tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post7463244906791147908..comments2023-10-09T15:36:41.421+01:00Comments on Citizen Smart: Alan Smarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-24033251663872125082018-11-02T21:49:55.572+00:002018-11-02T21:49:55.572+00:00Hi Alan I thought you might like this little gem.
...Hi Alan I thought you might like this little gem.<br /><br />"As Irish have noted, ever alert to English arrogance, ready to zap it with a Joycean one-liner such as ‘you gobshite, Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom considers Nazi a mild term of abuse.<br /><br />A ‘mild term of abuse’. This sad state of affairs – particularly for Jews – has come to pass because the “reductio ad Hitlerum” argument is common currency, certain to arrive at the end of some bigot’s piss-poor response. Argument failing them – for the simple reason they don’t employ reason – calling an opponent a Nazi is the Final Condemnation.<br /><br />As an online discussion grows longer, more fractious and antagonistic, the probability of a comparison involving Nazism or Hitler is guaranteed. Those uttering the fateful words are probably the same who used to repeat the myth that avers Hitler was not all bad, he built great motorways. For the record, Hitler approved the speeding up of Germany’s first autobahns but they soon disintegrated from wear and tear, and have been renewed and improved a few times since"<br /><br />A fairly salient argument much like the ones put forward by most reasonably minded people during the recent spat. You may be amused to learn that this was blogged by Gareth Wardell aka Grouse Beater in March of this yearTitled Of Jocks, Nats, and Nazis. It appears Mr Wardell thinks that street only runs one way.<br /><br />https://grousebeater.wordpress.com/2018/03/03/of-jocks-nats-and-nazis/Fred MacMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707688966059869049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-20090759356877498042018-11-01T18:05:04.851+00:002018-11-01T18:05:04.851+00:00Thank you. Grouse Beater and his supporters are tr...Thank you. Grouse Beater and his supporters are trying to present him as some sort of great victim here. But I hope the narrative I prove here shows, even those who dont think his article was anti-Semitic , will at least concede he has been indulgent and essentially real stupid. And I would say , i is more than possible to write an anti-Semitic article without necessarily being an anti Semite. Just stupid. And in Grouse Beaters case obstinate in the extreme as well, Because anyone sensible would have amended that article more or less along the lines I suggest n no later than Monday tea time when they leaned Neil Findlay had written to the FM about it. That it is still sitting unaltered, bar that tiny back covering amendment by Grouse Beater early on Monday , is astonishing to meCitizen Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966897025657109970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-29305042899304681022018-11-01T15:33:20.493+00:002018-11-01T15:33:20.493+00:00Well said Alan Smart, brave and unequivocal. I wit...Well said Alan Smart, brave and unequivocal. I witnessed your comments and his responses before he deleted them. We discussed them at the time on facebook and our comments remain. There is no doubt that he knew from the first word he typed that Rhea is Jewish and that his article directly suggested before the edit that she has behaved in the manner described by Hitler with regard to jews in trade unions.<br /><br />Furthermore he has now retrospectively claimed that he did not know which is nothing short of outrageous.<br /><br />Again I commend your fortitude.<br /><br />Fred MacMillanFred MacMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707688966059869049noreply@blogger.com