The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #162418 Message #3866245
Posted By: Steve Shaw
15-Jul-17 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES Urge MP support
Subject: RE: BS: INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES Urge MP support
"Any comment on the usage of terms such as "Nazi", "storm trooper", "jack booter", "Islamophobe", "bigot", "racist", "fascist" etc. which, if searched, appear with a far greater frequency than Jew hater? Or do you not consider these terms to be offensive, abusive and defamatory when used by you and your friends?"
Yeah, I have a comment. They can be offensive and abusive depending on the context in which they are used. They are seldom used here in a context in which there isn't some baiting going on from both sides of the squabble. Defamatory? Only if they are untrue. You don't defame someone by telling it like it is, unhelpful though it might be. The reason they appear far more frequently than Jew hater is that the latter is USED by you alone. Jew hater is always defamatory here because it is never true, not in the remotest way. Significantly, it is never USED by anyone else except you. You seem very slow to pick up on that important point, which is a shame, as it really ought to stay your typing finger. When you call people Jew haters you are entirely on your own. On the other hand, bigotry is on show with disappointing frequency here in a number of contexts. It may not help much to point it out when it shows its ugly face but I think it's OK to not let it pass. Naturally, you won't agree as you never see it in yourself. That's your personal tragedy.