Via Raw Story, here's a video of an Irish senator and human rights crusader criticizing Israel's conduct in Gaza:
In the comments, a right-wing troglodyte had this to say:
you can trust those Irish to know whats going on in Israel...especially if theyre left wing and perceive something as right wing, cuz that's okay, hes not pro-this or pro-that, hes decidedly neutral, hell he even has some Israeli friends. His own political bias would never effect his opinion on anything, and well, hes a member of Irish Government, he must know whats going on and be really really smart!hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
To which some bastard replied:
The Irish know all too well what damage occupation and sectarian violence can do to the societies on both sides of the conflict. If you don't see the parallels, that's your issue, not his.
The Irish people have had more than their share of political and sectarian violence, they are the perfect messengers for an anti-occupation, anti-violence cautionary tale. The Troubles/The Intifada/Israeli Bombing- the similarities are readily apparent to anyone not blinded by ideology or tribalism.
The U.S. government has just approved sending an additional $225 million to Israel to fund their "Iron Dome" defense system. Looks like I'll have to go back to the "Stiff Little Fingers" well... just file off the "serial number" of Each Dollar a Bullet, change the names, and it's as topical as it was when it was released:
I think I'm going to mosh until I cray.
The right wing trogolodyte you quote is a perfect example of the defenders of Netanyahu's murderous, criminal policies. You can't justify war crimes. There is no argument one can use to defend the indefensible. So all they've got is "You want to see all Jews dead!!" or "He's an Irishman, what does he know about it" or the trusty old fallback "ANTISEMITE!!!".
ReplyDeleteAs I responded to one of those sorts on my blog, it's perfectly understandable. When you are trying to defend the industrial scale murder of women and children there really isn't any sort of logical, practical argument that's going to be useful to you. So you hoot and fling poo...
So wait, the super-duper killer argument is no one is allowed to comment on Israel unless they live there? Or is this a "Shut up u dum mic!" comment?
ReplyDeleteEither way, we're not dealing with the sharpest sporks in the drawer.
The U.S. government has just approved sending an additional $225 million to Israel to fund their "Iron Dome" defense system.
ReplyDeleteMORE than requested!
How often does our Congress do that for OUR problems?
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As I responded to one of those sorts on my blog, it's perfectly understandable. When you are trying to defend the industrial scale murder of women and children there really isn't any sort of logical, practical argument that's going to be useful to you. So you hoot and fling poo...
ReplyDeletePretty much. Defending the indefensible leads to this sort of thing. I wouldn't mind it so much, but I'm told that the Israelis are civilized.
So wait, the super-duper killer argument is no one is allowed to comment on Israel unless they live there? Or is this a "Shut up u dum mic!" comment?
I think it's more of a "Lefties R DUM" comment.
MORE than requested!
How often does our Congress do that for OUR problems?
Yeah, right? Maybe we Yonkers people should start shelling Hastings-on-Hudson so we'd get millions.
Instead of helping fight an epidemic, our government chose to fund war. It's a crying shame all right. So now we can make more mortal enemies, instead of helping people who can barely help themselves, creating more problems and offering no solutions.
ReplyDeleteDeath is so much more profitable for the military-industrial complex than life. Those Africans don't have enough money to interest Big Pharma.