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I am concerned with WHEELER's anti-semitism. He has made some
offensive remarks in the past, but ones I could dismiss as poor
communication in the course of heated debate. Now he really has
posted an ad hominem non-sequitor on the following page:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Early_National_Socialism/draft#personal_pedigree" eudora="autourl">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Early_National_Socialism/draft#personal_pedigree</a><br>
In the context of a discussion with AndyL over the relationship between
the Austrian and Hungarian National Socialist movements, WHEELER posted
the following:<br>
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<dd>And by the way since you want to declare a pedigree just because your
relatives suffered under the Holocaust. [As far as I can tell, this is
not true; Andy L always bases his arguments on historical documentation
-- SLR]
<dd>The Nazis also committeed atrocities on the island of Crete. My
uncle, Sirodakis, was a great underground fighter. It was my island
that lead a ferocious resistance to the Nazis. It was my
co-religionists, Catholic priests that went to the camps as well.
And it was Jewish communists that destroyed the Orthodox Church in
Russia. Many a Christian died in Jewish concentration camps in
Russian before the Nazis ever killed a single Jew. So don't cry
buster and don't wave your victimhood in my face.[[User:WHEELER|WHEELER]]
15:43, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)<br><br>
</dl>Not only does this have nothing to do with the article, it is
simple, base anti-semitism -- a simple association of bolshevism with
Judaism that the Nazis themselves mastered and promoted. I think
WHEELER should be banned for it, personally. At the very least it
calls for a profound and sincere apology. <br><br>
Steve<br>
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Steven L. Rubenstein<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Department of Sociology and Anthropology<br>
Bentley Annex<br>
Ohio University<br>
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