These students are antisemitic. Plain and simple.

siLLy puPPy wrote: lazland wrote: Israel was not created as a strategic military outpost (I assume this is the word you wanted to use as opposed to output, which makes even less sense) in the Middle East for the British Crown. I have never read such rubbish. [COLOR=#990000]Oh the ignorance is so thick you can barely cut it with a knife. Grow the f--k up and learn some history.

Hey you little punk, you better learn some manners or you're gonna get your bullsh*t self knocked on your ass.

Bast*rd.




Edited by Atavachron - April 28 2024 at 10:30

lazland wrote: Israel was not created as a strategic military outpost (I assume this is the word you wanted to use as opposed to output, which makes even less sense) in the Middle East for the British Crown. I have never read such rubbish.

Perhaps the students hate genocides.

^ I'd tend to agree-- you can be against a pro-Hamas stance and also support the right to protest.   In the same way one may've been against communist regimes but also strongly against the obvious stupidity of the Vietnam war.

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Edited by siLLy puPPy - April 27 2024 at 17:41

suitkees wrote: bardberic wrote: I'm so done with this and I really don't give a sh*t about anything else anymore. Ban me got this rent if you want. I don't care. You use a lot of words for someone pretending not giving a sh*t... Adopting Netanyahu's rhetoric by making believe it is "plain and simple" doesn't make it that; it just shows your intolerance. It is that famous binary "if you're not with us, you're against us" logic that is at the core of the problem and both "sides" (and by that I mean Hamas vs Netanyahu and his government; not Israel vs Palestine) are guilty of oversimplification, because it serves their - extremist - ideologies. Hamas has to be combated and condemned, just as Netanyahu and his genocidal government. A majority of Palestinians and Israelis want peace. Now, to bring in some nuance that you are lacking, here are some interesting opinion pieces, starting with some words from a couple of students involved (which doesn't mean that some students aren't antisemitic, it just shows that it is not valid for all "these" students): Four students on why they’re protesting against war in Gaza: ‘Injustice should not be accepted’ Robert Reich: Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism Jonathan Freedland: Most Jews and Palestinians want peace. Extremists, narcissists ​and other ‘allies’ only block the way Judith Levine: Why we need to stop using ‘pro-Palestine’ and ‘pro-Israel’

suitkees, you have made some very important points...I have a Jewish friend who states over and over (and rightly so) that to be against the genocide in Gaza doesn't mean one is anti-semitic (and as far as anti-semitism, she knows whereof she speaks-her father as a young child narrowly escaped the Nazis during WW2!)

Netanyahu supported Hamas.  

Edited by omphaloskepsis - April 27 2024 at 04:00

^ Standing up for yourself can mean losing friends.   It's the price of courage in the face of ignorance.