General Discussion

I have to admit that out of the dozens of hurtful accusations thrown at me since October 2023, this one affected me the most. You have articulated the main reason why.

When someone said "your Jew-hate is showing, dear" well over a year ago, I rolled my eyes because it was the clearest yet demonstration of that poster's assumptions about me. To my amazement, the post was quickly gone and so was the poster, a long-time DUer.

But is seems accusing me of being a racist and the Nazi at the dinnertable etc passes for acceptable debate for nearly 2 dozen people here that I will not engage with further - on any issue. Or maybe not, that would amount to silencing of my voice - not that that was the intention here, right? So maybe I won't consent to being silenced.

And you are right, it's never the content examined but the assumption of bad motives and bad character. Because, you know, anti-racist, anti-homophobe, etc human rights advocate "leftists" have one bad character trait totally out of sync with who they are: anti-semitism and racism toward Jews. Yup.

I hope you get to write your essay on Zionism. Don't hold your breath on a response to your question.

Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart.