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Thread #161452 Message #3849006
Posted By: Steve Shaw
06-Apr-17 - 05:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Uk Labour Party discussion II
Subject: RE: BS: Uk Labour Party discussion II
Yvette Cooper, as well as being one of the right-wing Labour cabal who managed to hand power to Cameron twice and which is dedicated to undermining Jeremy Corbyn at every opportunity, is a supporter of Labour Friends of Israel. I note that neither she nor the Labour Party have dared to utter the words "Ken Livingstone is an antisemite." Nor dare they say that "Hitler supported Zionism" is an antisemitic remark. Why won't they say these things? Because Ken is as un-antisemitic as it's possible to be, that's why. He visited Israel and forged links with left-wing groups there. As mayor of London he regularly met with the city's Jewish groups and he introduced public Hanukkah celebrations in Trafalgar Square in 2005. He gave unstinting support to minority ethnic groups and campaigned for racial equality and equal rights for LGBT Londoners. He did this in the teeth of often racist or homophobic derision from the Tories and the media, branded "loony left," remember? He did as much as anyone to change attitudes to minorities. You don't do all that if you're antisemitic. On two or three occasions he's made undiplomatic remarks that have got him into trouble, but then he has had a hawkish right-wing media on his back for decades. Not a single antisemitism accusation against him has stuck. You are a hypocrite for singling out a man who has done a damn sight more to help ethnic minorities in this country, including Jews, than anyone in the shoddy party that that you support. I include Blairites in that as well. Why not. They're just as bad.
Now use your brain for once and tell me which part of "Hitler supported Zionism" is antisemitic, i.e., attacking Jews because they are Jews. Let's see if you can manage, for once, to answer without telling me what someone else thinks. I'm not exactly holding my breath.