What I sense when I read the posts on various sites promulgating the pro-Israel narratives, is that these people revel in the chance to openly display hatred, racism and violence. In the rest of polite society you just can't do that and get away with it, but on this topic, it's welcomed.
I recall many years ago, during the anti-war movement protesting what the US government was doing in Vietnam, I was the only one who brought up this issue, and the reaction was exactly the same as those promoting the pro-Israel position then and now..
They recognized the government lied to the people on Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, COINTELPRO, and the like, but bring up Israel's suppression of Palestinian rights, and suddenly, whatever the government said about it was true, and anyway those Arabs were unworthy savages and so on.
It's good to no longer be alone on this. Perhaps the arc is bending towards justice, after all.
Hi Joy. Good point. I guess racists don't have societal permission to express those impulses, so they jump on situations like what's going on in Gaza to let them all out, and support the lies, even when at some level they know they're lies.
What I sense when I read the posts on various sites promulgating the pro-Israel narratives, is that these people revel in the chance to openly display hatred, racism and violence. In the rest of polite society you just can't do that and get away with it, but on this topic, it's welcomed.
I recall many years ago, during the anti-war movement protesting what the US government was doing in Vietnam, I was the only one who brought up this issue, and the reaction was exactly the same as those promoting the pro-Israel position then and now..
They recognized the government lied to the people on Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, COINTELPRO, and the like, but bring up Israel's suppression of Palestinian rights, and suddenly, whatever the government said about it was true, and anyway those Arabs were unworthy savages and so on.
It's good to no longer be alone on this. Perhaps the arc is bending towards justice, after all.
Hi Joy. Good point. I guess racists don't have societal permission to express those impulses, so they jump on situations like what's going on in Gaza to let them all out, and support the lies, even when at some level they know they're lies.