tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post6588849750989361880..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Antisemitism at RALLY for GAZA.Mike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-13358460219573391602014-07-17T10:19:54.923-07:002014-07-17T10:19:54.923-07:00It's bad enough at mainstream conservative sit...It's bad enough at mainstream conservative sites, to see the mentality of the commenters, but I have a feeling that it's worse at places like Red State.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-88132097349445641422014-07-17T04:29:05.150-07:002014-07-17T04:29:05.150-07:00Welcome any time Mike. Just get to Coolangatta air...Welcome any time Mike. Just get to Coolangatta airport (about one hour flight north of Sydney) and I'll take it from there.<br /><br />That goes for all<br /><br />geoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-14782580421098060692014-07-16T23:09:39.570-07:002014-07-16T23:09:39.570-07:00It does go both ways.
I am just not very familiar...It does go both ways.<br /><br />I am just not very familiar with the other side.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-11859646291437749072014-07-16T22:55:58.429-07:002014-07-16T22:55:58.429-07:00It goes both ways, which is a large problem to get...It goes both ways, which is a large problem to getting much done. oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-43322727973476723122014-07-16T22:46:53.600-07:002014-07-16T22:46:53.600-07:00"Brendan O’Neill
Editor
The line between ant..."Brendan O’Neill<br />Editor<br /><br />The line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism gets thinner every day.<br /><br />Why are Western liberals always more offended by Israeli militarism than by any other kind of militarism? It’s extraordinary. France can invade Mali and there won’t be loud, rowdy protests by peaceniks in Paris. David Cameron, backed by a whopping 557 members of parliament, can order airstrikes on Libya and British leftists won’t give over their Twitterfeeds to publishing gruesome pics of the Libyan civilians killed as a consequence. President Obama can resume his drone attacks in Pakistan, killing 13 people in one strike last month, and Washington won’t be besieged by angry anti-war folk demanding ‘Hands off Pakistan’. But the minute Israel fires a rocket into Gaza, the second Israeli politicians say they’re at war again with Hamas, radicals in all these Western nations will take to the streets, wave hyperbolic placards, fulminate on Twitter, publish pictures of dead Palestinian children, publish the names and ages of everyone ‘MURDERED BY ISRAEL’, and generally scream about Israeli ‘bloodletting’. (When the West bombs another country, it’s ‘war’; when Israel does it, it’s ‘bloodletting’.)....."<br /><br />http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/theres-something-very-ugly-in-this-rage-against-israel/15400#.U8dimkCWmhoDoodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349941094682080146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-50378008429086781802014-07-16T22:38:54.224-07:002014-07-16T22:38:54.224-07:00I think that I need to come up with a comprehensiv...I think that I need to come up with a comprehensive list of what we might call "the boundaries of progressive-left hate."<br /><br />In other words, who is it OK to hate and who not?<br /><br />Obviously, Israeli-Jews and "Zionists" are OK to hate.<br /><br />Evangelical Christians are OK to hate.<br /><br />White men are OK to hate.<br /><br />"Conservatives," whatever that means exactly, are OK to hate.<br /><br />And, then, of course, hating certain high-profile conservatives is more or less mandatory.<br /><br />Off the top of my head, in no particular order, we are required to hate:<br /><br />Sarah Palin<br /><br />Sean Hannity<br /><br />Ann Coulter<br /><br />Donald Rumsfeld<br /><br />George W. Bush<br /><br />Rush Limbaugh<br /><br />Glenn Beck<br /><br />Michelle Bachman<br /><br />Newt Gingrich (The Gingrich Who Stole Christmas!)<br /><br />Mike Huckabee<br /><br />John Ashcroft<br /><br />David Horowitz<br /><br />Alberto Gonzalez<br /><br />And on and on and on and on.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-48133145533009488962014-07-16T22:02:10.779-07:002014-07-16T22:02:10.779-07:00There is a lot of other knee jerk hatred and false...There is a lot of other knee jerk hatred and false outrage there, in general, as there is on almost every political blog, but the hate for Israel is most pronounced, no matter the situation.<br /><br />Look at the causes they promote and ask who are they to lecture anyone. <br /><br />Ironic, too, that the singular object of the obsession is the state with the best record in the matter of human rights. But here is where the antisemitism shows itself.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-63528619658913063712014-07-16T18:15:13.890-07:002014-07-16T18:15:13.890-07:00After reading all the Israel hating diaries at dKo...After reading all the Israel hating diaries at dKos lately I am suggesting they change their name to dHamas. I suspect ya'll know why.Doodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349941094682080146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-63553405740815645632014-07-16T11:45:53.748-07:002014-07-16T11:45:53.748-07:00Damn, hadn't seen that one. Thanks for the inf...Damn, hadn't seen that one. Thanks for the info, School. I remember back in Portland, being shocked that the BDSers who regularly congregated outside my local New Seasons Market could never attract any support. And believe me, if you can't draw in Portlander shoppers at the New Seasons on Hawthorne, of all neighborhood, you're a serious BDS Fail.<br /><br />I used to perch myself in the window seat of the Vietnamese restaurant across the street on occasion, and have a warming bowl of pho on many a dark, cool and wet Portland afternoon, warming myself even further enjoying the unlikely BDS Fail on regular public display there.<br /><br />There's a video out there somewhere of BDSers 'singing' in a different New Seasons elsewhere in town. Pretty sure it's still on YouTube.<br /><br />Sad to hear this just happened in Seattle...JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-69867239425528122922014-07-16T11:19:35.078-07:002014-07-16T11:19:35.078-07:00See this:
https://mikereport.wordpress.com/2014/0...See this:<br /><br />https://mikereport.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/shocking-anti-semitic-hatefest-in-downtown-seattle/oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-53065651893265117452014-07-16T10:46:43.825-07:002014-07-16T10:46:43.825-07:00Same here, Mike, re: safe havens.
No offense, but...Same here, Mike, re: safe havens.<br /><br />No offense, but the only major American city I can ever picture a large such 'rally' happening in would be San Francisco. Portland and Seattle would be too lazy, heh. But even in SF, I couldn't picture too much of a mess along the lines of what Shirlee reports...<br /><br />I think here in the US, it mainly bubbles under the surface due to social unacceptability. For instance, the sick fuck on Daily Kos who is currently calling me a racist child-killer who must be on drugs because I take issue with his claim that it's reasonable for people who hate Israel to stone Jews in France, would never say such a thing in public under his real name. So at least we still have that. I wonder if this is becoming less the case elsewhere, perhaps?<br /><br />JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-65646977761090964192014-07-16T10:23:57.074-07:002014-07-16T10:23:57.074-07:00Geoff, I have never been to Australia, but my brot...Geoff, I have never been to Australia, but my brother-in-law lived in Sidney for a number of years and I am looking forward to visiting when the opportunity arises, which is likely will within the next few years.<br /><br />We have relatives in Singapore, so I may come swinging by your neck of the woods before too long.<br /><br />I would, actually, very much like to go and I am guessing that the fishing is pretty damn good.<br /><br />Perhaps we can hook up for a beer.<br /><br />I think that Shirlee's article took me a bit off guard. I tend to think of the US, Canada, and Australia as very, very similar in terms of outlook and culture. <br /><br />Sure, you guys have your funny accent and idiosyncrasies... ;O)... but I think of Australia as among the safe havens. Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-48627427440546769352014-07-16T09:59:28.171-07:002014-07-16T09:59:28.171-07:00Jay, there is little doubt in my mind that through...Jay, there is little doubt in my mind that throughout our lives the United States will probably be the safest place for Jews to live as Jews in the world, including Israel.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-26847071064805087722014-07-16T09:55:54.061-07:002014-07-16T09:55:54.061-07:00Actually Mike I have the same reaction when looki...Actually Mike I have the same reaction when looking at what is going on across the US and you can be certain I'm not trying to point score. I find that more frightening because the US is so important. geoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-22932279955561955642014-07-16T09:52:26.666-07:002014-07-16T09:52:26.666-07:00I can't picture it, and I'd like to hope I...I can't picture it, and I'd like to hope I'm right.<br /><br />The largest antisemitic anti-Israel rally here in Philadelphia I can recall was a couple years ago outside the Israeli consulate, which was matched at least person-for-person, on less than one day's notice, by pro-Israel folks across the other side of the street. About 100 people, total. I can't imagine anything like what Shirlee writes about happening here, and I hope I'm right.<br /><br />On a side note, the Israeli consulate in Center City, Philadelphia is just a few blocks away from one of the spots where the Black Hebrew Israelite hate group regularly 'speaks' (or to be more precise, screeches at, and about, white people, as well as Black Muslims), while nonetheless surrounded by their signs claiming Israel and the Star of David.<br /><br />I keep hoping that one day a group of angry BDS shits will wander upon a Black Hebrew Israelite gathering and spark the most ignorant, yet comic, battle of antisemitic idiocy in world history, against each other.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-46003692778449271112014-07-16T09:49:11.548-07:002014-07-16T09:49:11.548-07:00"We need to get people to understand that whe..."We need to get people to understand that when they see these guys in ski masks, think the Klan."<br /><br />Exactly the image I went for when I reposted Shirlee's piece.<br /><br />http://geofffff.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/kkk-racists-on-march-through-sydney-cbd.htmlgeoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-35487499697984936082014-07-16T08:28:31.245-07:002014-07-16T08:28:31.245-07:00"Expose them as Nazis? So what."
You an..."Expose them as Nazis? So what."<br /><br />You answered that in the sentence right before that, "Behind them is world wide movement to let it happen." We're not going to get through to the people who are part of rallies like that one. However, those people need to convince a larger cadre of useful idiots in order to become a threat. The useful idiots mostly are attracted by the simplistic argument that there is one group living well and one living poorly and is receptive to the claim that the group living well is doing so at the expense of the one that is not. Exposing them as Nazis has a chance of penetrating the skulls of their useful idiots that support of such groups is not a stand against racism but rather a stand to promote racism.Sar Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249389597567433544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-75798522322307373572014-07-15T21:36:53.296-07:002014-07-15T21:36:53.296-07:00I am actually a little surprised at the intensity ...I am actually a little surprised at the intensity of hatred toward Israel / Jews in Australia.<br /><br />It seems considerably worse than in the US... although, coming to a theater near you, eventually.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-35617110494683182812014-07-15T19:42:13.829-07:002014-07-15T19:42:13.829-07:00People in your country should be terrified there a...People in your country should be terrified there are so many terrorist sympathizers in their midst.G-d help you all.Doodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349941094682080146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-68767825726284130522014-07-15T13:48:35.506-07:002014-07-15T13:48:35.506-07:00Again though, the Holocaust wasn't 28 guys wit...Again though, the Holocaust wasn't 28 guys with some pesticide. It was millions of people engaged in the industrial logistics of mass murder. 2000 guys pretending to be Hamas isn't the problem. Behind them is world wide movement to let it happen. Expose them as Nazis? So what. We're only saving time in letting a million people do it themselves. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-89015450524632885762014-07-15T13:38:38.850-07:002014-07-15T13:38:38.850-07:00Precisely.
We need to get people to understand th...Precisely.<br /><br />We need to get people to understand that when they see these guys in ski masks, think the Klan.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-12889245332367605042014-07-15T13:23:56.020-07:002014-07-15T13:23:56.020-07:00The one with the kefiyeh, balaclava, and "SAV...The one with the kefiyeh, balaclava, and "SAVE GAZA" sign would have been more fitting if his head-covering was cone-shaped with just holes around the eyes for him to see.Sar Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249389597567433544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-57158086443334584832014-07-15T12:09:43.060-07:002014-07-15T12:09:43.060-07:00Y'know, Shirlee, this is an important piece.
...Y'know, Shirlee, this is an important piece.<br /><br />I am glad that you've written it and allowed me to post it here, but every time that I read it I get an inexplicable hankering for a quarter-pounder with cheese.<br /><br />;O)Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-73893551889747029822014-07-15T07:01:00.970-07:002014-07-15T07:01:00.970-07:00What makes you think the quiet ones don't quie...What makes you think the quiet ones don't quietly support this too? In countries where a third of the people happily answer surveys telling complete strangers they, and I quote "Hate Jews" unquote, the reality is far far higher. It not shocking that some loon screams the camera that the Jews control the weather and such. It's that he's the guy his group of 30 or 300 elected to speak.Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-91751755859692376062014-07-15T01:08:18.375-07:002014-07-15T01:08:18.375-07:00I have a Board Of Deputies meeting this evening wh...I have a Board Of Deputies meeting this evening which I don't want to go to. I was posting this article until 3 this morning and am very tired.. <br />I need to go whilst I am angry.<br />I need an answer to the question of why we tolerate these leftist to be part our formal community when they can stand up at a rally like they did on Sunday and run Israel down to Jew/Israel haters..Shirl in Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145644692590907775noreply@blogger.com