How many flaws can one person have? Blogger Richard Silverstein has built a “career” out of trying to discredit Zionism, Israel, “the right-wing,” and anyone who challenges aggressive hateful liberalism. In a recent character-assassination, Silverstein, in English Pro-Israel Cyberbullying Alive and Well condemns fellow blogger Joseph Wiseman for “cyberstalking” Israel-critic Stephen Sizer (an Anglican vicar). Here is the Tikun Buffoon, uncensored and unfulfilled, taking his anger out on anyone who doesn’t agree with him. Meanwhile he is guilty of the very transgression that he is so eager to find in others. In his own words:
“This is the same cyberstalker who had the audacity to write about Sizer:…”
“As I have periodically done when vexed by a persistent comment troll or cyberstalker, Sizer noticed that the IP address Wiseman used to post comments to his blog traced back to the University. As you know, most companies, government agencies and universities have rules governing the use of their telecommunications (including computer) equipment. These rules usually preclude the use of such facilities for engaging in illegal, abusive or stalking behavior.”
“Let me throw a little cold water on the party: no one has the right to use public computer facilities to smear the reputation of others and lie about them.”
“As for the police “knock in the middle of the night” (as Wiseman melodramatically portrays it), I’ve had multiple commenters threaten my life and abuse my child as well (not to mention the lawsuits and threats of lawsuits) and the police in my town could care less. The FBI as well. So I’m glad the local police force took this issue seriously. People like Wiseman should know there are red lines they can’t cross (if they don’t know it already).”
“Let’s get a grip, folks. Stop shilling for Joseph Wiseman. The pity and melodrama is misplaced. He’s a big boy. If he wants to play rough, his victims can give as well as they get. Or does Joe think they have to lay down and enjoy it? Joseph Wiseman is a semi-professional character assassin. A nasty piece of work. Don’t cry for him, Argentina or anyone else.”
No one has a right to use a public computer to smear someone else? But, a private computer, yes? You want to explain the logic behind that? Lashon hara is only performed by using a public computer? Silverstein says he was raised in the Conservative movement. No wonder that institution is breaking apart! Is this what they are teaching Jewish kids? Silverstein spends all of his time analyzing other people’s flaws and none of his time analyzing his own! There is nothing passive about his philosophy. Here is another Western loud-mouth bully going after everyone else because he cannot resolve his own issues. Right Richard?
Speaking of hypocrisy and cyberbullying, on his own blog, in the same month (January 2010), Silverstein guns for Ephraim Khantsis, a young religious immigrant (oleh) to Israel:
With some key help from the intrepid Sol Salbe, I’ve learned quite a bit about our Kahane-wannabe.
Richard confesses that he has his little Tikun minions out and about trying to incriminate and slander other Jews. Furthermore, as I can testify to personally, Silverstein uses his blog as a weapon against anyone who doesn’t agree with him, and refuses to allow those people to defend themselves properly. Perhaps if the Conservative movement disintegrated, it wouldn’t produce people like Richard Silverstein. Without “Tikun Olam,” there would be one less problem in the world to fix!
Actually little Dickie Silverstein is even worse than you paint. He considers anyone to the Right of Noam Chomsky to be a Kahanist-wannabe, this coming from Seattle’s worst Kapo-wannabe. Silverstein supports anti-Semitism and Islamofascism in all its forms. He uses “Zionist” and “Israeli” as slur adjectives, as if being either is the worst crime on the planet. He bashes Israel for not doing “enough” for Haiti, while he himself did not donate a dime to Haiti (or to any other Tzedaka?). He is foul mouthed and abusive. He endorses Holocaust Deniers like Norman Finkelstein. He smears anyone who does not sign on to his own Jihad agenda, including Alan Dershowitz. Dickie would need to add 2 digits to his own IQ to get close to that of Dersh.
from the blog Seismic Shock:
Sliverstein – whose blog should be renamed Tikun Onan – described the murder of a non-Zionist Rabbi and his wife at a primarily Jewish religious centre as “not necessarily anti-Semitic”.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/dec/04/mumbai-terror-attacks-israel
Comment by Alec — January 27, 2010 @ 11:33 am
Dickie’s latest posting claims that Dershowitz is attacking him for posting his crud on Neo-Nazi web sites. Dickie does indeed post his crud on Neo-Nazi web sites, but Dersh never mentions Silverstein at all by name. It is like that old Carly Simon song – I bet he thought that this song was about him! Sickie is an attention junkie and he is making up the assertion that Dersh meant HIM when Dersh attacked the anti-Semitic clowns denouncing Israel for helping Haitians. Dickie himself has yet to donate a dime to any Haitians.
Read his entry carefully. He is complaining because HE DIDN’T RECEIVE CREDIT for his anti-Semitic blog not that they republished his filth. He cares not that his beliefs are identical to David Duke and that group of cretins, only that they acknowledge him. He is just an attention whore trying to make up for all the years he was just a pathetic nobody. Mr. KAPOstein is just a total FAILURE in life, nothing more and nothing less.
Sliverstein has no conscience-do you expect him to care? He makes a career out of championing terrorists. Sometimes I think the only thing that keeps him going is the attention he gets from his critics. Something is certainly wrong with a guy who has a website “Tikun Olam” and then has dozens of reviews of non-kosher restaurants!