Subj : Re: fbi
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Wed Sep 14 2022 18:39:11

On 14 Sep 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> >  MP> > Nobody "believes" in scapegoats. Scapegoats are what they are:
 MP> >  MP> > innocent
 MP> >  MP> > sacrificed in the place of actual guilty parties.
 MP> >  MP> It still sounds anti-semetic.  Aaron doesn't like Soros because of 
 MP> >  MP> reputation.  Soros happens to be Jewish so, in your mind, Aaron say
 MP> >  MP> he
 MP> >  MP> doesn't like Soros is anti-semetic.
 MP> > The question is, why does Soros have the reputation that he does? Is he
 MP> > actually guilty of everything he's been accused of, or is he the victim 
 MP> > anti-semitic smear campaign?
 MP> And, again, since the people who believe he is mucking about in Israel
 MP> are "semitic," I don't think that could be the case.  I didn't even know
 MP> he was Jewish, and I bet Aaron didn't either, until you told us so.  I
 MP> cannot speak for Aaron, but his religion and ethnicity are not a factor
 MP> in any opinion I have of him.

Soros' reputation long preceded any accusations made by Israelis.

You should look into them more closely.

 MP> He could be an ultra-conservative Christian from the Southern US, for all
 MP> I would know or care.  I somehow suspect one of us would care, though.

But he's not. And you're buying into the accusations against him without
researching the source of those accusations.

 MP> >  MP> Meanwhile, you used the supposed fact that the idea of scapegoats
 MP> >  MP> originated with the Hebrews as a way to cast doubt on the opinion t
 MP> >  MP> Israeli government also has of Soros because they are Hebrews.
 MP> > Perhaps he is their scapegoat.
 MP> Could be, and could also be that his religion and ethnicity are an easy
 MP> excuse for those who want to defend him.

Or it could be that his religion and ethnicity got him the reputation you use
to demonize him.

Jeff.

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