Another great piece, especially in the recounting of the lived experience of the Vietnam War era.
Reviewing a few BBC articles on the protests, most of the protesters interviewed appear to be people of America who have the right to robust liberty of thought and discussion, eg > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68954382 - Alifa Chowdhury and Heba Latif are US citizens.
Worryingly, he used to work for His Majesty's Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and more recently UNRWA. And here's the thing: he administered British taxpayers' money aiding the people of Syria as an employee of the FCDO, and then administered British taxpayers' money aiding the people of Syria as an employee of UNRWA. How likely is it that this foreigner of the UK and USA both was so generously over-paid by the UK taxpayer that he is now able to fund his education in the USA and continues to castigate the 2 countries that historically have most funded UNRWA?!
As with the 1400 foreign ISIS fighters, many seemed to have come from Britain and America, so we have alot more arguing to do. The sad story of Shamima Begum, a British subject who went to Raqqa - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47276572 - suggests strongly that they regret their actions and want forgiveness.
That's not all, because there is further light in this heat: confronting the protesters is Columbia University President and British-American academic Dame Minouche Shafik. Egyptian-born. And Muslim.
so you accuse me of being a fascist, anti semite… etc… to put the record straight im a left wing marxist ( by the way karl marxist who you probably didn’t realise ,you being such an ignorant moron was a jew who vehemently opposed zionism!) and being married to a jewish woman myself i take great offence at your stupid ridiculous accusations !!
my last words on this matter… try being a decent person… get some education and stop being so bitter and hateful !! goodbye
As a matter of fact, Marx didn’t oppose Zionism, which didn’t exist as a movement until the 1890s, after his death. Marx’s notorious denunciation of the Jews revolves around his idea that Judaism as such was an artifact of capitalism, and that the “Jewish question” would be resolved by the Revolution, which by destroying capitalism would efface the Jewish identity. For a “left wing Marxist,” you seem remarkably ignorant of these elementary historical facts.
Enemy? of who? … 40.000innocent people ( mostly women and children) have been butchered by a zionist/apartheid government who are given every year 4 billion dollar of united states citizens money ( which should be spent on health care!)to rob and kill palestinians and cleanse them from a land that is theirs !!!!… you supporters of this should be ashamed .. If the west stopped supporting the terrorist government of Netanyahu ( the war criminal!) then we would start to have a peaceful world.. but you racist ´s right wing Trumpists wouldn’t want that would you??!
Give it up, Skippy. We both know that you’re lying. Good people don’t lend their support to a genocidal death cult. You’re nothing but an antisemite, a fascist and a garbage human being. How you can look in the mirror without vomiting is beyond me. Get lost.
Good people are getting more angry that nothing is being done to stop the murder and obliteration of an occupied people( palestinians) by a vicious right wing religious fundamentalist government ( zionists and its allies in the west)…this struggle in Gaza has shown the world that the good old U s of A and Europe are hypocrites and supporters of genocide.. it won’t be forgotten !.
People like you aren’t good people. You’re the opposite: liars, supporters of terrorism, cheerleaders for mass rape and murder, rising to the level of genocide. “Anti-Zionism” is nothing more than the postmodern iteration of fascism.
Our young people have become more abstract, less productive, and more spoiled than even those ridiculous young New Leftists. I really do feel embarrassed for them when 12 hours without food is a 'hunger strike in solidarity' worth writing to the media about.
How about we each have our own utopian revolutions, toDAY? Yours will be going to class (unless you're at CU), mine will be going to an AA meeting. Some guy can go to the gym as a revolutionary act of rage. We might as well... the events and plans and conditions are that pedestrian and uninspiring. I'm going to go eat dinner in solidarity with the global proletariat. Peace
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” Isaac Asimov (today's WSJ)
This violence (and the mindset that spewed it) is fostered by the elites (media, academia, liberals virtue signalling).
And the violence is centered in a small number of failing communities (typically run by Democrats) such as Chicago, Portland, Seattle, and universities.
But there aren't that many of them. I would guess that it is only a few barge loads (Nantes) of real radicals in the country. Most of the rest are poseurs, wannabes, or opportunists).
However, if left unchecked, the cancer will spread.
Washington is fertile ground, politicians are typically spineless and the Washington culture radicalizes people (just look at how some "conservative" justices at SCOTUS end up voting).
That is why more people need to speak up and support voices like Gregg's.
My sister remarried (#3), moved to NY and started “reading” the NYTimes via #3. She now stands with Palestine … because that’s what all the cool NYorkish boomer types do. They hold fashionable, brain dead opinions.
Summer camp in Kabul. Wear your pronoun pins on your burka. Learn that rape is actually a bit different kinda than a date without affirmative consent throughout the evening. Learn what real trigger warnings are. Maybe meet some Houthis and lean new songs about turning ships around. Start a Pride March. Learn to run really fast.
And in typical American fashion, the universities have bestowed this vile gift upon us via government-underwritten debt, aka student loans. How bizarre.
Another great piece, especially in the recounting of the lived experience of the Vietnam War era.
Reviewing a few BBC articles on the protests, most of the protesters interviewed appear to be people of America who have the right to robust liberty of thought and discussion, eg > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68954382 - Alifa Chowdhury and Heba Latif are US citizens.
But Mahmoud Khalil is not > https://www.linkedin.com/in/khalilmahmoud/
Worryingly, he used to work for His Majesty's Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and more recently UNRWA. And here's the thing: he administered British taxpayers' money aiding the people of Syria as an employee of the FCDO, and then administered British taxpayers' money aiding the people of Syria as an employee of UNRWA. How likely is it that this foreigner of the UK and USA both was so generously over-paid by the UK taxpayer that he is now able to fund his education in the USA and continues to castigate the 2 countries that historically have most funded UNRWA?!
As with the 1400 foreign ISIS fighters, many seemed to have come from Britain and America, so we have alot more arguing to do. The sad story of Shamima Begum, a British subject who went to Raqqa - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47276572 - suggests strongly that they regret their actions and want forgiveness.
That's not all, because there is further light in this heat: confronting the protesters is Columbia University President and British-American academic Dame Minouche Shafik. Egyptian-born. And Muslim.
Mr Gregg
so you accuse me of being a fascist, anti semite… etc… to put the record straight im a left wing marxist ( by the way karl marxist who you probably didn’t realise ,you being such an ignorant moron was a jew who vehemently opposed zionism!) and being married to a jewish woman myself i take great offence at your stupid ridiculous accusations !!
my last words on this matter… try being a decent person… get some education and stop being so bitter and hateful !! goodbye
As a matter of fact, Marx didn’t oppose Zionism, which didn’t exist as a movement until the 1890s, after his death. Marx’s notorious denunciation of the Jews revolves around his idea that Judaism as such was an artifact of capitalism, and that the “Jewish question” would be resolved by the Revolution, which by destroying capitalism would efface the Jewish identity. For a “left wing Marxist,” you seem remarkably ignorant of these elementary historical facts.
Anti-zionism is against right bigoted fascist like you mr Gregg!! obviously you know nothing about politics !!
Enemy? of who? … 40.000innocent people ( mostly women and children) have been butchered by a zionist/apartheid government who are given every year 4 billion dollar of united states citizens money ( which should be spent on health care!)to rob and kill palestinians and cleanse them from a land that is theirs !!!!… you supporters of this should be ashamed .. If the west stopped supporting the terrorist government of Netanyahu ( the war criminal!) then we would start to have a peaceful world.. but you racist ´s right wing Trumpists wouldn’t want that would you??!
Give it up, Skippy. We both know that you’re lying. Good people don’t lend their support to a genocidal death cult. You’re nothing but an antisemite, a fascist and a garbage human being. How you can look in the mirror without vomiting is beyond me. Get lost.
Good people are getting more angry that nothing is being done to stop the murder and obliteration of an occupied people( palestinians) by a vicious right wing religious fundamentalist government ( zionists and its allies in the west)…this struggle in Gaza has shown the world that the good old U s of A and Europe are hypocrites and supporters of genocide.. it won’t be forgotten !.
People like you aren’t good people. You’re the opposite: liars, supporters of terrorism, cheerleaders for mass rape and murder, rising to the level of genocide. “Anti-Zionism” is nothing more than the postmodern iteration of fascism.
Our young people have become more abstract, less productive, and more spoiled than even those ridiculous young New Leftists. I really do feel embarrassed for them when 12 hours without food is a 'hunger strike in solidarity' worth writing to the media about.
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/a-feast-of-impotent-vanity?r=1neg52
How about we each have our own utopian revolutions, toDAY? Yours will be going to class (unless you're at CU), mine will be going to an AA meeting. Some guy can go to the gym as a revolutionary act of rage. We might as well... the events and plans and conditions are that pedestrian and uninspiring. I'm going to go eat dinner in solidarity with the global proletariat. Peace
Not a bad idea. I think that I will now express my revolutionary rage by pouring myself a glass of red wine...
Take a good look. These people are the enemy of all thats good and decent...
Chag Sameach to all.
It can be a revolution, if allowed to be. There seems to be some serious financing and organization behind these vagabonds.
https://www.thefire.org/news/third-stanford-students-say-using-violence-silence-speech-can-be-acceptable
Ah, the idealism of youth!
Such timing.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-798035
Isn’t it? Well, with a miserable wretch like Biden in the White House, one can hardly expect moral clarity.
Your up the creek without a paddle
Like us up here, Trudeau, Poilievre, and Singh
North American leadership at its finest
GAWWWD
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” Isaac Asimov (today's WSJ)
This violence (and the mindset that spewed it) is fostered by the elites (media, academia, liberals virtue signalling).
And the violence is centered in a small number of failing communities (typically run by Democrats) such as Chicago, Portland, Seattle, and universities.
But there aren't that many of them. I would guess that it is only a few barge loads (Nantes) of real radicals in the country. Most of the rest are poseurs, wannabes, or opportunists).
However, if left unchecked, the cancer will spread.
Washington is fertile ground, politicians are typically spineless and the Washington culture radicalizes people (just look at how some "conservative" justices at SCOTUS end up voting).
That is why more people need to speak up and support voices like Gregg's.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/19/us-news/ups-execs-daughter-other-millionaires-kids-busted-in-columbia-anti-israel-protest/
My sister remarried (#3), moved to NY and started “reading” the NYTimes via #3. She now stands with Palestine … because that’s what all the cool NYorkish boomer types do. They hold fashionable, brain dead opinions.
I cancelled the NYT three months ago, for that very reason. And I cancelled the Guardian as well
I suggest summer camp in Tehran for the keffiyeh brigade. Let them post their pronouns in Farsi. And take their emotional support rabbits with them.
Tehran? Naw get Serious , send them to Kabul , cold turkey , hard core withdrawal from western imperialism.
Summer camp in Kabul. Wear your pronoun pins on your burka. Learn that rape is actually a bit different kinda than a date without affirmative consent throughout the evening. Learn what real trigger warnings are. Maybe meet some Houthis and lean new songs about turning ships around. Start a Pride March. Learn to run really fast.
You one upped me!
I agree
And in typical American fashion, the universities have bestowed this vile gift upon us via government-underwritten debt, aka student loans. How bizarre.
And combine that with Billions? From Qatar and other sources
Yep. Our petrodollars coming home to roost.
Indeed.
Agree with every word. I shared it on my Facebook page.
Thank you.