Okay...explain the white supremacist rally and its relation to Free Republic.
No clue here. Understand there IS necessary defensiveness on our part. Further understand that there ARE a FEW (a few) FR members (not real FReepers) who get on any thread dealing with Israel or Jews in general and begin blindly bashing. That may be where her fear is coming from.
You NEVER know who your enemies are when you are are Judaeic or of Jewish descent. I pay close attention to ANY white supremacists who come near my turf, because the danger of history repeating itself is still very real, even here in the US. Auggie Kreiss tried setting up shop in my vicinity recently. He discovered a rather unified front against him. That is an ENORMOUS improvement over the science teacher I had back in high school in the same area, who was chased out by a bunch of complacent, arrogant cross burners- they burned one in his front yard. The guy was a CONSERVATIVE and I got into a LOT of fights over that....but their daughter was only a toddler and they left anyway. Mr Berkowietz was his name and he was a damned good teacher. It's a grudge I still hold against my adopted community. At least the reaction to Kreiss shows there HAS been some improvement over the past three decades.
In sum, it's not paranoia when everyone's REALLY out to getcha. Been there, experienced that - and not just for my genetic heritage - enough times (3) to recognize the truth in that statement. And miss WKRP in Cincinnati.