If you are expecting to read my usual Left Coast column, I tell you now that you will be disappointed. I write, today, from a place of horror—about the massacre unleashed against civilians in Israel this past week, and about the morally cretinous bloodlust reaction some who fashion themselves as being on the “left” seem to have experienced in its aftermath, but also in despair at the ghastly collective punishments being unleashed from the air on Gaza residents by Netanyahu’s far-right government and the Israeli military.
  • NewAcctWhoDis [any]
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    9 months ago

    I like how they slip this in at the end of a paragraph

    In the UK, a headmaster at a Jewish school gave his students permission to not wear their uniforms, so that they would be less identifiable to hoodlums glorying in the moment and looking to beat Jews up.

    Technically it's a statement of fact, but it's an attempt to launder the opinion of some random guy no one has heard of or cares about as if it represents an objective reality that students were in danger. The author makes no attempt to justify it; we're just supposed to believe that the headmaster was correct. It's either bad writing or sleezy, your call.

    Also, does anyone have more info about antisemitism at the rally? The linked article doesn't give any examples in the free portion.

    • VILenin [he/him]M
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      9 months ago

      Palestinians are being genocided, but the real victims are white Jews thousands of miles away, because they might hypothetically be assaulted by “hoodlums”, which is definitely a real possibility because some random dude is fearmongering about it.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        9 months ago

        Also I'm sure this hasn't caused middle easterners and muslims to experience an even bigger uptick in violence against them in western countries. We definitely don't have a history of that.

        • VILenin [he/him]M
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          9 months ago

          Especially now that resistance is basically illegal.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      Technically it's a statement of fact, but it's an attempt to launder the opinion of some random guy no one has heard of or cares about as if it represents an objective reality that students were in danger. The author makes no attempt to justify it; we're just supposed to believe that the headmaster was correct. It's either bad writing or sleezy, your call.

      UK gammons being freakish racists also has absolutely nothing to do with Palestine or Palestinians.