Mondoweiss is a thoughtful and balanced site focused on Palestine-Israel, so of course it spends most of its time opposing the Israel government’s ethno-religious Zionism and ethnic cleansing and supporting Palestinians’ human and democratic rights. Philip Weiss’s response to the DailyKos ban on all linking to Mondoweiss except for the purpose of calling the site ’hateful’ was (typical for Weiss) both succinct and very well-argued:
My response to ‘DailyKos’ smear
by Philip Weiss on July 28, 2011
DailyKos has acted to ban commenters from linking to Mondoweiss, charging me with anti-Semitism. It is a disgraceful smear and hides DailyKos’s real anxiety: it cannot deal with the issue of Palestinian human rights, any more than the Democratic Party can, and so Israel supporters are striking at me. …
Their point of attack is my repeated insistence on talking about the large Jewish presence in the American establishment and the importance of Jewish money in the political process. Such an attack was inevitable, and in that sense I welcome it. For while these are delicate issues, they are important ones. I have often expressed my own discomfort with them, and yet I advance them in the discourse because as a journalist I recognize that they meet an ancient test of what is newsworthy: these issues are new, true, and important.Read more
Always wanted to visit and learn from the Mondoweiss.<span> He must be knowledgeable since you keep mentioning him.</span>
ReplyDeleteExcuse me for going off topic.
ReplyDeleteAnn criticized me over Afghanistan again.
Part of the problem is that none of you [Flemming most of all perhaps] have almost any interest or knowledge about Afghanistan, Pakistan and Takfiri.
It seems pointless to discuss these issues with you since you have no interest.
If you are interested, please go to these two blogs:
Registan.net
http://freerangeinternational.com/blog/
I have interactions with the anti Taliban crowd. And there is growing anger at the world for backing the Taliban against the Afghan people and their ANSF. It has reached a fever pitch.
Now during funerals of anti Taliban leaders, Afghans yell at foreigners for backing the Taliban against them.
Naturally when I see Jemmy implicitly lean towards the Taliban on this blog, I wonder if Afghans have a partial point. Is there really strong pro Taliban sentiment in Britain and to a lesser degree even in America. Is this what the Afghans are talking about?
Many Afghans now want to inspect ISAF and UN shipments to make sure they are not going to the Taliban. Even Karzai is investigating reports that British helicopters are ferreting Taliban about the country who are attacking Afghans and their ANSF.
With respect to Jemmy. Maybe he should read this:
ReplyDeletehttp://freerangeinternational.com/blog/?p=4285
Afghans across the board now accuse Brits of backing the Taliban and Al Qaeda. And it is fuelling great anger at Britain since most Afghans "HATE" the Taliban and AQ.
I keep hearing this from all over the place.
While it is no doubt true that many individual British citizens back the Taliban, I don't believe that most Afghans are right that the British Army institutionally backs the Taliban. Nonetheless Afghans disagree with me. Part of the reason is that many Taliban these days lived in Britain. Many of the suicide bombers attacking Taliban are British.
Many attacks against the Afghan National Army are by British Taliban.
Many of the suicide bombers attacking Afghans and the Afghan National Security Forces are British Taliban.
ReplyDeleteThis fuels deep distrust among Afghans towards Brits.
<span>Be careful if you visit. You may experience a culture shock!
ReplyDeleteOver there they believe that Palestine is occupied. Unbelievable, I know!</span>
Perhaps if Mondoweiss didn't post so much material indistinguishable from that which can be found at Stormfront, they would never have been banned.
ReplyDeleteBut if you want to pretend Nazi-like speech is legitimate criticism, go for it. It just proves why you can't be trusted.
Truth
ReplyDeleteWhenever I see words like 'truth' or 'peace' as pseudos I immediately see who's behind them and I translate: Lies and warmongering. My 6 years experience on blogs does not fail me. You're just another far right winger who is incapable of understanding why Jews can criticise Israel. Tough luck. More Jews are waking up to the reality of this rogue and outlaw state. Live with it.