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:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Early_National_Socialism/draft#personal_p…
In the context of a discussion with AndyL over the relationship between the
Austrian and Hungarian National Socialist movements, WHEELER posted the
following:
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]
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)
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.
Steve
Steven L. Rubenstein
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Bentley Annex
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
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