tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post6995398757667891770..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Spreading Hatred Toward Jews on Daily KosMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-53951766830226940832014-04-24T12:22:31.546-07:002014-04-24T12:22:31.546-07:00While it's frustrating to deal with these peop...While it's frustrating to deal with these people it's a bit like knowing which kinds of dogs are useful for specific jobs. My beagles are great for what beagles do. Which is to be lazy, stubborn, obsessive and mooching food all the time. It's pretty well established that invisible fences are useless with beagles because once they track something, typically a deer, rabbit or a possum, they're gone. Doesn't matter what's in the way; traffic, electric fences, walls, whatever. Likewise they are terrible guard dogs because all they want to do is come up to you and beg for food. And they're terrible watch dogs because they howl and bark randomly at god knows what. But - if you're trying to stop people smuggling plants and food into the US, the Border Patrol has a job for your beagle. THAT they excel at. <br /><br />Point being there's no point in trying to convince Jew haters of anything other than hating Jews. It's not what they do, it's who they are. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-64353389492881416792014-04-23T16:08:04.487-07:002014-04-23T16:08:04.487-07:00Excellent, thanks. I hadn't seen that one...Excellent, thanks. I hadn't seen that one...JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-29238942486137507502014-04-23T10:38:08.734-07:002014-04-23T10:38:08.734-07:00Check this out about Williams, and especially the ...Check this out about Williams, and especially the video at the bottom.<br /><br />He is a really decent man.<br /><br />http://www.jewishpress.com/news/black-state-senator-slams-academic-boycott-of-israel-as-anti-semitic/2014/01/08/comment-page-2/oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-51471222179710278902014-04-23T10:00:57.418-07:002014-04-23T10:00:57.418-07:00Fantastic op-ed by Pennsylvania State Senator Anth...Fantastic op-ed by Pennsylvania State Senator Anthony Williams (an African-American Democrat from Philadelphia) today.<br /><br /> http://nypost.com/2014/04/11/the-racism-of-the-israel-bashers/<br /><br />Too bad I can't quote, or post a clickable link on my phone, but definitely give this one a read.<br /><br />He's not my State Senator, but I'm absolutely going to write him a nice thank you note when I get home from work this evening...JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-62482484021098587972014-04-23T09:37:31.937-07:002014-04-23T09:37:31.937-07:00School, Jay, and Trudy,
The effect of their quest...School, Jay, and Trudy,<br /><br /><i><b>The effect of their quest for utopia is from experience dystopian. Their theories result in great suffering.</b></i><br /><br />Well, the Soviet Union proved that, for sure, School.<br /><br />I used to like to kid people that my ancestors came over on the boat, in the early twentieth-century, with a copy of Das Kapital in one hand a small round bomb in the other!<br /><br />Ultimately, I must agree with you. I expect nothing from the political right-wing, but we are definitely not getting results from the Left.<br /><br /><i><b>Those like this person who clearly seem to be of the opinion that they hold The One True Answer to any given issue (and with these types, it's NEVER just one issue they hold The True Answer to...) are generally the types we should all be most wary of.</b></i><br /><br />Jay, I think that I would say that Eternal Hope has become a strident anti-Semitic anti-Zionist ideologue. She recognizes no virtue in the Jews of the Middle East, nor does she acknowledge any vice on the part of the large Arab majority. <br /><br />Ultimately, she fails <a href="http://jcpa.org/phas/phas-sharansky-f04.htm" rel="nofollow">Natan Sharansky's 3-D test.</a><br /><br />"The first "D" is the test of demonization. When the Jewish state is being demonized; when Israel's actions are blown out of all sensible proportion; when comparisons are made between Israelis and Nazis and between Palestinian refugee camps and Auschwitz - this is anti- Semitism, not legitimate criticism of Israel.<br /><br />The second "D" is the test of double standards. When criticism of Israel is applied selectively; when Israel is singled out by the United Nations for human rights abuses while the behavior of known and major abusers, such as China, Iran, Cuba, and Syria, is ignored; when Israel's Magen David Adom, alone among the world's ambulance services, is denied admission to the International Red Cross - this is anti-Semitism.<br /><br />The third "D" is the test of delegitimization: when Israel's fundamental right to exist is denied - alone among all peoples in the world - this too is anti-Semitism."<br /><br /><i><b>Nearly all forms of totalitarian fascism start out as populism, as a call to justice, a call to uplift the downtrodden. The problem is that all the people shouting 'power to the people' are the people they want the people to give the power to.</b></i><br /><br />I have to say, Trudy, it really wasn't all that long ago that I started engaging with left-wing political advocates on-line on places like Daily Kos or My Left Wing, among others. And, I have to say, there was a specific day, probably around 2009, when I looked up from my computer screen and realized that the very last thing that I want in this world is for my alleged political allies to actually control American politics.<br /><br />I've been dealing with the repercusions of that realization ever since.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-73073890645999124012014-04-22T17:19:41.269-07:002014-04-22T17:19:41.269-07:00Nearly all forms of totalitarian fascism start out...Nearly all forms of totalitarian fascism start out as populism, as a call to justice, a call to uplift the downtrodden. The problem is that all the people shouting 'power to the people' are the people they want the people to give the power to.Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-83165155104746825402014-04-22T16:23:52.318-07:002014-04-22T16:23:52.318-07:00For all too many, I think the root lies mostly in ...For all too many, I think the root lies mostly in naivete, which is forgivable up until a point.<br /><br />That point is when they reach the state School notes here. When they truly begin to convince themselves that they are capable of seeing things so many others can't, despite a complete lack of evidence ("it's the Jooooz who are oppressing other religions and peoples in the Middle East," despite the mountains of contrary evidence, "no other people in the world are more oppressed than Palestinians!," despite the fact that dozens of other peoples are, including multiple groups oppressed by official Palestinian representative bodies themselves, etc etc)...<br /><br />Those like this person who clearly seem to be of the opinion that they hold The One True Answer to any given issue (and with these types, it's NEVER just one issue they hold The True Answer to...) are generally the types we should all be most wary of.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-60554693625175880572014-04-22T14:28:44.247-07:002014-04-22T14:28:44.247-07:00It's about Jew hatred, but the root is general...It's about Jew hatred, but the root is generally deeper for most of these individuals.<br /><br />The effect of their quest for utopia is from experience dystopian. Their theories result in great suffering.<br /><br />As worse, they are not hesitant to coerce others to instill and maintain conformity in an ideology where they can assert power based on elitism and corruption.<br /><br />Their way too often seems to approach nihilism.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-60276388685066543442014-04-22T13:44:37.692-07:002014-04-22T13:44:37.692-07:00When you find the time, please expand on this thou...When you find the time, please expand on this thought, School.<br /><br />Seriously.<br /><br />I am just not quite sure what you are getting at.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-15058879024423351762014-04-22T13:00:59.805-07:002014-04-22T13:00:59.805-07:00The kind of world many of these people wish to bri...The kind of world many of these people wish to bring about will be one without hope.<br /><br />By assuming that no one besides themselves are interested in a "just" world, they take license to exercise coercion, even as history shows the application of their theories is anathema to human life and potential.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.com