The full presentation can be viewed at:
http://zombietime.com/gaza_war_protest/
That could be one of my former ESL students-teaching her kids to hate early
As they like to tell us gullible Americans, "We're not against the Jews. We're just against Zionism."
Incitement to violence? I wonder which university this guy teaches at- USF, SF State?
The green flag is that of Hamas, which our country has designated as a terrorist organization.
The family that hates together stays together
Cindy Sheehan
border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291351070856472354" />The usual assorted anarchists join the cause of Hamas
At what point do we say, "Enough"? At what point do we stand up and tell these Hamas supporters who are taking over our streets that if they don't like our policy of supporting Israel, they can go back where they came from? Jingoistic? Perhaps, but having a bunch of Middle Eastern types shouting at us to "go home", as they did to us last Saturday, gets my nationalistic juices flowing. (Yes, I know many of these folks, especially the younger ones, are American citizens and some are even born here.)
Last Saturday in LA, a Palestinian woman stopped as she passed me and said, "Shame on you". (I was holding a poster with the Israeli flag.) I then got into a heated discussion with her about why I was supporting Israel. While I didn't lose my temper, I didn't hold anything back. I told her that I was sick of Palestinian terror, which we have witnessed for decades now. I told her that if the Palestinians had lobbied peacefully, they would have had their state decades ago. I told her that all this was not about land, but religion because the Arabs basically hated Jews (which she denied). Finally, I told her that Israel was an ally of the US, and if she didn't like that fact, she could go back where she came from. At this point, a cop motioned the lady to the other side-where the terrorist supporters were gathered.
Ok, so does this make me a racist, jingoist or Islamophobe (the new in-word)? While I won't admit to those labels, apply them if you like. I don't like terrorists. I don't like those who support terror. I don't like people who come into this country and complain about it. I don't like people who come to this country and bring their old hatreds with them. As far as I am concerned, if any of these yahoos are not citizens, they should be sent back to where they came from.
As for these American anarchist types, I have no idea what we can do with them. I do feel, however, that for them, dementia will set in at an early age since they already have a head start. In the meantime, may they all get testicular cancer.
There is a feeling among Jewish communities all over the world. It is a feeling of deja vu. There are still people, men and women who are survivors of the Nazi death camps. Who are witnesses to the terror. They are dying off to be sure (age does that), but they are still here.
ReplyDeleteThey are afraid. This isn't my words but theirs:
My Death Sentence
I urge your viewers to read it. And understand. To learn from it. Si Frumkin speaks from knowledge, from living through history's worst episode of genocide, and is scared again.
Gary, the only difference between you and that lady carrying the sign in the first picture is that you know how to spell.
ReplyDeleteYou're just as prejudiced against "Arabs" (you're probably lumping Persians/Iranians in with that group) as she probably is against Jews.
If you want to embrace one extreme end of the spectrum in response to another, then you're doing your part to keep this conflict going.
Bryan,
ReplyDeleteI realize my essay responding to these events was a bit over the top. Not that I intend to retract it or apologize, I am in fact quite angry. Part of it is my wounded sense of nationalism, and a greater part is the anti-Semitism that I am reporting.
You are making the same mistake that the UCI administration makes. They equate our reaction to the MSU speakers as all being hate speech.
What I feel I am doing is reporting outrageous activity and expression by Palestinian supporters in this country. If you don't find these images and words troubling, then you should look at yourself. The fact that we (and others) are offended by all this and choose to make the public aware does not make us racists or Islamophobes. And throwing those words out won't silence me. As an American, I find references to Hitler, Nazis and ovens to be offensive whether used by recent immigrants or knucklehead American anarchists. Maybe I should repeat here, I agree with those who say the whole Mideast conflict is not about land, it is about religion. We are talking about Islamic extremism.
I regard these images as well as those in other parts of the world as tantamount to a new wave of Nazism with a different face and different name.
I have tried to be quite careful in not painting all Arabs or Muslims with the same wide brush. I have tried not to defame Islam as a religion (you may diasagree). Yet, let's be honest. The Arab world is lagging way behind the rest of the world. There are several reasons, but one reason is they are guided by a sense of victimhood, rage and hate. Have you asked yourself why Gaza has no infrastructure of government worthy of a name? It is because they are too busy making bombs and smuggling weapons rather than building things that are part of an infrastucture.
Last Saturday, I saw and heard a lot of hate. If reporting and commenting on it makes me prejudiced against Arabs (and Iranians) in your view, then so be it.
By the way, in March, I will be speaking in front of the local chapter of Act for America in OC. Their president is Bridget Gabriel, a Lebanese Christian, who is quite active in speading the word about Islamic extremsism.