I recently posted a rather funny (I thought) satirical article in my diary that declaimed (tongue in cheek) America's policy of giving subsidies to Israel and Wall Street but not giving subsidies to Americans who have had their homes foreclosed on. So the Daily Kos gave me a warning that I was being anti-semitic. And I have no way to contest that ruling either. That's unfair.
What if, after hearing that I've been judged to be anti-semitic, the 1.2 million people who read the Daily Kos might think that I actually am. I'm not anti-semitic. I'm not against Jews. I'm against Wall Street bailouts and mulit-billion-dollar fiscal support for Israeli neo-cons who have destroyed approximately 20,000 Arab and Christian Palistinian homes in the last nine years in order to replace them with modern condos -- which anyone in the world can claim and move into just by telling Israeli neo-cons that they are Jewish.
That's not anti-semitic. That's anti-injustice.
Suppose that I had written an article stating that the US government was paying subsidies to Muslims and I was objecting to that? Would I still be in such deep dog dookie? Would I be charged with being anti-Muslim? I think not!
Or if I had said that, somewhere, Christians were getting preference over Jews? Would I be considered anti-Christian?
In his book, "Taking on the System," Markos Moulitsas talked about how he was attacked for something he had written about not feeling sorry for people waging war for profit -- and because of this he was attacked. "I regret the way it was phrased," responded Markos after he had been attacked on all sides. "It was not very politically correct. But the sentiment behind it was very appropriate, and I still stand by it."
PS: To view the disputed article, click here: http://www.dailykos.com/...