Jim:

You can't declare yourself 'not an antisemite'. That is to be determined by others (I'm sure some of your best friends are joos).

As for 'Communist apologist' there was a thread above the line about songs praising Stalin to which I contributed "The Stalin Epigram" by a Soviet era poet who was transported because of his work. I also contributed a song by a Soviet folksinger which was a lot better and more to the point than the absurd song praising good ol' Joe by that American folksinger. You had to contribute one of your longish posts defending the pro-Stalin stance without contributing anything musical. It came off as a party apparatchik defending the faithful proles from the hoary bourgeois.

I keep coming back to one of the most useful quotes I've read about Communist versus Capitalist societies: "The difference between the Communist system and the capitalist system is that when they give you a kick in the ass, in the Communist system you have to applaud, in the capitalist system, you can scream."

You should appreciate that, Jim. You scream pretty much.