Hang on a minute, you were the one accusing people of bullying Jazzz on the other thread just yesterday, when people were pointing out his anti-semitism.
The reason so many of us criticise Jazzz over his shit is precisely because they do infect things like Occupy.
Fair enough. I totally get the criticism. It seems to be infecting plenty of my friends more sensible faculties too. My point on that thread was it's not what you say but how you say it. And you'll remember that I criticised both sides. It wasn't the content I was criticising, it was the tone of the thread... You aint never gonna win over opinions when putting an argument across like a holier-than-thou twat (not you, just people generally). Remember, loads of people read the boards, so actually opinions are formed not just on the content, but how that content is put across.
People poison their own wells by adopting such an attacking tone, and makes other people reading (not just the recipient of the reply) less liekly to listen. I understand that people get tired repeating the same old shit, and that it's frustrating and annoying, but anyone can view these boards and plenty of lurkers base their decisions and ideas on the viewpoints put across here. Aggression is really unhelpful. You aint never gonna win Jazz over, you will never change his mind, so when people write responses they should really be thinking of the anonymous readers who will be taking it all in. THAT was my problem.
And if FLB doesn't believe some 'conspiracy' stuff (for want of better phrase) he must also believe all of it anti-semitic? Because any attack on something you don't like is fair?
What are you talking about?
Banking "joooooz" is clearly anti Semitic. My mum's Hungarian - the stuff she comes out with is shocking, and she's generally a very nice lady. I tell her off about it, and say stuff like "mum... don't you think it's a bit more complex than that", and you know what - she fucking concedes, sometimes, but I take my victories where I find them.
So Jazz, tbh what you say is nothing new, it's nothing revolutionary and I've heard it all before. It's a deeply ingrained part of a paranoid aspect Eastern European culture (which has suffered war after war), with myth passed down form Babcia to Babcia.
The difference between my mum and you is that your conviction is unshakable. It doesn't matter what people say to you, YOU KNOW. It's a shame but it seems to me that your ability to trust anyone or to be even a little open minded anything has disappeared. You just never seem to concede. I don't think you're a twat Jazz, but your seemingly unshakable belief is really frustrating. For alot of people talking to you about any of this is like trying to talk to a fundamentalist Christian.
That's the worst part about this conspiracy stuff IMO. Is that it shuts down critical faculties and turns otherwise decent people who I think do have a soft heart, and do want the best for humanity turn into paranoid, defensive blame seekers.
It's a real fucking shame tbh.
