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All of the below is factually true and can be verified but was censored from HN. Criticism of Israel != anti-semitism. >Don't Helen Thomas your career, dont yo

All of the below is factually true and can be verified but was censored from HN. Criticism of Israel != anti-semitism. >Don't Helen Thomas your career, dont you know mentioning that is a thought crime? Obama promised another 38 billion over ten years, and the real cost including all military and other aid has been estimated at 15 billion per year. Never mind their wall, occupied territory and treatment of Palestinians in their war for a racially pure nation state. The UN actually ruled Zionism a racist institution but now we know you can only be racist if you're a white European. Jews occupying, displacing and killing Palestinians and Arabs is fine.

rat87 10y ago
> The UN actually ruled Zionism a racist institution but now we know you can only be racist if you're a white European. Yeah that was some deep bullshit by the UN. They later acknowledged this and took it back
- anon2264 10y ago
  So is race supremacy racist or not? You dont think it is?
Sacho 10y ago
This seems to be lacking context. I would suspect that's why it got flagged in the first place.
- anon2264 10y ago
  I just wrote it in response to the person downvoted for a valid criticism. Showing how valid criticism in this context is usually a thought crime.
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sctb 10y ago
We ban accounts that were created just to violate the guidelines with, so please stop.
- anon2264 10y ago
  HN is entertaining a lot of political threads and commentary lately so please enforce this rule equally since you're bringing it up only here. It appears that's the only guideline I broke; my comment was relevant to the parent comment being downvoted for no reason. It's just ridiculous you cannot criticize that country anywhere without being slandered yourself. There's no perfect government or country in history and that's why it's great in America that we can criticize government.
  - sctb 10y ago
    Hacker News is not a site for engaging in political battle. Most politics are off-topic, but a blanket ban would deprive the community of topics that are indeed intellectually interesting, or representative of new phenomena. The political discussions that we do have, then, are for the community, and the expectation is that comments are thoughtful, patient, civil, and substantive. Creating accounts that only post politically is not good community behavior, nor is reposting comments that have been flagged, nor is making deliberately inflammatory (troll) statements as you have. These behaviors are against the goals of this site and they just don't belong.
    - anon2264 10y ago
      On the first two points I agree with you. Those are good community guidelines here. However, HN is allowing many political threads lately and it's out of order to single out someone for political comments you don't agree with. Nowhere did I make troll statements and that's not something you are capable of substantiating. No government is perfect and beyond criticism and you should not attack someone for having the bravery to be a political dissident no matter how scared or biased you are.
      - 10y ago

rat87 10y ago

> The UN actually ruled Zionism a racist institution but now we know you can only be racist if you're a white European. Yeah that was some deep bullshit by the UN. They later acknowledged this and took it back

anon2264 10y ago
So is race supremacy racist or not? You dont think it is?

Sacho 10y ago

This seems to be lacking context. I would suspect that's why it got flagged in the first place.

anon2264 10y ago
I just wrote it in response to the person downvoted for a valid criticism. Showing how valid criticism in this context is usually a thought crime.

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sctb 10y ago

We ban accounts that were created just to violate the guidelines with, so please stop.

anon2264 10y ago
HN is entertaining a lot of political threads and commentary lately so please enforce this rule equally since you're bringing it up only here. It appears that's the only guideline I broke; my comment was relevant to the parent comment being downvoted for no reason. It's just ridiculous you cannot criticize that country anywhere without being slandered yourself. There's no perfect government or country in history and that's why it's great in America that we can criticize government.
- sctb 10y ago
  Hacker News is not a site for engaging in political battle. Most politics are off-topic, but a blanket ban would deprive the community of topics that are indeed intellectually interesting, or representative of new phenomena. The political discussions that we do have, then, are for the community, and the expectation is that comments are thoughtful, patient, civil, and substantive. Creating accounts that only post politically is not good community behavior, nor is reposting comments that have been flagged, nor is making deliberately inflammatory (troll) statements as you have. These behaviors are against the goals of this site and they just don't belong.
  - anon2264 10y ago
    On the first two points I agree with you. Those are good community guidelines here. However, HN is allowing many political threads lately and it's out of order to single out someone for political comments you don't agree with. Nowhere did I make troll statements and that's not something you are capable of substantiating. No government is perfect and beyond criticism and you should not attack someone for having the bravery to be a political dissident no matter how scared or biased you are.
    - 10y ago