Esmay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I thought a troll was someone who specifically says inflammatory things he might not even believe, just to get people cranked up. I can assure you I'm not doing that.

I am getting people cranked up, but about issues I really want them to think about, and by taking positions I am willing to stand by.

Just for the record. ;-)

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yeah, I know. I was alerting the trolls to go visit you ;)

By: Norbizness

Norbizness — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Judging from the brevity and weirdness of his recent posts, I thought his brain was broken. I therefore made the Dale-Gribblesque calculation that it was unsafe to comment because I assumed that it was some sort of trap.

By: DANEgerus

DANEgerus — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Terrorism is easy to define if you don't have an agenda... 'targeting civilians to drive a political agenda'... see... it's easy if you aren't making excuses for terrorists. The Arab world uses anti-semitism as a tool in the classic fascist model of the demonized minority 'threat' to distract from their absurdly oppressive class society. They demonize Jews and Israel interchangeably as a plausable excuse for their own centuries of failure. Comments expressing confusion about 'anti-semitism' only demonstrate a refusal to accept current realities. You can certainly criticize a democracy like Israel, they have free speech, but it's silly to say that the rise in anti-Israeli propaganda isn't anti-semitism when you examine the facts and the sources. It's not just the Islamofascists. The total collapse of the 'utopia' of communism has created a vacuum for the self loathing lefties... they've responded with denial about the nature of their beloved Stalinist states and their failure and by embracing the new 'victims' of capitalism... the Islamics.

By: Dean Esmay

Dean Esmay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Glib, I might be at times. But weird? Not sure I get that. But you know, it's my world, you're just living in it. ;-)

I'm going to write a response to your message on anti-semitism, James. Because I think you raise some very legitimate and important questions.

By: Dean's World

Dean's World — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

What's Anti-Semitism?
James at Outside the Beltway recently asked a perfectly reasonable question:The main problem I have is that I don't know what an anti-Semite is anymore....

By: Dean's World

Dean's World — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Howard Dean/Pat Buchanan Similarities
I've been meaning to write more on this theme. You should start by reading this Slate column by Chris Suellentrop. It's a very good article,...

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