tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post3716127461849846719..comments2024-03-29T06:25:35.899-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: Self Pity Unleashed, Palestinian StyleGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-50516967174858765072016-05-05T22:30:16.152-07:002016-05-05T22:30:16.152-07:00Zog, it is my opinion that, when people blame owne...Zog, it is my opinion that, when people blame owners of media entities for their problems, they are blaming Jews, as surely as if they blamed rootless cosmopolitans. We certainly have nearly a hundred years in which this has been standard practice, and it is sufficiently common that I believe that is what is happening here. <br /><br />And I certainly want to say that I have no desire to depopulate the Gaza strip or the West Bank of Arabs, and I do not believe the great majority of Israeli Jews do either. The Jews of Israel have provided its minority Arab population with a life which, while not free of discrimination, is immensely better, both economically and politically, that that provided to any minority in any Arab country, or in parts of the United States I have been to (e.g. the Mississippi Delta.) This is not the behavior of potential genocidal killers. Most Israelis on both sides, in my experience, just want to live in peace. This is not true of the two battling governments of the Palestinians, sorry to say.<br /><br />Anyway, this post was really intended to be about the Palestinians' love of playing the victim, to a responsive world wide audience. This game has gotten them nowhere, and never will. And pretending that, as in this case, the exact same problems that face young musicians all over the world are somehow a sign that they are being abused, is not going to lead them anywhere. Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-37237495281573720192016-05-05T21:00:14.947-07:002016-05-05T21:00:14.947-07:00Two things.
(1) Lev, you have produced some of th...Two things.<br /><br />(1) Lev, you have produced some of the most disgusting rants I have ever come across, and, if you knew the right-wing white supremacists I run into at family reunions, that's saying something. You refer to the entire Palestinian population as "two-legged vermin", which was a phrase often used by editorial staff of <i>Der Stürmer</i> to refer to another ethnic group. You have called for making the Gaza Strip Arab-free in the past, which would fall under the definition of genocide. Your gross generalizations of Israel's Arab citizens are disgusting.<br /><br />Furthermore, you write, "we let some of them vote." Lev, who is this "we" you talk about? You said that you live in the United States, and the only thing that keeps you from leaving is your young age. Lev, you are not an Israeli.<br /><br />One of the things I hate is the confusion between ethnic groups, a country, a country's government, and political groups. Hamas and the Palestinian people are not identical, and Hamas is not the same as the Palestinian Authority (which is under the de facto control of Fatah).<br /><br />(2) This is related to my peeve, but technically, the authors of the linked article aren't blaming the Jews; they are saying that Israel is part of the problem (and not the whole problem). Saying they can't get a break because the Jews who control all the major record companies won't give them a chance is anti-Semitic; saying that Israeli occupation is one factor among many that hampers Gazan artists in general is not necessarily so.<br /><br />Since the authors of the article also condemn Gazan artistic institutions that "promote factional political agendas and produce art that is somewhat, if not entirely, propaganda driven," it isn't just Israel; Hamas and Fatah, although unnamed, get some of their blame as well. In the case of Hamas, they deserve it.<br />Zognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-46716230642376436152016-05-05T18:25:05.552-07:002016-05-05T18:25:05.552-07:00Because I know how hard it is to make a living in ...Because I know how hard it is to make a living in the dysfunctional music world these days, I was particularly offended by these losers, who can do nothing but blame someone else because their music is not viable. There is only one answer for musicians- to make yourself better. With the internet, these guys are on an equal footing with practically every band on earth. Their failure is not caused by Jews.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-5874933330778705162016-05-05T17:55:54.562-07:002016-05-05T17:55:54.562-07:00"That would be Gaza, the only open air prison..."That would be Gaza, the only open air prison on earth to have its own inmate-run army,"<br /><br />Armies fight other armies. Gazans don't fight armies, they just shoot rockets to kill innocent Israeli children and exterminate the Jews. Call it an inmate-run mass-murder gang, but don't you dare dignify those two-legged "Palestinian" vermin by calling their genocidal maniacs an army.<br /><br />They should also be kicked out of the U.N. The Nazis don't have a seat at the U.N., neither should those murderous Hamas rats. But that's par for the course, the Arabs in Yeretz Israel blame the Jews for everything, even though we let some of them vote. We shouldn't; what Muslim swine would ever vote for Jews?<br /><br />Thank you for revealing those "Palestinians" for being the no-good jerks they are.Levnoreply@blogger.com