Apparently there are protests happening in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Protests about Israel’s current campaign in Gaza.
Protesters included at least 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators and a much smaller group of Israel supporters.
The protests apparently became so heated that one pro Palestinian woman felt compelled to make such statements as, “Go back to the oven. You need a big oven, that’s what you need,” making reference to the type of exterminantion the Nazis used on the Jews during the Holocaust.
I guess anti-semitism is making a rousing comeback, huh.
Didn’t we outlaw hate speech a while back? It’s not okay to spew hate speech at gays, Muslims, or one-eye, one-horned, flying purple people eaters. (And no, I am not comparing gays or Muslims to people eaters in anyway shape or form so please do not get all up in my face about something so stupid.) Jews, on the other hand? Meh, go ahead, most people hate them anyway.
And the thing that really gets my blood boiling? The fact that there are even protests going on about this whole Gaza campaign.
I haven’t heard anything in the news about the 3,000 or so rockets fired into Israeli territory the last 12 months. I wasn’t even aware it was going on! But the minute Israel decided to defend itself?
“Oh good Lord. Israel’s causing trouble AGAIN. Better put them in their place. Silly Jews, think they can run willy-nilly and cause all kinds of trouble in the Middle East.”
REALLY?
3,000 rockets in the past year.
Would you prefer they sit there with their heads up their ASSES like the rest of the world, pretending that nothing is wrong? Because if it’s happening to Israel it doesn’t really matter, is that it?
And the other nations are hauling Israel on the carpet for their actions?! What nation would allow themselves to be under attack for the past 12 months and do NOTHING about it?
I mean, REALLY? Has everyone gone insane? Have they all gone dumb, deaf and blind? Has everyone suddenly become this STUPID and HATEFUL?
I understand the anger over Israel not letting in supplies and aid to the Gaza Strip. And I think they should, yes. But to get in an uproar because she’s decided to defend herself in the first place?
Un-freakin’-believable.
4 Comments
January 10, 2009 at 8:23 pm
We’ve gotta be politically correct, Sue…except when it comes to hating jews, christians, and white males.
January 11, 2009 at 12:28 am
Oops. My bad. How could I have forgotten?
January 11, 2009 at 12:29 am
Way to go, Sue. I, too, wondered what the international media was doing while all this was going on.
January 11, 2009 at 11:55 pm
“Un-freakin’-believable.” What hate filled people do? I don’t think so.
How anyone could be “pro-Palestinian” is explained by self loathing. You simply project your self hatred unto others. Resorting to equating Israel with Nazi-Germany and putting a swastica (from the Sanskrit word svastik meaning any lucky or auspicious object) on the Israeli flag should engender sympathy.
The most appropriate response is: “I’m sorry your brain is broken”.