July 25, 2006
And that leads me the decision I made this afternoon.
I've had a commenter who is vigorously opposed to Israel commenting here. Now I'm willing to accept that position as legitimate -- indeed, it has not been too many years since I was a vigorous critic of Israel. I recognize that opposition to Israeli policy and criticism of Israeli leaders need not be based in anti-Semitism, and respect an honest discussion of the topic. I would, in fact, welcome such discussion here.
Unfortunately, the commenter in question, Ken Hoop (revbronco@yahoo.com -- send him as much spam as you want) has crossed the line several times. Not only has he repeatedly made rather disgusting statements in posts, but he also sent me even more vile material in my email. This included links to extremist sites like antiwar.com, davidduke.com, and juancole.com. I can accept such items in the spirit they are offered -- a hate-filled spirit, to be sure, but one which at least makes a pretense of intellectual discussion.
Today I received an email containing various links and graphics from a site called holywar.org. After opening the email and looking at the site, I felt a compulsion to bathe in the hopes that I could remove the contamination caused by viewing such material. I will not even describe it, except to indicate that it is anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, and laden with a level of bigotry that I did not think that even Ken Hoop could descend to.
Ken Hoop is now banned. His emails are now deleted before I ever see them. I have blocked every IP from which he has ever posted, including at least two public library systems in the Cincinnati area (one in Ohio, one in Kentucky). If anyone has difficulty commenting as a result, please feel free to email me and I will see if we can make other arrangements to allow you to post while keeping the hatemonger off of this site.
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Posted by: Hube at Tue Jul 25 12:45:13 2006 (45PV/)
I do not necessarily approve of or agree with everything on any site from which I proffer material;more importantly, Greg shows his complete Israelophilia when he calls esteemed Professor Juan Cole an 'extremist.' One can and should doubt the accuracy of any other characterization he might make of anyone active in the field of US Middle East policy on any level on this basis alone.
Posted by: Ken Hoop at Wed Jul 26 07:53:15 2006 (j1Lns)
And ken, if you don't consider the material posted about the Catholic Church to be anti-Catholic, I don't know what you think would fall into such a category.
And perhaps teh most telling aspect of your illicit comment above is this -- you do not deny that you are forawrding anti-Semitic material to me. That alone is sufficient to ban your bigotted ass, you fucking neo-Nazi, Aryan Nations, KKK, Christian Identity douchebag.
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Wed Jul 26 08:40:43 2006 (geDN6)
Jewsagainstzionism.com..a fine group.
You are like the fools who demand American
Moslems take to the soapboxes to denounce every
action of a Moslem group anywehre in the world or else stand guilty of complicity.
No...better...you are like the Democratic fools who demanded Iraqi President Maliki continue their fantasy that America hadn't thrown lives and monies down the toilet when they demanded he retract the new Iraq government's SUPPORT FOR HEZBOLLAH and condemnation of Israel.
Get the hint, Greg. You shouldn't ban me if for only one reason.I am apparently the only one who can document as it happens America's complete ongoing defeat in the Middle East due largely to its entangling alliance with Israel! Your readers need to know.
Posted by: Ken Hoop at Wed Jul 26 09:01:30 2006 (j1Lns)
does not accept the Vatican Two modifications of Church doctrine. If Greg wants to call the devout traditionalist Catholic, and purveyor of "The Passion", Mel Gibson, "anti-Catholic" because he too practises pre-Vatican Two Catholicism and rejects the liberal changes, that is Greg's privilege being something of a modernist Judaizer himself.
Posted by: Ken Hoop at Wed Jul 26 10:16:29 2006 (j1Lns)
Leave.
And if you don't like my rought language above, let me offer a more scriptural line that is fully in accord with what I believe Jesus would tell you.
"Get the behind me, Satan!"
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