The Useful Idiot

We have watched BBC 5Live Messageboards for a while and it seems obvious to us that a pro-Israel thread can be Hidden and taken out of debate by what we believe are the Islamist and Antisemites who post at 5Live. Also, an item that might discuss an issue to do with Islam or Muslims will be similarly attacked. As we write this someone has complained about the news of a Muslim solicitor/Lawyer who is sadi by the Daily Mail to earn £1m a year defending people like Abu Hamza, with the money coming from legal aid http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1024677/Abu-Hamzas-Muslim-lawyer-earns-1m-year-legal-aid-representing-terror-suspects.html (she denies the allegation)

Here is what you do. You adopt a two-step strategy:- Simply reference your news source with an accurate thread title. Simply state in a small sentence what its about and ask a question like "What does anyone else think?" Then leave it.

If you are referencing a true news source and you are merely bringing forward  for discussion the there is no way they should be considering Hiding it while they make a ruling. It should be obvious to any Moderator that you have said nothing that can be complained about.

Now that its up there you can follow it with any supplemental debate or points you want to make. If you break the rules (or suffer censoring complaints) then at least your thread stays open.

If your item is Hidden then just re-submit it with a re-write straight away and be sensitive to what may have caused the complaint. Under BBC rules if they decide to remove your post you are invited to re-submit with the offending item taken out. However, they never tell you what's wrong with it. You have to guess.

We think its bad to make complaints JUST to stifle debate. We have ONE exception. If the poster at 5Live is the Antisemitic wendymann (or israhel - as she once calle herself) then complain! complain! and complain! until the Antisemite is banned. BTW, anyone can complain. ( We are referring to someone at 5Live using that handle and no other Wendy Mann in existence. We do not believe we are advocating action against any REAL Wendy Mann's only the personna of the handle.)