Reply #165: That's just the point...To be able to separate anti-semitism from [View All]

[itzamirakul]

justified criticism. To criticise OJ or Michael Jackson should not be taken to mean that the critic is anti-African American. Nor should it be taken to mean that all blacks are wife killers or child molesters. Those who support OJ or MJ should not accuse critics of being racists. But...shit happens...

I can say over and over again that I do not hate Jews but that I strongly disagree with Israel's current actions and that does not stop the supporters from going wild because everyone does not see the situation from their viewpoint. Nor does that stop them from believing erroneously that I am anti-semitic.

Some of the people who are dearest to my heart, who have done some of the most wonderful things for me, and with me, who have been my associates, my friends, are Jewish Americans. I live next door to a brand new immigrant from Israel and we have become good neighbors. And yet, if I feel Israel is wrong in this war, I do not hate my friends and neighbors because of it. How stupid to try to search out hatred that is not there and blame the other for anti-semitism all the time as some do on this board. Israel and its avid supporters need to learn how to accept some of the blame some of the time. That would help us all solve these problems.