No one would do that, would they?
Palestine Report has ax to grind w/ FR Website
Our Axe to Grind
As a political publication coming from a Palestinian perspective, we have a few axes to grind -- a few political fights to pick. Once a month, we will post on this page the website that makes us hopping mad. And of course, we will take the opportunity to explain why....
Our editors welcome all comments at palreport@jmcc.org.
July's Axe
This month's axe, www.freerepublic.com, was recommended by a reader who says he was angered by the anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim posts he saw frequently appearing on the site. After frequent objections, he himself was banned from it.
The US-based Free Republic describes itself as a gathering place for independent grassroots conservatism on the web. It appears to be well-traveled with recent posts on the Middle East and long running conservative commentary. Much of that commentary is not only pro-Israel, but actually hateful, some of it promoting the transfer of Palestinians.
For example, one writer argued of Palestinians: "Then the Jews have every right to exterminate them, to prevent them from rising up. Don't they?" This doesn't seem to have bothered the site operators, despite that those who post from the site are supposed to refrain from racist, hateful language or prohibited from posting.
A look at a posting on homosexuality in the Muslim world got this response: "Islam should be a religion very tolerant of homosexuality. After all, Mohammed commands everyone to get down on their knees and stick their bottoms in the air several times a day." Anyone who doubts that the site's rules against hate language only apply to certain special cases can read more at http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b3243b23744.htm.
Conservatives, liberals - all people for a wider frame of mind - please register and post at the site.
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Credit to busybody for the original post and xm177e2 for the comment that got their attention.