As American as Jim Crow & apple pie. Post-1967 Zionism = Manifest Destiny redux. :up:Gee, it's almost like the idea of an 'Isreali form of democracy' is not a form of democracy at all. It's almost as if the state itself is racist to its core, built into it's foundations. — StreetlightX
Supposedly if they did, apartheid would have been OK, yes? — StreetlightX
It’s another to produce a never ending stream of rhetoric that isn’t simply about freedom from oppression but about the illegitimacy of another whole population — Joshs
Help me win better. I don't follow - I don't understand - your comment. My bad. can you make it clearer? — tim wood
I get the impression you’re not happy with any existing state. That’s a dangerous place to be in from an emotional health point of view. — Joshs
Chomsky's the world — StreetlightX
Really? Then there's nothing more to say except to agree to disagree. — 180 Proof
As American as Jim Crow & apple pie. Zionism = Manifest Destiny redux. ↪StreetlightX :up: — 180 Proof
And now everybody can see how brutal it is. What boggles the mind is the excuses they come up with! "Human shields", "They don't want peace", "Move to Jordan", etc. etc. — Manuel
And would we all one day turn into Chomsky's the world would be an incomparably better place. — StreetlightX
But they weren't hostile at first. Wasn't it Jewish intolerance that started it? — frank
The Israelis put a lot of effort into making life hard for the Palestinians who remained, apparently expecting them to give up and leave. — frank
like Joshs pathos-laden historical warbling. — StreetlightX
Ironically, these Trumpists side with Israel over the palestinians. Why, because nationalistic Enlightenment liberalism is the traditionalist in political idea they are familiar with. — Joshs
There is no empathy to be had for people defending genocide, no matter how hard you'd like to pull on heart strings. — StreetlightX
Let me see if I understand you. You’re saying that the new, populist Trump -dominated Republican party, as opposed to the party of Bush and Reagan, is pragmatic? — Joshs
The writing was on the wall in 1948 that Israel was turning into a racist sithole: — Benkei
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