- This topic has 3 voices and 3 replies.
-
Posts
-
I have recently had a guy that comments on a bunch of the posts on my blog. He first popped when I wrote a piece criticizing the nuke deal with Iran. He continually tries to convince me that the Israelis are evil and that Christians and Iranians (or Persians as he likes to call them) have a common enemy in Israel. I have had a running dialogue with him for about a week and neither of us will budge an inch. I finally called him out as a propagandist today but he has not responded as I write this. The longest thread is here, chick it out and tell me what you guys think. I think it is a slick propagandist myself.
I don't think it's propaganda, I just think it's his opinion. His “I've known thousands” comment just tells me he's BSing.
You have to go back and look at the other posts he has commented on. The sum total of his comments is awful fishy and too much on message. He is using a throwaway email as well.
I don't understand see it being more “propaganda” than mere “opinion”. The guy sounds like he may have first-hand experience, perhaps in the Middle East, but he's not presenting his opinions with convincing evidence; some of his conclusions remain only claims.Still, I don't see him as necessarily promoting “white propaganda”. I think people can legitimately dislike Israel or what Israel stands for without being “racist” or “anti-semitic”, just as one can be anti-American without any associated ethnic or racial claims. I also think that generalizations can be made about religious cultures without being unfairly prejudicial or “anti-” toward that religion as a belief system. Now, I realize there is an added layer of complexity because of the fact that Israel is mainly populated by Jews, but I still do not think that being anti-Israel makes one anti-Jewish. To claim otherwise would cheapen the debate over legitimate issues, IMO.
