"...you'll be accused of tribal hatred and affinity to various fascist and/or medieval groups that have persecuted Jews.."

In the NJ's National Security, here

"The basic answer to this question is that there is no way to talk frankly about Israel and its relationship to the United States that does not expose the speaker to accusations of tribal hatred and affinity to various fascist and/or medieval groups that have persecuted Jews through the ages.

Ah! Sorry! There is a way to avoid such calumny, and that is to become an unthinking robotlike servant of the non-lobby. The non-lobby is the non-assemblage of political forces which forced Freeman to acknowledge the depth of his "guilty" associations with Saudi and Chinese interests and withdraw from fear of exposure. None of that, of course, had anything to do with Israel, her government, or her many moneyed and politically active supporters in the United States. Perish the thought.

"Gatekeeping" is now a major function in futile "discussions" like this one. It is to be seen in the oh so delicate phrasing of the question itself. It is to be seen much more clearly in two of the responses of the first day of discussion. Boundaries are firmly drawn in those responses. There are implicit warnings of what names will be called if the desired limits on areas on content are exceeded. The desired attitude is expressed clearly. The commenter waits now to see who should be disciplined. How many people will risk a wrecked career or a loss of access to the media by defying such menace?"