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What is an anti-semite?

Bismillah

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I cannot see the picture, but not all instances of coincidence are necessarily racist. For instance, there is a stereotype about white people that we are racists. Does that mean pictures of Bush as Hitler are racist and offensive towards white people?
First of all it's not just "whites" who are racist, racism stems from ignorance that is not specific to any one race.

But when there have been centuries of intense demeaning and linking of Africans with primates there is a certain context a certain connotation that will always be associated with such pictures, like it or not that is the power of the historical narrative and will stay that way until racism is exterminated. Whenever that is.

A picture of Bush depicted as a Chimpanzee has one connotation, associating his lack of intelligence with that that of a Chimp.

While a picture of Obama depicting the same thing may have the same motive, a very situational may because the picture I linked deny that, it is undeniably caught up in the historical precedent of racism in the United States. It's a part of our culture that cannot disappear.

But pictures such as that of a pig or a donkey would be hard pressed to be defined as racist.

Also pictures of Bush as Hitler depend on the connotation of the picture.
 

Darkness

Psychoanalyst/Marxist
First of all it's not just "whites" who are racist, racism stems from ignorance that is not specific to any one race.

But when there have been centuries of intense demeaning and linking of Africans with primates there is a certain context a certain connotation that will always be associated with such pictures, like it or not that is the power of the historical narrative and will stay that way until racism is exterminated. Whenever that is.

A picture of Bush depicted as a Chimpanzee has one connotation, associating his lack of intelligence with that that of a Chimp.

While a picture of Obama depicting the same thing may have the same motive, a very situational may because the picture I linked deny that, it is undeniably caught up in the historical precedent of racism in the United States. It's a part of our culture that cannot disappear.

But pictures such as that of a pig or a donkey would be hard pressed to be defined as racist.

Also pictures of Bush as Hitler depend on the connotation of the picture.

I have to agree with you now that you've fleshed out the argument. If you don't mind though, I would like to get your opinion on something else. Is it a sign of racism and anti-Semitism that the Hamas Charter refers to its enemies as "Jews" as opposed to "Israelis"?
 

RitalinO.D.

Well-Known Member
And the cracking begins. no wonder you were washed out.

In other words. you came on line, logged in. and as trolls do, decided to provoke a group of people. without even understanding the historical context behind your dilemma. what else is new.

Cracking some more. I'm enjoying this by the minute. pretty soon you'll be giving me push ups.

I realize this was posted a couple months ago, but this is certainly now how a member of the forum staff should act. You are abusing the rules you are supposed to be enforcing.

I've done my fair share of insulting specific people, but I'm not staff, and would be banned if it got out of hand. You however, should not be doing it at all.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I realize this was posted a couple months ago, but this is certainly now how a member of the forum staff should act. You are abusing the rules you are supposed to be enforcing.
I've done my fair share of insulting specific people, but I'm not staff, and would be banned if it got out of hand. You however, should not be doing it at all.
It's important that you point this out. I've experienced what happens (elsewhere) when mods
engage in flame wars. Banning, poofing & attrition reign supreme....no good, no good at all.

The entire charter is divulged in racism as it is a knee jerk reaction to the equally racist Zionist policies of the day.
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Yeah....nasty posturing by each must be considered in light of the other.
Alas, if only they could see it from that perspective, things might improve.
 
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Darkness

Psychoanalyst/Marxist
So will Israeli missiles.;)

See, I just do not solely associate Jewish people with Israel. In the United States, we essentially have the same amount of Jewish people as the State of Israel. Plus, I live in the tri-state area where a sizable portion of the Jewish population lives.
 
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