Thank you for writing this. As a Jew, I feel I have been transported to a surreal crazy-town. The idea that this is “genocide” is insane. If so, it’s the only genocide in history where the alleged “victim” turns down multiple ceasefire offers, receives hundreds of tons of humanitarian supplies from the “culprit” and experiences a histori…
Thank you for writing this. As a Jew, I feel I have been transported to a surreal crazy-town. The idea that this is “genocide” is insane. If so, it’s the only genocide in history where the alleged “victim” turns down multiple ceasefire offers, receives hundreds of tons of humanitarian supplies from the “culprit” and experiences a historic low in civilian/militant casualty rates. I have determined that while liberals and progressives are quite good at recognizing the Russian influence campaign targeting conservatives/MAGA, they are shockingly blind to the Iranian influence campaign targeting them. As Bari Weiss wrote the other day (and if you knew me you would realize how insane it is that I am even reading Bari Weiss):
“A global movement sympathetic to Hamas is fighting an information war with the objective of isolating Israel diplomatically and undermining its right to exist. We have learned that the United States, our universities, and our social media platforms are fronts in this campaign. And we have learned that anti-Semitism has returned with shocking power to demonize, harass, intimidate, and assault Jews throughout the diaspora."
I cannot tell you the antisemitic crap that has come across my feed. It is absolutely clear to me that the “project” is to cancel/attack and intimidate Jewish life - wherever it is. This is organized and it’s deliberate. Iran has realized that the college kids/progressives are an easy mark when you can produce pictures of dead kids. They have honed their skills from protests on countless other issues, and they’ll pick the side of the “underdog” do the work for “change” - with a shocking lack of critical thinking skills.
I’d add that the war dead in Ukraine is roughly the same as the numbers of Gaza citizens who have died. To me, a major point of this comparison is that Ukraine was NOT the aggressor. Hamas in Gaza WAS the aggressor. Why does this not seem to matter in the brains of the far left, in their support of Gaza? To me, it’s the primary feature.
And yet; we hear nothing from the far left, in support of Ukraine.
Further; Ukraine is a fledgling democracy; Gaza not so much. Plus, in Gaza they subjugate half their population; Ukraine does not.
The bizarre inversion of morality on the far left is unsupportable and a dark stain on whatever stance they take. They’re as bad as the far right, in my mind.
Genuinely unsure why we're comparing two vastly different conflicts. But assuming these two conflicts are comparable, I'm also not sure why anyone in the far left activist class would need to explicitly state support for Ukraine? We're sending them aid, to the extent that we are not it is because of Republican intransigence. There's no reason to protest the current administration or demonstrate support for the Ukrainians, the Democratic coalition is already doing the right thing. The Left has no reason to do anything but stay quiet (unless you think they somehow can influence Republicans). If one legitimately believes that Israel is committing a genocide (I do not) or that they are being overly cavalier with causing civilian casualties (which I do) then you would want to protest the current Democratic administration (which is in coalition with the Far Left) that is partially supporting violence caused by one of our allies.
The number of war dead in Ukraine is much higher than in Gaza. The number of war dead in Sudan, Yemen is more than 10 times than in Gaza. Putin received Hamas in Kremlin with open arms after October attack. But these protesters love to see Jewish hostages killed so bad that they can't connect the dots who Hamas is friends with.
Thank you for writing this. As a Jew, I feel I have been transported to a surreal crazy-town. The idea that this is “genocide” is insane. If so, it’s the only genocide in history where the alleged “victim” turns down multiple ceasefire offers, receives hundreds of tons of humanitarian supplies from the “culprit” and experiences a historic low in civilian/militant casualty rates. I have determined that while liberals and progressives are quite good at recognizing the Russian influence campaign targeting conservatives/MAGA, they are shockingly blind to the Iranian influence campaign targeting them. As Bari Weiss wrote the other day (and if you knew me you would realize how insane it is that I am even reading Bari Weiss):
“A global movement sympathetic to Hamas is fighting an information war with the objective of isolating Israel diplomatically and undermining its right to exist. We have learned that the United States, our universities, and our social media platforms are fronts in this campaign. And we have learned that anti-Semitism has returned with shocking power to demonize, harass, intimidate, and assault Jews throughout the diaspora."
I cannot tell you the antisemitic crap that has come across my feed. It is absolutely clear to me that the “project” is to cancel/attack and intimidate Jewish life - wherever it is. This is organized and it’s deliberate. Iran has realized that the college kids/progressives are an easy mark when you can produce pictures of dead kids. They have honed their skills from protests on countless other issues, and they’ll pick the side of the “underdog” do the work for “change” - with a shocking lack of critical thinking skills.
I’d add that the war dead in Ukraine is roughly the same as the numbers of Gaza citizens who have died. To me, a major point of this comparison is that Ukraine was NOT the aggressor. Hamas in Gaza WAS the aggressor. Why does this not seem to matter in the brains of the far left, in their support of Gaza? To me, it’s the primary feature.
And yet; we hear nothing from the far left, in support of Ukraine.
Further; Ukraine is a fledgling democracy; Gaza not so much. Plus, in Gaza they subjugate half their population; Ukraine does not.
The bizarre inversion of morality on the far left is unsupportable and a dark stain on whatever stance they take. They’re as bad as the far right, in my mind.
Genuinely unsure why we're comparing two vastly different conflicts. But assuming these two conflicts are comparable, I'm also not sure why anyone in the far left activist class would need to explicitly state support for Ukraine? We're sending them aid, to the extent that we are not it is because of Republican intransigence. There's no reason to protest the current administration or demonstrate support for the Ukrainians, the Democratic coalition is already doing the right thing. The Left has no reason to do anything but stay quiet (unless you think they somehow can influence Republicans). If one legitimately believes that Israel is committing a genocide (I do not) or that they are being overly cavalier with causing civilian casualties (which I do) then you would want to protest the current Democratic administration (which is in coalition with the Far Left) that is partially supporting violence caused by one of our allies.
The number of war dead in Ukraine is much higher than in Gaza. The number of war dead in Sudan, Yemen is more than 10 times than in Gaza. Putin received Hamas in Kremlin with open arms after October attack. But these protesters love to see Jewish hostages killed so bad that they can't connect the dots who Hamas is friends with.