Bigotry, Racism, Anti-Semitism is Not Tolerated, Stand Up And Face The Threat
I do not live a sheltered life, but I have to say that some of the comments to several of the blog posts recently have uncovered an absolutely shocking undercurrent of anti-semitism that seems to be growing and is now appearing out in the open since the Lebanon/Israeli war.
No, I am not Jewish, but that does not make me any less concerned about comments that are targeted at Jewish people. Comments that say Jews should be killed. Comments that say Jews are the cause of all world problems. Comments that say Jewish people deserve to die and be aggressively eradicated. I can not stand silent and read what some readers have posted on these topics. I am concerned that anyone would even voice views like this. Every person has rights - everywhere in every country not just the US. This is the right to life. A religion does not predetermine one's right to life. No one has a right to kill another simply because of their ethnic background or religious views.
How dare some comment posters write and say that Jews deserve to die. No one deserves to die! It is viewpoints such as these that fuel the terrorist movements worldwide. Terrorism is not just isolated to Islamic causes. There are terrorists who focus on abortion issues, there are terrorists who focus on destabilizing existing governments for their own cause, there are terrorists focused on world economic issues. Terrorism is more than Islamic Extremism. But, terrorism must be stopped in our own back yard first. I will not stand silent and read posts about people and people groups needed to be destroyed and that Hitler was justified in his actions. No, Hitler was not justified. Hitler was a monster and an embodiment of pure evil. His systematic eradication of the Jewish population was heinous and wrong.
Would I take a similar stand for black people, Christians, peace-loving Muslims, or a minority population? You bet! When there is discrimination and overt hate related threats and hate activity, we, as citizens of the world, must take a stand. People who spout such rhetoric must be met head-on. We can not dance around issues such as these under the guise of freedom of speech. Thoughts are first and then actions. We must stop radicals first before they become incited to action. No person or people group regardless of their religion, ethnicity, or background deserves eradication on a mass scale.
So, don't use this blog to voice comments such as these. This blog is for thoughtful discussion, open conversation, give and take dialogue on a wide variety of world issues, but this blog is not a platform for bigotry, racism, or anti-semitism!
No, I am not Jewish, but that does not make me any less concerned about comments that are targeted at Jewish people. Comments that say Jews should be killed. Comments that say Jews are the cause of all world problems. Comments that say Jewish people deserve to die and be aggressively eradicated. I can not stand silent and read what some readers have posted on these topics. I am concerned that anyone would even voice views like this. Every person has rights - everywhere in every country not just the US. This is the right to life. A religion does not predetermine one's right to life. No one has a right to kill another simply because of their ethnic background or religious views.
How dare some comment posters write and say that Jews deserve to die. No one deserves to die! It is viewpoints such as these that fuel the terrorist movements worldwide. Terrorism is not just isolated to Islamic causes. There are terrorists who focus on abortion issues, there are terrorists who focus on destabilizing existing governments for their own cause, there are terrorists focused on world economic issues. Terrorism is more than Islamic Extremism. But, terrorism must be stopped in our own back yard first. I will not stand silent and read posts about people and people groups needed to be destroyed and that Hitler was justified in his actions. No, Hitler was not justified. Hitler was a monster and an embodiment of pure evil. His systematic eradication of the Jewish population was heinous and wrong.
Would I take a similar stand for black people, Christians, peace-loving Muslims, or a minority population? You bet! When there is discrimination and overt hate related threats and hate activity, we, as citizens of the world, must take a stand. People who spout such rhetoric must be met head-on. We can not dance around issues such as these under the guise of freedom of speech. Thoughts are first and then actions. We must stop radicals first before they become incited to action. No person or people group regardless of their religion, ethnicity, or background deserves eradication on a mass scale.
So, don't use this blog to voice comments such as these. This blog is for thoughtful discussion, open conversation, give and take dialogue on a wide variety of world issues, but this blog is not a platform for bigotry, racism, or anti-semitism!
believe it or not, there are people who deserve to die because of their actions. Not for their race or religion, but certain actions do merit death.
Posted by Anonymous | Fri Aug 18, 01:20:00 PM EDT
Maybe you are alluding to capital punishment. That is a whole other topic and not one that we deal with in this forum. But I do agree that when the legal process is involved to assure that justice is carried out a death sentence may be handed down by the authorities.
But that is not what these recent commenters have advocated. They have advocated wiping out a people based a religion.
Posted by The Watcher | Fri Aug 18, 01:51:00 PM EDT
I love the way that you state that you aren't jewish but use all of their rhetoric, the anti-semetic feeling is being driven by a regime that has shown itself since 1948 to be totally self serving and to bring about as much abuse and suffering to the arab nation, even the National Geographic magazine showed what sort of people these are in there article about water in the middle east. The israeli's are perpetrating upon the arab nation the same attrocities and oppression that was brought to them by the Nazi's, such hypocrisy. Lets not hear anymore about the holocaust from such a hypocritical regime. By the way the death toll is something like 38 israeli's and well over a thousand arabs
Posted by Anonymous | Sun Aug 20, 02:44:00 AM EDT
to the person above:
If the Arabs were to stop bombing and attacking and invading Israeli land, then Israel would stop retaliatiing.
It is highly ignorant of you to put that as such a black and white matter.
When Israel was made into a state of its own, it was a barren land. Israel made it into a beautiful land. Then more Palestinians moved in. Yep. They lived there before, but more moved in when it was made a Jewish state, in protest.
And also, get your facts right. Are the Israelis gassing thousands of Palestinian women and children? Have the Israelis murdered 6 million Lebanese? Are the Israelis putting Arabs in Death Camps, thousands of them, and making them work their buts off? NO!
It makes me wonder what a world we live in when people like you say things like that. It is people like you, person above, that create anti-semitism, create rumours, and it is no wonder that we live in a word of racism, hatred, death and destruction.
Posted by Anonymous | Tue Aug 29, 04:25:00 AM EDT
First, i woulod like to say, stuff the National Geograqphic Magazine..what the hell?
And secondly, I am shocked and disturbed and utterly angry how you wrote: "Would I take a similar stand for black people, Christians, peace-loving Muslims, or any minority population?" This was a hugely racist comment. You called "Peace loving Msulims" a minority population. OUTRAGEOUS>
By the way, I AM Jewish.
Posted by Anonymous | Tue Aug 29, 04:30:00 AM EDT
to the person above:
To counter your opinion, if the israeli's were to stop their acts of aggression maybe a nation who has been so oppressed will stop as well.
Just remember that a nation that is oppressed will eventually rise up, you israeli's hide behind your tanks and american supported gun ships and your weapons of mass destruction, while the arab straps on bombs to himself to try and make you understand.
The suffering the israeli's perpetrate upon the arab states with their embargos, secret offensives looking for 'terrorists' whilst maiming and killing innocent people is just like what was done unto you during the 2nd world war.
So by your analogy its ok to take over anothers property because they haven't made it beautiful, you hypocrit
By the way I am neither jewish nor arab but I do see the hatred and all I can say is that it is driven by your attitude to others
Posted by Anonymous | Sat Sep 02, 07:10:00 PM EDT