Comments are moderated. First-time comments are held in a queue and approved by me. Once I approve your comment, subsequent ones will not be moderated unless you violate the rules. If you do, your first violation will bring a warning. A second violation may lead to being moderated. That means your future comments would be approved if they don’t violate the rules. Once moderated, new violations would lead to banning. Commenters must respect the following:
- insults, baiting, vulgarity, harassment or abuse is not tolerated. Do not question anyone’s mental health. Do not accuse another of violent motives or threaten violence.
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do not republish articles, posts or comments from external sources; publish an excerpt with a link.
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support claims using credible sources and links; do NOT make unsupported claims. If you don’t provide it, then don’t expect to be taken seriously. Links to propaganda sites will likely be removed. This blog does not promote right-wing or anti-Semitic sites.
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false or multiple identities are be banned. Do not choose a comment name like “Anonymous” or any other common name. Make your name distinguishable from others.
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Denialism of Palestine or Israel is unacceptable. Comments justifying the annihilation of either people or individuals will not be tolerated. Comments advocating expulsion of Israelis or Palestinians will not be permitted.
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arguing on behalf of conspiracy theories like 9/11 is not acceptabl.
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comments abusing the Holocaust and Holocaust terms (‘Judenrein,’ etc.) may be deleted. Use terms like ‘anti-Semite,’ ‘anti-Israel,’ ‘genocide,’ and ‘Nazi’ carefully as they are often misused.
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comments which claim anyone “hates Israel” or is an “enemy of the Jewish people,” “kapo,” “self-hater,” “dhimmi,” “anti-Semite,” “anti-Israel” or similar terms are grounds for banning. The same holds true for terms like “Zionazi,” “Ziohell,” etc. You may argue that I’ve made an error as long as you support the claim with credible evidence. But claims that I am a liar are ground for banning.
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comments must be on-topic and relate directly to the post. Do not repeat yourself. If you demand or dare me to answer a question or ask a question more than once, I will consider you a comment troll.
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Don’t complain about the way I edit the comment threads, or decisions I’ve made about moderating or banning. Anyone sending abusive or insulting private e mails will be banned from commenting and added to my personal email spam filter. Plus, I’m unlikely even to open the e mail, let alone read it.
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I may set limits on the number of comments certain commenters may publish each day if an individual monopolizes the threads. If you publish more than 2-3 comments on a given day on a repeated basis, and your tone is contentious, you’ve pretty much hit your limit. And if you exceed this regularly, you’re an offender. If I tell you you are done in a thread, do not publish another comment there.
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Any comments or private e mail including a physical threat will be reported to local police along with any personal identifying information about the perpetrator. I take such threats SERIOUSLY and react proactively.
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Comments should be written specifically for this site and in reply to something published here. Any comments published at other sites will be deleted.
Those who comment are guests. Treat my home with respect and receive respect in return. Anyone who violates the rules may find comments moderated or banned. Anyone who is a troll, stalker, or abuser may be banned.
Comments containing vicious, obscene, abusive, racist content have forced me to create, and enforce these rules.
Proxy servers: If you use a proxy server to view this blog, don’t. If you publish comments using a proxy server you probably have something to hide. This may cause your comment privileges to be restricted.
E-mail: Readers who send private e-mail should specify whether or not they wish their correspondence to be private. I will generally honor such requests unless I find the original e mail offensive. If you do not specify, your message may be published either in paraphrase or quotation. For e-mails sufficiently nasty or hostile, even a demand for privacy may not be honored and can result in banning from the comment threads as well.
Please do not quote private e mail I write to you without permission. I will likely give it, but want to be asked so that I know I will be quoted publicly before I am.
