Michael Moynihan
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that the logical conclusion of revolution, revolution, intifada, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free, blot out the Jews in the Middle East. It doesn't take a genius to recognize that when people who are already inclined toward violence in politics state those things, you're going to get political violence.
That CNN lady is demonstrating the suicidal impulse within liberalism, which is that whenever they see any political action, they see a clear perpetrator and they see a clear victim and they say, well, it has to be the opposite.
That CNN lady is demonstrating the suicidal impulse within liberalism, which is that whenever they see any political action, they see a clear perpetrator and they see a clear victim and they say, well, it has to be the opposite.
That CNN lady is demonstrating the suicidal impulse within liberalism, which is that whenever they see any political action, they see a clear perpetrator and they see a clear victim and they say, well, it has to be the opposite.
They always have to immediately take the side of the perpetrator and always immediately neglect the victim, even when the political action is so clear as a murderer murders a young couple, a young couple of civilians. You know, this is not to say that the Israel-Palestine issue is without nuance and complexity and totally clear cut.
They always have to immediately take the side of the perpetrator and always immediately neglect the victim, even when the political action is so clear as a murderer murders a young couple, a young couple of civilians. You know, this is not to say that the Israel-Palestine issue is without nuance and complexity and totally clear cut.
They always have to immediately take the side of the perpetrator and always immediately neglect the victim, even when the political action is so clear as a murderer murders a young couple, a young couple of civilians. You know, this is not to say that the Israel-Palestine issue is without nuance and complexity and totally clear cut.
I recognize there's been a lot of nuance and complexity to this issue, not only for about 100 years, but really for centuries and even millennia. I want nothing to do with the Free Palestine Movement. And I think that people need to have some moral clarity here, okay?
I recognize there's been a lot of nuance and complexity to this issue, not only for about 100 years, but really for centuries and even millennia. I want nothing to do with the Free Palestine Movement. And I think that people need to have some moral clarity here, okay?
I recognize there's been a lot of nuance and complexity to this issue, not only for about 100 years, but really for centuries and even millennia. I want nothing to do with the Free Palestine Movement. And I think that people need to have some moral clarity here, okay?
Just as a rule of thumb, you don't need to understand all of the complexity to realize that when the worst people on earth are all supporting one side, one political movement, you, if you are a sensible, reasonable person, should say, wow, I don't agree with these people on anything, on basically any other issue. So no, I probably shouldn't be on their side when it comes to this issue.
Just as a rule of thumb, you don't need to understand all of the complexity to realize that when the worst people on earth are all supporting one side, one political movement, you, if you are a sensible, reasonable person, should say, wow, I don't agree with these people on anything, on basically any other issue. So no, I probably shouldn't be on their side when it comes to this issue.
Just as a rule of thumb, you don't need to understand all of the complexity to realize that when the worst people on earth are all supporting one side, one political movement, you, if you are a sensible, reasonable person, should say, wow, I don't agree with these people on anything, on basically any other issue. So no, I probably shouldn't be on their side when it comes to this issue.
I'll go even further. This is not even to say that there's never a role for violence in public life. Of course there is. There is such a thing as just wars. There is justified violence in self-defense, for instance. There's justified violence after due process when the civil authority punishes criminals. It's not even to say that violence in itself is always terrible and evil.
I'll go even further. This is not even to say that there's never a role for violence in public life. Of course there is. There is such a thing as just wars. There is justified violence in self-defense, for instance. There's justified violence after due process when the civil authority punishes criminals. It's not even to say that violence in itself is always terrible and evil.
I'll go even further. This is not even to say that there's never a role for violence in public life. Of course there is. There is such a thing as just wars. There is justified violence in self-defense, for instance. There's justified violence after due process when the civil authority punishes criminals. It's not even to say that violence in itself is always terrible and evil.
But in this case, listen to the arguments that these people are making. The free, free Palestine from the river to the sea, Israel or Palestine will be free, is a call at the very least for ethnic cleansing, if not genocide. Doesn't take a genius political philosopher to understand that.
But in this case, listen to the arguments that these people are making. The free, free Palestine from the river to the sea, Israel or Palestine will be free, is a call at the very least for ethnic cleansing, if not genocide. Doesn't take a genius political philosopher to understand that.
But in this case, listen to the arguments that these people are making. The free, free Palestine from the river to the sea, Israel or Palestine will be free, is a call at the very least for ethnic cleansing, if not genocide. Doesn't take a genius political philosopher to understand that.
These kinds of arguments that the people are making are arguments not only against the state of Israel, or not even arguments against Jews or Zionism, they're arguments against imperialism. They're arguments in favor of radical liberation. They're arguments in some cases in favor of Islamism.