The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154376   Message #3625425
Posted By: Jim Carroll
12-May-14 - 09:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
Subject: RE: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
"is an emotive and tendentious dislocation of the language"
You appear to be attempting to censor the way I put forward my point of view
I'm not being abusive - I don't believe I am being offensive - I am merely making comparisons I believe to be valid.
I find it offensive that anybody should undermine an entire ethic or cultural group by lumping them in with the extremists
I find it offensive that you, and others refuse to respond to questions of what you feel should happen to these people who make you uncomfortable.
I have yet to ask you not to express the opinions you have, nor would I dream of doing so
Comparisons with Nazism have come from within Israel, as have the use of the term, "Apartheid State".
You put down my objection to Keith's "cultural implant" accusation as "a misunderstanding on my part" - it seems you are happy to defend extreme language if it fortifies your own opinions.
You have persistently sneered at my concern for racism and my efforts to have it toned down on this forum and you have shown yourself quite capable of abuse in response to things you don't agree with.
Perhaps when you begin to show some awareness of the effects irrational xenophobia such as yours has on the lives of people who, in the main, appear to be peaceable and law-abiding, maybe you might have some claim of consideration for your own sensitivities.
Jim Carroll