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It seems we can also freely accuse forum members of being terrorist supporters, implying they take some pleasure in the deaths by suicide bombing, ect. Never offering some sort of proof, even an inkling, to back it up. Plainly this flamebaiting at best and just a baseless insult at worst.
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I don't like to be called out to post against people who haven't been around to defend themselves lately, but if you insist. It's real easy to find the proof and the arguments. Open each and every thread on this forum, and use your search feature on IE (crtl-F)to find the name Skunk. Read each post under that name on every topic. Then draw your own conclusions. My conclusions were based on that body of evidence amassed over time.
You will find that I did not shy away from calling this out at the time it was done. I made the arguments then, and I don't feel like retyping it all now. The arguments are more demonstrable and defensible when read directly subsequent to the posts that triggered them anyway. It's not at all hard to identify the threads where these discussions would occur -- look for titles that include words like Iraq and Palestine and Arab.
I'm not making those accusations because I want to or because I like it. I think that Skunk has a ton of knowledge about the Middle East, and a lot of it I like to hear. But, after months of watching the stance he took, it became clear that he took the side of the terrorists against the US in every instance, even when it was a clearly indefensible position. He has a bias for them and against my country, and I am not the only one who called him out over this. It's not any one of these things that caused me level the accusation, it's the whole bucket of factors added together.
Chewie, you are obviously not shy in calling me out when you think I've gone over the line -- even starting a new thread just for lil ol me. Why do you ask that I act any differently? You think levelling the accusation is wrong... well, I think the posts the accusation is based on are worse. There just came a point when I realized, "you know what, he's on THEIR side." And, yes, with friends of mine being shot every day, it is a take-a-side situation when it comes down to it. People on the same "side" can still debate the rightness or wrongness of their actions, but that's not the same as being for the other side.
Ask yourself this: if someone on the forum were to say “I support the terrorists and I hope they kick the crap out of America which is too big for its britches” would you think that a bannable/punishable statement? What if it’s the same thing, only thinly veiled?
Anyway, I think the end result is it was obviously not over the line. No mod has said anything to me about it yet. And, in the end it’s just my opinion – and you are free to form your own. At least I say what I’m thinking.