http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2007/05/29/message-for-joe-gelman/ Musings on political science and sociology from Bloomsbury Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2007/05/29/message-for-joe-gelman/comment-page-1/#comment-10100 Naadir Jeewa Wed, 30 May 2007 09:01:29 +0000 http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2007/05/29/message-for-joe-gelman/#comment-10100 How do you explain your immediate claim that AlJazeera shows beheadings and Bin Laden tapes all day long, if it isn't a racist remark? How do you explain your immediate claim that AlJazeera shows beheadings and Bin Laden tapes all day long, if it isn’t a racist remark?

]]> http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2007/05/29/message-for-joe-gelman/comment-page-1/#comment-10092 Joe Gelman Wed, 30 May 2007 02:03:11 +0000 http://www.randomvariable.co.uk/blog/2007/05/29/message-for-joe-gelman/#comment-10092 Of course I allow comments on my site and people leave comments all the time. I don't even filter the comments. As long as comments do not use profanity, are not obsene and are not threatening, then all comments are welcome. As for being a "racist," well, that's usually a term used by those who have no argument left. In the US such terms don't carry much weight anymore, because usually the person making the accusation is the biggest racist in the room. All the best, Joe Of course I allow comments on my site and people leave comments all the time. I don’t even filter the comments. As long as comments do not use profanity, are not obsene and are not threatening, then all comments are welcome. As for being a “racist,” well, that’s usually a term used by those who have no argument left. In the US such terms don’t carry much weight anymore, because usually the person making the accusation is the biggest racist in the room. All the best,
Joe

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