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Thread #159827   Message #3802146
Posted By: Steve Shaw
26-Jul-16 - 02:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
Subject: RE: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
"Your denial of her and others' antisemitism just shows that you do not recognise it when you see it. Labour accepts it for what it was. Why won't you Steve?"

The Labour Party has not found her or anyone else guilty of antisemitism. You have because you want that wider definition of yours, which you've already lied in your teeth to us about, to apply. She made an extremely stupid remark about relocating "Israel" to the US. Israel is a country, Keith. It contains a quarter Arabs and three-quarters Jews. If I say that South Africans are bastards, that would be an extremely stupid remark, but not racist. Even though most South Africans are black, a considerable number are not. If I say that black South Africans are bastards, that's racist. If I say that all the Jews should be removed from Israel, that's antisemitic. Antisemitism is a crime against people, not against a whole country. There is a world of difference between a bloody stupid, thoughtless remark and an antisemitic remark. The far right, including you, the Mail and the Telegraph are the people calling her antisemitic. The Labour Party have not said that. So stop lying. And please stop providing us with interpretable comments as if they are proof. Find me instead a Labour official who says that Naz Shah is antisemitic.