Banned again - for criticising anti-semitism and Holocaust denial

Updated 19/6/11 - The following entry was written some days ago. It described events at the time, and my initial reaction. I'm happy to report that since I wrote this the blog author has reopened posting and has been publishing my comments, which have been wall-of-texts, to be fair. The Blog author is far more tolerant and open to my POV than I originally suspected. Fair play. ;) I am pretty sure it's the first time I've come across anyone online who has appeared to reconsider some stuff. Kudos for that, to Talisman @ sweetpotatoandyam blog.

Anyway, what I originally wrote follows below. As I say, it doesn't describe the situation now.
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I was banned again, this time from

http://sweetpotatoandyam.blogspot.com/

I'd seen this article posted at Rivero's WhatReallyHappened.com, and chose to comment.

The comments at the time were open, requiring only a CAPTCHA completion before comments were published.

But that stopped shortly after I raised the issue of the blog's association with Holocaust denial and anti-semitism - the blog links to Les Visible's Smoking Mirrors, and features Holocaust denial in the comments etc.

My last comments were deleted, and now the blog has stopped comments - "to prevent further troll attacks". lol.

ETA - here's a comment of mine that was deleted from the thread about Syria/Israel (other comments of mine were deleted in other threads too)

the_last_name_left said: Well, let's face it - when people such as yourselves go around making sloppy, deeply partisan and distorted comments about Israel it *is* worth knowing that you associate with Holocaust deniers.

Also, it's worth understanding that your blog features at far-right propaganda site, WRH. That's how I reached it, for example.

Plus you include a viciously anti-semitic, Holocaust denial blog in your few links - Smoking Mirrors.

When these issues are raised, you clam-up, shouting "Don't feed the troll!"

You're an idiot to imagine such things won't raise serious concerns. If you were serious you'd repudiate such views.

But you don't.

So, you don't share these concerns.......insultingly you even call it 'trolling' when concerns are raised.

That pretty much says all anyone needs to know about you. Anti-semitism is fine, you tolerate it, condone it, promote it - without any criticism.

Your supposed concern for some people (Syrians) clearly does not extend to others (Israelis/Jews).

You complain about distortions of history over Arab/Israeli conflict, yet you promote Holocaust denial, refuse to criticise it, and even denounce those whom are rightly concerned about it as "trolls" seeking to disrupt discussion.

Look at the first comment by "Mike" in this thread?

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"....a web of absolute fantasy here in the US. Identicaly so as to the fantastical web known globally as the holocaust. Both of these delusional versions of historical "reality" are being taught to public shcool students throughout the US as mandatory subjects. This is brainwashing on a massive scale....."
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So, Holocaust denial is allowed, but criticism of it is "trolling".

This is more evidence of your refusal to 'apply any ideological filters' I suppose? lol

June 12, 2011 2:23 PM

The blogger justifies linking to Holocaust denial and anti-semitism by claiming that s/he refuses to apply 'ideological filters'.

And yet when I critically addressed the Holocaust denial and anti-semitism, I was accused of 'trolling'. That's how they roll.....

Pathetic, and despicable.