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Isn't it claudette Nov 2024 #1
In deductive logic, this maneuver is called "Begging the Question". no_hypocrisy Nov 2024 #2
Uh no that is not begging the question Voltaire2 Nov 2024 #7
Point taken. no_hypocrisy Nov 2024 #8
Straw man ananda Nov 2024 #9
It is more a bit of non-sequitur and ad hominem Voltaire2 Nov 2024 #11
Agreed. Warmonger Netanyahu calls anyone criticizing his action an anti-semite. brush Dec 2024 #52
It's the kind of B.See Dec 2024 #54
Not to mention that people who are Arabs ARE SEMITES!! AND...what part of things does he NOT understand that YOU DON'T The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 2024 #3
When you apply the term Semitic to Jews and Arabs as an ethnicity sarisataka Nov 2024 #19
The average person isn't going to know all that soandso Dec 2024 #33
This should be watched by everyone who has an opinion about Israel and the Palestinians, especially the apologists.... MMBeilis Dec 2024 #57
No Cirsium Dec 2024 #28
People who make that "semite" point are usually antisemites JoseBalow Dec 2024 #37
So, are you telling me that I'M AN ANTISEMITE? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!! The_REAL_Ecumenist Dec 2024 #47
I find that people that throw out that 'anti semite' tripe canuckledragger Dec 2024 #59
I DON'T care what you THINK it applies to...We've ALL heard the pejoratives calling people who are Arab OR have Arabic The_REAL_Ecumenist Dec 2024 #46
I know Cirsium Dec 2024 #56
No doubt that Bibi is commiting war crimes. No doubt that Hamas & Hezbolla are... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #61
Palestinians are semitic. So he's being antisemitic. Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #4
In a curious evolution of language Voltaire2 Nov 2024 #12
Actually ...... Mossfern Nov 2024 #16
They have the same DNA. Religion is what split them. Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #22
There are more genetic differences within multigraincracker Dec 2024 #36
I am anti-Zionist malaise Dec 2024 #25
Right you are. History of Zionist Terrorism. multigraincracker Dec 2024 #66
You might want to avoid applying the racist term semitic to the Palestinians sarisataka Nov 2024 #20
This may be D.U.'s original "opening a can of worms". MMBeilis Dec 2024 #24
Ok Macrophylla Nov 2024 #5
Of course not. Regarding Netanyahu our expectations are limited to more arrogance and self righteous and nothing more. MMBeilis Dec 2024 #40
Guess I'm anti-Semitic then. Aussie105 Nov 2024 #6
"The term 'anti-Semitic', being so overused to mean 'complaining about Israeli action' holds no meaning anymore." Rigpa108 Dec 2024 #34
Out of the same playbook... 2naSalit Nov 2024 #10
Okay so that makes me antisemitic. I agree with the ICC, what he has done is war crimes. Autumn Nov 2024 #13
Add me malaise Dec 2024 #26
The boy who cried wolf peregrinus Nov 2024 #14
They are Zeitghost Nov 2024 #15
Judging war crimes based on the ethnicity of the perpetrator is fucking stupid. Iggo Nov 2024 #17
It that true? Look at all of the warrants for the perpetrators of the genocide in Sudan... sarisataka Nov 2024 #21
Let's not forget there was a warrant for Ibrahim Al-Masri too, I hear he is just broken up in pieces that he won't tritsofme Nov 2024 #18
It's too late to persuade anybody. yardwork Nov 2024 #23
White Christians voted overwhemlingly for dump also. Eko Dec 2024 #29
Thats not true Mosby Dec 2024 #30
Huh. Eko Dec 2024 #32
Bibi's sweeping generalization is a sweeping fail sakabatou Dec 2024 #27
Absolutely true. The entire Middle East conflict is built upon sweeping generalizations. MMBeilis Dec 2024 #43
Yep, "..even when done in one's own self-defense.." like Coates said, there is no justification for apartheid uponit7771 Dec 2024 #31
How convenient. ZonkerHarris Dec 2024 #35
Yeah, you can't criticize bibi or the atrocities against Palestinians Lunabell Dec 2024 #38
The irony of his statement. Xolodno Dec 2024 #39
Some may share ancestors soandso Dec 2024 #48
Let's not forget the Khazars... Xolodno Dec 2024 #49
Same people soandso Dec 2024 #53
Interesting that my original post gets lost in a bunch of bullshit (my words) about who is a semite. We know.... MMBeilis Dec 2024 #41
Netanyahu's actions STRENGTHEN anti-semitism, worldwide. Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Dec 2024 #44
thread winner Celerity Dec 2024 #50
Post removed Post removed Dec 2024 #45
Rich enid602 Dec 2024 #51
I wonder what the excuse for this will be soandso Dec 2024 #55
They will say "She was Hamas" Bettie Dec 2024 #58
Not just Netanyahu. (n/t) Iggo Dec 2024 #60
When you wake up a hibernating big Bear and then, the pissed-off bear starts kicking your ass... chouchou Dec 2024 #62
Hibernating? Every day West Bank settlers mistreat Palestinian arabs. You did get..... MMBeilis Dec 2024 #63
Hamas has been at their throat fo generations. Isreal is fed up with the Up-the-population-until-we-take-over-everything chouchou Dec 2024 #65
Again, the settler families are doing their part having huge families and the government is subsidizing them. MMBeilis Dec 2024 #67
This term, antisemitic-ism is over used and losing the meaning it once had. It not stands for Jit423 Dec 2024 #64
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