[quote=markmax33]
Your irrational points of view are why you hate Ron Paul and attack every blog post. We get it now. He did nothing to attack you and even suggested a better way to protect Israeli interests and you make fun of him. Good job. It is un-american to spend foreign aid. The founding fathers warned against it, it isn’t authorized by the constitution but yet the second you talk about reducing foreign aid to the whole middle east and treating everyone’s motherland the same constitutional way and giving Israel back her sovereignty you call that person an anti-Semite and call names. We get you now SK.[/quote]
No.
That was me you were quoting.
I don’t think criticizing Israel or AIPAC or Netanyahu is anti-Semitic.
(Considering how many Arab Semites have died or been oppressed at their hands, I don’t think that applies at all.)
I call people who paint a group into a certain role as bigots.
Its like saying that Chinese are all in collusion to manipulate the price of real estate because I have lots of Chinese clients.
Or that gays are trying to control the future of kewl computing because all my gay friends and clients have Apple products and stylish glasses.
I think there is a very strong case to be made to cut off all funding for Israel. However, the people who make those decisions are in congress.
Both voters and lobbyists influence those decision-makers.
And I don’t hate Ron Paul at all.
I just don’t think that he is a candidate I would vote fore.
Honestly, I think he has more integrity than most politicians.
But that does not convince me that my interests are best served by him.
The Constitution is just that. It constitutes government by defining who is responsible for what kind of decision-making (eg: president-military; congress-declaration of war). It does not, by itself, make the decisions.
John Stewart (who, unlike the Rockefeller family, is Jewish) has complained multiple times about the chilling effect on public discourse with regards to debate about Israeli policies. Which is probably why I never see Alan Dershowitz on his show.
In sum:
-We disagree about Ron Paul (because you are mindless follower).
-The Congress approves foreign aid and intervention as they are allowed to do under the constitution.
-Criticism of, and debate about US policies toward Israel are not inherently Anti-Semitic.
-Your statements about Jews controlling things are bigoted. That suggests that you are bigot.
