For what it's worth what I was trying to do on the Rothschilds thread was to say
1. Yes, it is an anti Semitic trope and we need to tread carefully
2. I don't think Patty is anti-Semitic
3. I also think it is possible to have a conversation about it, as Sufi suggested we should.
There was a lot of pressure coming from Droid and Eden, which I'm not criticising them for, it came from a good place, but I was trying to shield you from that while at the same time not shying away from the fact that the Rothschild stuff is inherently dodgy.
What I thought was important was to assume you were acting in good faith and to affirm that. But part of that assumption was also to assume you had displayed poor judgement, or a lack of discrimination, or a surfeit of credulity. Which is, in itself, somewhat insulting. I understand that but that was how I felt and that is what I said.
I'm hugely sympathetic to the lure of conspiracy theory. I'm not judgemental about people whose intuitions lead them up those paths. I understand it. I share it. I'm always getting told off by people here about that which is why I wanted to stick up for you.
I'm not your enemy. I don't want to undermine you or humiliate you.