tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post4748428868879887534..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: The Failures of Progressive-Left Zionism: Forever Playing DefenseMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-45679538339749062952012-05-13T14:32:52.785-07:002012-05-13T14:32:52.785-07:00btw, one specific example is Barry Rubin who is so...btw, one specific example is Barry Rubin who is sometimes castigated as right-wing despite the fact that he comes out of the Labour party.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-59037643839893800312012-05-13T14:31:21.101-07:002012-05-13T14:31:21.101-07:00Interesting.
Y'know, I've long wondered j...Interesting.<br /><br />Y'know, I've long wondered just why it is that almost all the pro-Israel sites lean toward the right and the conclusion that I am drawing is not so much that the vast majority of pro-Israel sites actually are right-wing, but that the left has concluded that to be pro-Israel <i>is</i> to be right-wing.<br /><br />If there is truth to that assertion it would mean that pro-Israel people can only be considered "left" or "liberal" if they are somewhere on the far-fringy left, in the ideological neighborhood of J Street or Meretz.<br /><br />Other than that one is automatically docketed as right-wing and therefore dismissed by progressives who prefer to keep their minds firmly shut, rather than consider alternative points of view, in order to maintain progressive bona fides.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-8649130313556591492012-05-13T10:44:56.771-07:002012-05-13T10:44:56.771-07:00Good post.
As you said, it takes them out of the ...Good post.<br /><br />As you said, it takes them out of the conversation. It is their loss. They are marginalized from both ends.<br /><br />Until they can address the questions I asked in the other thread, to deal with the fundamental disconnect and other inconsistencies, I think they will continue to spin their wheels by reactionary gestures. <br /><br />There is fear of being perceived from any utterance as biased against Muslims, by those who are, essentially, anti-Israel. To offset this circumstance, it is incumbent they be seen both as "fair minded" and hyper loyal to Obama. Thus, we see the kabuki where they expose Islamophobes and Republicans as an end unto itself.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.com