The empirical probability that reader comments in response to Israel-related content at the Guardian and ‘Comment is Free’ will quickly devolve into anti-Zionist vitriol is as good as the likelihood that the specific epithets used by commenters will be consistent with the Guardian Left narrative.
Both are near certainties.
While we’ve often posted about reader comments which are more explicitly antisemitic, the following thread effectively illustrates the manner in which the debate over Hagel’s nomination for Defense Secretary has been framed at the Guardian – where a conservative Republican has engendered the sympathy of the Guardian Left due largely to the political orientation of those aligned against him.
Here is a brief snippet of the conversation below the line of Matt Williams’ Jan. 7 Guardian report, ‘Obama keen on Chuck Hagel nomination despite opposition‘.
The Israeli-Palestinian issue is “never debated” in the US.
Israel, and American “Israel Firsters” control the US.
Historically oppressed Jews have now become the oppressors.
American Israel-Firsters are, in fact, traitors to their country.
Then, there was this rebuttal:
We hear it all the time below the line, following dog whistles above the line, at ‘Comment is Free’.
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