[WikiEN-l] WHEELER's anti-Semitism

[steven l. rubenstein]

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_pedigree
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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