One thing that is sure to get your ass banned from Culture Kitchen is hate speech. Not only is it disgusting and contrary to our policies, but it is also pathetic and labels you as a complete and total loser.

We just had a Nazi anti-Semite come and post some crap about Jews and Jewish conspiracies. Sadly, in the process he used a book that is perfectly innocent of his intolerance yet is too easily used by people with small minds for a purpose its author never intended. The Thirteenth Tribe, by Koestler (a Hungarian who was, like me, a borderline atheist, moderately Zionist Jew). This was a very interesting and speculative book that suggests that the kingdom of the Khazars, the ruling elite of which had converted to Judaism, is one of the origins of Ashkenazi Jews. It is an outdated and largely disproven hypothesis that is nevertheless well worth a read. But narrow-minded Nazi sympathizers use it to claim that Jews do not have ancient roots but are, rather, merely Europeans with no link to the Middle East. The evidence for a Middle Eastern link for Jews is overwhelming, and, in a huge irony, points to a common origin for both Jews and Palestinians. Extremist Jews and extremist Palestinians tend to deny each other's validity, despite this clearly common origin.

But that isn't even my point. My point is, Nazism, racism, anti-Semitism and pretty much every kind of hate speech is nothing but a disgusting sign of deep insecurities. I consider the use of hate speech to be symptomatic of a very small intelligence, a small penis, or some other deep deficiency that a person cannot face up to, so has to create a myth of superiority that requires the denigration of others. A person with a modicum of intelligence and self-confidence can cope with their deficiencies and live happy, productive lives despite whatever problems or handicaps they might have. But some people cannot face the fact that they aren't some kind of super-person, and, in a perpetuation of adolescent self-importance, has to believe that they are always right and anyone who is different from them must be sub-human.

This Super-Human/Sub-Human myth that underpins hate speech is almost always a myth that is covering up deep insecurities.

The particular Nazi who started posting here was a clear example of this. He used a single, outdated, speculative book to "prove" his point, unable to comprehend the wide range of data that prove him wrong. His only way of coping with the flood of data proving him wrong is to stick with his original thesis and to spout anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. The biggest irony is that in his profile the only bit of personal info he gave was a statement that he is smarter than you...presumably referring to all readers of Culture Kitchen. There in he reveals personal information he did not intend to reveal, because that statement doesn't say anything about his being smart but merely reveals his deep insecurity over his intelligence. In discussing things with him it was rapidly clear that his knowledge and ability to reason were superficial at best. Yet rather than learning, he has to create this myth that denigrates all who disagree with him, particularly Jews. His only other statements, other than Nazi crap, were anti-gay or pro-Ron Paul. I suspect that, like one of our Hillary advocates who saw Elizabeth Edwards' cancer as a sign from God to anoint Hillary, this Nazi's advocacy for Ron Paul would not be welcomed by his campaign.

I banned the loser Nazi from this site. It was my first banning and I am happy I did it. Culture Kitchen is many things to many people. But it is NOT a platform for losers to self-congratulate themselves by portraying others as sub-human. This is NOT a place for hate speech. We leave that kind of loser crap to Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly and other such creeps. We will always and consistently tell Nazi punks to fuck off.