Dear Conservativehippie,

I must say it is very hard to take any claims of bias from someone so far to the extreme right as you are mate. From there everyone else must be a pretty shade of pink.

To focus on Miriam Margolye's sexuality and to spit out the anti-Semite label further marks you as one of those quite nasty right wingers, the type who thinks their point of view is the absolutely correct one and bugger the rest.

The sad thing is that these aren't really your views are they? They are what you deem to be the rightwing playlist and you regurgitate them for all you are worth.

This is patently evident in your actions of personally attacking Miriam Margolyes because you see any criticism of Israel as requiring immediate rebuttal.

But why? How do you think you have manage to adopt such a mantra? As a Jewish lady Miriam has far more invested in the question of Israel than you but I guarantee she would have far more class than to immediately dive to the gutter like you did.

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Perhaps you are Jewish, perhaps you have a deep connection to that part of the world, perhaps you have lived there for an extended period, but somehow I doubt it.

How, even after the slaughter of so many people in Gaza in the last conflict, have you decided that you will brook no criticism of Israel?

I personally know several Jewish people who are in quite deep despair over the actions of the Israeli government as is evidently Miriam Margolyes.

But why you?

The word hate has only been used three times on this thread up until now, all by some of the true haters, yourself and runner; our right wing Bill and Ben. Just look at this comment from you;

“She succeeded in a matter of minutes to make me hate her.”

Mate I don't think there are too many people I hate, it takes a pretty vile human to earn that from emotion me, but you have managed to find it within minutes. It speaks volumes.

I suspect it isn't just her criticism of the government of Israel is it. Another thing that upsets most extreme right wingers of your ilk is outspoken, direct and forceful women, and Miriam certainly is that. Nor should we forget the fact of her being open about her sexuality, something which always has your lot sucking on lemons. There are probably a few more but those three strikes has earned your hate 'within minutes'.

Miriam Margolyes is now an Australia citizen and I think the place is better for it. Perhaps you taking an intern-ship with the American Tea Party might improve the place even further.

The blame argument has got out of kilter.
What on earth would you expect Israel to do when Hamas fires thousands
of rockets into Israel ?

If the Victorians were firing rockets into Sydney what do you think
NSW would do ?

For gawds sake join the real world !

The blame argument has got out of kilter.

What on earth would you expect Gazans to do when Israel fires tens of thousands of 88mm artillery rounds, tank rounds, mortar rounds, missile strikes, 500lb JDAM bombs into Gaza? On top of that the Israelis continue a brutal land, sea, and air blockade against international law and directives from the UN?

If the Victorians were fires tens of thousands of 88mm artillery rounds, tank rounds, mortar rounds, missile strikes, 500lb JDAM bombs into Sydney On top of continuing a brutal land, sea, and air blockade against international law and directives from the UN what do you think NSW would do ?

For gawds sake join the REAL world!

The blame argument is a big part of the problem! There are people on both sides who don't want peace, and their actions convince people on the other side to continue the violence, thus giving them an excuse to continue the violence.

Going by his track record, Netenyahu appears to be one of those people who doesn't want peace.

And IIRC it was the annexation of territory that Miriam criticised, and that's not something that the Palestinians provoked.

amazing with such a small percentage of feminist/lesbians in Australia how our propganda machine (ABC) always manage to find one for the panel. Usually they have come from stuffed families and now expect everyone to listen to their spew.