How many "Hate the Jews" threads do we need?

[SFJEFF]

Seriously- we all know the poster who is peppering the boards with all of his "Jews are evil" and "Nazi were justified" threads. I am not saying that the poster necessarily needs to be banned- but can we at least get his hate crap isolated in the proper conspiracy folders so that decent people don't have to see them?

[waltky]

Granny says people dat hate the Jews...

... gonna inherit the realm o' fire an' brimstone...

... when dey die...

... or when Jesus comes back...

... whichever comes first.

[raymondo]

Despite understanding the rules , I still find it close to unbelievable that those who can make decisions don't kick out all Anti Semites and delete any such threads immediately .
Can fellow contributors really tolerate such ignorance and filth ?
Aren't there limits to so called Free Speech ?
The whole American way of life has been undermined and fractured by Government constantly putting limits on it . So why is this Forum any different and effectively against Decency , Good Taste and Civilised behaviour . Because that is precisely how I see it .
I am not Jewish , yet find the situation horribly and painfully offensive . I cannot really understand the feelings of a Jewish person seeing such naked Racism . Indescribably painful and sad , I imagine .

[MegadethFan]

Seriously- we all know the poster who is peppering the boards with all of his "Jews are evil" and "Nazi were justified" threads. I am not saying that the poster necessarily needs to be banned- but can we at least get his hate crap isolated in the proper conspiracy folders so that decent people don't have to see them?

I agree. I think the whole "Muslims will take over the world" garbage ought to be moved there with it.

[alexa]

I agree they belong in the conspiracy section - both of them - that is both the anti Jew hate thread conspiracies and the anti Muslim conspiracy theories.

[Anders Hoveland]

I think it is completely acceptable and okay to criticise a religion when it is so closely intertwinned with ideological beliefs. I think we all know that when a title criticises "jews" or "Islam", it is not attacking every single jew or muslim, but rather means distinctly jewish or muslim ideologies.

But yes, the "Jews are evil" (if that thread even exists, I never saw it) seems a little over the top. Such a blatent thread title should only be allowed if it immediately clarifies in the post that it is not referring to jews who do not do or believe in a certain thing that most other jews do.

For example, I could say "Jews are evil", but then clarify that some jews recognise that genetically mutilating their baby sons is wrong, and that I am not referring to these jews.

Clearly threads that go out of their way to be unnecessarily offensive should not be allowed. On the other side, most of us do not want to see this forum go to extremes of political correctness. This is a politics site. We need to talk about things. If there is jew-hate being held by many muslims on this site, perhaps we need to bring it out into the open. Otherwise certain "pro-palestinian" members will just keep passively attacking israel whatever chance they get.

[alexa]

I think it is completely acceptable and okay to criticise a religion when it is so closely intertwinned with ideological beliefs. I think we all know that when a title criticises "jews" or "Islam", it is not attacking every single jew or muslim, but rather means distinctly jewish or muslim ideologies.

But yes, the "Jews are evil" (if that thread even exists, I never saw it) seems a little over the top. Such a blatent thread title should only be allowed if it immediately clarifies in the post that it is not referring to jews who do not do or believe in a certain thing that most other jews do.

For example, I could say "Jews are evil", but then clarify that some jews recognise that genetically mutilating their baby sons is wrong, and that I am not referring to these jews.

Clearly threads that go out of their way to be unnecessarily offensive should not be allowed. On the other side, most of us do not want to see this forum go to extremes of political correctness. This is a politics site. We need to talk about things. If there is jew-hate being held by many muslims on this site, perhaps we need to bring it out into the open.

What would make you think such a thing was being done by Muslims? The person referred to in the OP has already said he wants rid of all Semites Sir Oswald Mosely Unification of Europe 1951

I do not see any reason to suggest these Jew hate threads have anything to do with Muslims unless you are trying to stir.

There are a number of threads which mention Jew in the topic and clearly are there for one reason only to lump all Jews together try and encourage hate of Jews collectively. The holocaust one is similar - mentioning Jews collectively usually has one intention given the reality that Jews like everyone else have different opinions and viewpoints. This is the first time I have ever seen such threads anywhere but Stormfront. However as Megadethfan has pointed out there are also many threads which are simply hate conspiracy threads against Islam and 'Muslims'. Both should be taken into account.

[Anders Hoveland]

There are a number of threads which mention Jew in the topic and clearly are there for one reason only to lump all Jews together try and encourage hate of Jews collectively.

I disagree. It is often just more convenient to say jews. For example, when I have written about specific problems with "muslim" immigration into europe, I most certainly was not referring to Moroccans, Azerbaijanis, or Indonesians. It is just not always practical to be specific.

There is nothing wrong if a thread title attacks "jews" or "muslims", so long as it is understood the thread is not attacking all jews or muslims.

Enough of your political correctness.

If you have a link to a particular thread or threads that you find especially offensive, or that does not follow the rules, post it here and we can discuss it.

[alexa]

I disagree. It is often just more convenient to say jews. For example, when I have written about specific problems with "muslim" immigration into europe, I most certainly was not referring to Moroccans, Azerbaijanis, or Indonesians. It is just not always practical to be specific.

There is nothing wrong if a thread title attacks "jews" or "muslims", so long as it is understood the thread is not attacking all jews or muslims.

Enough of your political correctness.

If you have a link to a particular thread or threads that you find especially offensive, or that does not follow the rules, post it here and we can discuss it.

Look to the OP it is talking about Jewish hate threads. They are perfectly clear for everyone to see. Quite the semantics. Hate threads are hate threads. Their intention is to drum up hate towards whoever they are talking about.

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