[IMC-Boston-Editorial] Right wing articles

[visnusdream at juno.com]

I would leave them both up. One directly pertains to that Mosque closing here in Boston. And one is extremely relevant to the Palestinian elections this week. "Right wing" is not against our policy. We have been hosting a lot of vigorous discussion about the Israel/Palestinian problem. Our readers are the one's who exposed one of these articles as a Washington Post repost. They are discussing the author, etc. We need diverse views. I realize that the pro-Israel lobby can dominate a discussion with identity politics sometimes, but we don't seem to be lost in that quagmire yet, and most of our readership will shut that sort of thing down anyway. As long as the facts are not completely contrived, I think its important to remain as visibly impartial as possible. Otherwise we are going to defeat our own purposes: creating a place for people to discuss, debate, and discover a wide variety of ideas and opinions. 
Love,
Jamie  
PS Zionism is a racist idea, but its political reach is far reaching. There needs to be someplace for people to discuss this stuff. I think IMC is the place . .  . but to be that place we are going to have to find some tolerance for the opposing views. 
HAMAS is on the right side of some issues but it also has some serious ideological flaws. We need to hear from people exposing these issues. Its not the right wing poster I care about in this issue, its the people who are trying to sort it all out. Which I think is a lot of people. 
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