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2014 assault section

This section seems to be far too long in comparison to the rest of the article. Although it is notable enough to mention, Galloway wasn't seriously harmed in this.... I propose we trim it down. Most concerning is that we appear to be giving a platform for the latter day George Gordon-esque loon who assaulted him to spout his bile, including sliding the four little words "Galloway is Anti-semitic" into the article. Masterful slight of hand there, excellently played, very clever. But why should we be advertising the supposed excuses for a criminal assault against a politician? Claíomh Solais (talk) 23:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The motive cannot be ignored, regardless as to whether the accusation is sustainable. Philip Cross (talk) 23:14, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and see Eric Heinze's article (cited in the article) as to why an accusation of antisemitism is not counted as libellous defamation.^[1] I am certain Mr Galloway would be very interested in my recent Wikipedia edits. See this (he is almost certainly referring to me) and my user page. Potential conflict of interest declared.

^ Heinze, Eric (12 February 2015). "British MP exploits vague defamation law to sue Guardian journalist". The Conversation. See also Heinze, Eric (2016). Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 31.

Philip Cross (talk) 12:22, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seems fine to me as it is. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 14:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

IMO the inclusion of the quote is simply a means to cleverly sneak the phrase "anti-semitic" into an article of a high profile public figure who is critical of the Israeli regime. This is the current tactic being employed by the Blairite Freikorps in their reactionary offensive against the non-Tory current leadership of the Labour Party and its close allies.... Corbyn, Livingstone and Galloway are "evil anti-semites" and McDonnell is a "communist extremist". It is all very facile and agenda driven. Claíomh Solais (talk) 20:18, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank goodness you are pre-occupied with the use of the word near the end of a long article, rather than the much more substantial and conspicuous passage in which the same word, used by Hadley Freeman, is necessarily featured, or in its derivations, to describe the legally unenforceable threatening letters Galloway sent to people who retweeted Freeman. Galloway would look ridiculous if you removed the word from that section as he would appear to be getting angry over nothing at all. The claim he is an anti-semite has a fairly long history, and it is silly to remove it because you happen to want to whitewash one criminal's motive mentioned near the end. Philip Cross (talk) 20:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your silver tongue has earned both you and George Galloway some notoriety, calling Wikipedias credibility into question. Why not quit while you are ahead?

"Cross is, however, much nicer to the entries of people he likes. Former hedge-fund manager and Iraq war supporter Oliver Kamm, and right-wing author Melanie Phillips, both columnists for The Times, are two examples.

On Twitter, where Cross is more provocative and antagonistic, he doesn't hide the fact that he has long-running feuds with many of his targets on Wikipedia." ^[1]

^ https://wikipedia.fivefilters.org/

[1] Heinze, Eric (12 February 2015). "British MP exploits vague defamation law to sue Guardian journalist". The Conversation. See also Heinze, Eric (2016). Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 31.

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 : Thank goodness you are pre-occupied with the use of the word near the end of a long article, rather than the much more substantial and conspicuous passage in which the same word, used by Hadley Freeman, is necessarily featured, or in its derivations, to describe the legally unenforceable threatening letters Galloway sent to people who retweeted Freeman. Galloway would look ridiculous if you removed the word from that section as he would appear to be getting angry ''over nothing at all''. The claim he is an anti-semite has a fairly long history, and it is silly to remove it because you happen to want to whitewash ''one'' criminal's motive mentioned near the end. [[User:Philip Cross|Philip Cross]] ([[User talk:Philip Cross|talk]]) 20:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
+Your silver tongue has earned both you and George Galloway some notoriety, calling Wikipedias credibility into question. Why not quit while you are ahead?
+"Cross is, however, much nicer to the entries of people he likes. Former hedge-fund manager and Iraq war supporter Oliver Kamm, and right-wing author Melanie Phillips, both columnists for The Times, are two examples.
+On Twitter, where Cross is more provocative and antagonistic, he doesn't hide the fact that he has long-running feuds with many of his targets on Wikipedia." <ref>https://wikipedia.fivefilters.org/</ref>