tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post3075277325735470039..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: The World's New JewsMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-50676356436273570012011-09-30T18:21:25.338-07:002011-09-30T18:21:25.338-07:00Pathological?
It is perhaps the lowest form of po...Pathological?<br /><br />It is perhaps the lowest form of political discourse to suggest that one who disagrees with you on an issue is insane or suffers from any particular mental disorder.<br /><br />That's what the Soviets did, for chrissake.<br /><br />Give him hell, School.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-16642402790947671352011-09-30T16:32:28.293-07:002011-09-30T16:32:28.293-07:00On the other hand, the politically correct fear ov...On the other hand, the politically correct fear over there is shared by so many, that they are quick to believe and charge one is pathological. That stigma, though wrong, will develop because it's a numbers game. For whatever reason, most there now share a different narrative. This is not news, of course.<br /><br />However, to be lectured about rights by people so quick to engage in demonization and authoritarian behavior is no laughing matter. It is also something that should be an issue, intolerance, and this zealousness to impose "house rules" to chill dissent.<br /><br />Indeed, why should they lecture to anyone? If they are challenged and forced to defend their positions, daily, maybe more will ask that very question.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-19126488746974157402011-09-30T15:30:06.748-07:002011-09-30T15:30:06.748-07:00Anon, oldschool and Karma -
Stay tuned. I'm ...Anon, oldschool and Karma -<br /><br />Stay tuned. I'm thinking, I'm thinking...<br /><br />;)JayinPortlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-49447123440947440282011-09-30T14:08:24.547-07:002011-09-30T14:08:24.547-07:00I agree one hundred percent.
We absolutely must g...I agree one hundred percent.<br /><br />We absolutely must go on the offensive.<br /><br />We did not start this fight, but we will damn well finish it.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-80631827900037955722011-09-30T14:04:46.388-07:002011-09-30T14:04:46.388-07:00I agree with the last comment. There are so many ...I agree with the last comment. There are so many great issues. Too many pro-Israel users hesitate to use them to shift the presumption at Daily Kos that Israel is solely to blame.<br /><br />Let these "defenders of humanity" defend the shameful conduct of those they align with in demonizing Israel and Jews.<br /><br />Last I saw, the Democratic Party supported Israel and Jewish self-determination. Thus, sources that expose the opponents should, in theory, be welcomed, not called right wing.<br />These should be used without apology and fear of being labeled a hater or Islamophobe, any more than they are haters and Judaiophobe.<br /><br />Perhaps if the "defenders of humanity" did not neglect these issues in reality, then it would not be necessary for others to do so and offset the silence.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-1428754879068389972011-09-30T12:25:07.032-07:002011-09-30T12:25:07.032-07:00It's pretty amusing watching ASSaf throw his p...It's pretty amusing watching ASSaf throw his petulant fits.<br /><br />But Jay, it baffles me why team Shalom, and Pro I's in general, constantly play defense instead of offense.<br /><br />Where are the daily diaries depicting the Syrian slaughter? Where are the diaries citing Hezbollah's murder of Hariri? The diaries of the ascendance of The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists in Egypt? The war mongering of Erdogan in Turkey? The findings of the IAEA wrt the Iranian nuclear program? Hamas's human rights abuses? Abbas's UN speech denying Israel's historic rights to it's land? <br /><br />The question should be posed: Is it any wonder that Israel is armed to the teeth given that it's surrounded by these radical Arab/Persian regimes and groups?<br /><br />These subjects are largely absent from dKos and Pro I's have no one to blame but themselves.<br /><br />Start playing offense.<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-72191731316659055762011-09-30T12:15:42.882-07:002011-09-30T12:15:42.882-07:00The Palestinians are a people.
Just how they are ...The Palestinians are a people.<br /><br />Just how they are different from Syrians or Jordanians as a matter of culture or religion or language is anyone's guess.<br /><br />But, as of a quarter past Tuesday, they are a people.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-84481065069364934332011-09-30T11:46:36.911-07:002011-09-30T11:46:36.911-07:00The Palestinians are a people, and that is all I w...The Palestinians are a people, and that is all I will say on that.<br /><br />But yeah, is there any question as to what would happen to anyone who attempted to deny Palestinian peoplehood at dKos? They'd be relentlessly beaten down into hidden comments within minutes, and rightly so.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the very same guy who started the whole thing (and who claims to be Jewish himself) THIS TIME (because it's certainly not the first time we've gone through this there, nor will it be the last - in fact, just a couple hours ago we have yet another person denying Jewish peoplehood), is still there, and still whining about how 'unfair' it is that one of his disgusting, racist comments were finally hidden...<br /><br />Ughh.JayinPortlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-54814707713795744682011-09-30T10:34:10.315-07:002011-09-30T10:34:10.315-07:00And, yet, if we say that the Palestinians are a br...And, yet, if we say that the Palestinians are a brand-spanking-new national identity, which is historically accurate, we be bad.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-15561705838070985432011-09-30T10:32:50.985-07:002011-09-30T10:32:50.985-07:00Actually, the first "Jews are not a people&qu...Actually, the first "Jews are not a people" comment was NOT hidden, and ended up at 8+/0-<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/comment/1021059/43450917#c6<br /><br />Imagine that comment being made about any other group of people, would it be welcome and approved there to such an extent? And on this past Wednesday evening, no less? Surely no coincidence there in the timing. Riiiight. Eye roll...JayinPortlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-59764896431516420832011-09-30T10:21:03.061-07:002011-09-30T10:21:03.061-07:00Well, Gideon Levy says so a few days ago, and, thu...Well, Gideon Levy says so a few days ago, and, thus, it must be.<br /><br />http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/the-palestinians-are-the-new-jews-1.385928<br /><br />A catchy and borrowed slogan, but it seems to me the Jews are the old and new Jews.<br /><br />The experience of the Jews is sui generis, and to make this comparison is odious.<br /><br />I especially like the criticism of Western bias when he was busy illustrating another form of the very same thing.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-51309564400635148552011-09-30T09:54:50.773-07:002011-09-30T09:54:50.773-07:00The new Jews.
Thanks for this, Doodad.
One of th...The new Jews.<br /><br />Thanks for this, Doodad.<br /><br />One of the unacknowledged things that is going on is the Palestinian theft of Jewish heritage... which, itself, is part of the Muslim theft of Jewish heritage.<br /><br />You know, Abraham was the first Muslim.<br /><br />Jesus was the first <i>shaheed</i>, which is something that Simone once claimed.<br /><br />Jerusalem, a city not even mentioned in the Koran, is holy to Muslims.<br /><br />And on and on and on.<br /><br />The UN pronounces the Cave of the Patriarchs to be a Muslim holy site, but not a Jewish holy site.<br /><br />It's a con that may eventually see you dead, or if not you the Jews of the Middle East who will then get the blame for the aggression against them.<br /><br />Watch.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.com