tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post8173442062816482362..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: CiF WatchYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-56966962790638740372009-08-27T11:57:10.916+03:002009-08-27T11:57:10.916+03:00Nick Cohen author of "What's Left?" ...Nick Cohen author of "What's Left?" page 333/334 "I couldn't believe the antisemitism that hit me."<br />I learned it was one thing being called "Cohen" if you went along with liberal orthodoxy, quite another when you pointed out liberal betrayals."<br /><br />If you are blogging and are not prominent and you get threats of baseball bats coming at you, the German police will tell you that they can do nothing unless something "real" happens, so anonymity is the only protection for the "normal" person, the lone warrior, if one intends to enter hazardous waters.<br /><br />rgds,<br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-56778980314094997412009-08-27T08:17:44.078+03:002009-08-27T08:17:44.078+03:00Maybe these people prefer to remain anonymous beca...Maybe these people prefer to remain anonymous because they want to continue to post on CIF too and disclosing their identity would get them banned there. The other reason I can think about,they are employees and their "second job" wouldn't be tolerated by their employers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-63761430353711326272009-08-27T06:26:20.198+03:002009-08-27T06:26:20.198+03:00Anonymity can be the friend of democracy. Some com...Anonymity can be the friend of democracy. Some comments at CIFWatch are critical of Israel and the use of the holocaust by Israel.<br /><br />Seems balanced to me whoever the 'owners' are.<br /><br />However, none of the incensed debate as witnessed at CI(F) with the moderators putting their thumb on the scales to 'tip' to the Guardian World View.<br /><br />And that's apart from the incessant trotting out of articles by sad marginalized extreme left wing Israelis whose views have been soundly rejected by middle of the road mainstream Israel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-57885918925133054392009-08-27T05:23:46.822+03:002009-08-27T05:23:46.822+03:00I can understand their desire for a degree of anon...I can understand their desire for a degree of anonymity.<br /><br />It would be better if that wasn't the case, but the climate is such that precautions can be advisable.ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-66359358979280965142009-08-27T05:15:27.408+03:002009-08-27T05:15:27.408+03:00In Britain people who fight antisemitism in their ...In Britain people who fight antisemitism in their own name commonly get victimised at work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-62190103980853533322009-08-27T04:34:02.497+03:002009-08-27T04:34:02.497+03:00A couple of well-known, pro-CIFers actually mentio...A couple of well-known, pro-CIFers actually mentioned the CIFWatch site on the Freedland thread and their comments were promptly deleted. The Guardian tolerates no significant deviation from the party line and Brits running CIFWatch will do well to keep their identities unknown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-40452671622062352542009-08-27T01:35:59.237+03:002009-08-27T01:35:59.237+03:00unfortunately, if it turns out that the contributo...unfortunately, if it turns out that the contributors are jewish, then they will be 'outed' as paranoid zionist-fascists who are trying to stifle "debate" on israeli (wink wink) misdeeds.<br /><br />I believe they should remain anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com