tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6785310745999524352..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Je Suis Charlie and HypocrisyPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-7477360679315472372015-01-13T07:34:31.176+00:002015-01-13T07:34:31.176+00:00"jumps to the defence of the Israeli leader. ..."jumps to the defence of the Israeli leader. Is any more proof required..."<br /><br />What, that you are an anti-semite?<br /><br />Actually I doubt it, but that's a taste of your medicine, Chris - the discursive equivalent of leaches. <br /><br />If Phil had just left it at Palestinians I would not have said anything, I just wondered who these "writers" were? Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-27275675751782967822015-01-12T17:21:21.318+00:002015-01-12T17:21:21.318+00:00Waleed al-Husseini was imprisoned for atheism on t...Waleed al-Husseini was imprisoned for atheism on the West Bank. After being disowned by his family he sought asylum in, erm, Paris. Imagine his surprise when no less a man than Mahmood Abbas turned up announcing his new-found support for freedom of expression!asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-83890351028241214992015-01-12T17:05:21.839+00:002015-01-12T17:05:21.839+00:00You see speedy, the man who documents every every ...You see speedy, the man who documents every every by Muslims to create the impression that Muslims neeed to be feared, jumps to the defence of the Israeli leader. Is any more proof required that with speedy with have a very unpalatable agenda going on here? What is sickening about people like speedy is that they take the moral high ground, show fake concern where and when Muslims are deemed the guilty party but absolutely stay silent and leap to the defence when this is isn't the case. What is so sickening about this is that it shows speedy actually supports murder, carnage when it suits his agenda.<br /><br />The rogues gallery at the head of this march raises hypocrisy and irony to all new levels. Just when you think it is impossible to raise the bar they manage to do it. You have to hand it to them.<br /><br />The attendance of the leaders is partly to do with the reaction of the general public but that reaction is shaped by the establishment, and of course they will try to make all the capital they can out of it as it neatly fits their agenda.BCFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3486325119091977922015-01-12T07:17:40.582+00:002015-01-12T07:17:40.582+00:00Yes. The problem is this relativism (as we have se...Yes. The problem is this relativism (as we have seen in the comments on the other cartoon post) can go too far - in the end there is no difference between the "us" and the fascists. <br /><br />The same arguments employed to excuse Islamism were once used to excuse Stalinism, Fascism and even Nazism. Because the Western democracies are decadent and corrupt, they are no different. <br /><br />"Netanyahu, knee deep in the blood of Palestinian writers..." Really? Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-70115146780765936432015-01-11T23:41:45.384+00:002015-01-11T23:41:45.384+00:00It is possible, though, Phil, to look at this the ...It is possible, though, Phil, to look at this the other way round. <br /><br />It can be argued that today's leadership show was created by the spontaneous (internet-based) outpouring of solidarity by ordinary people across Europe, indeed the world, and that the leaders were always hurrying to catch up with public sentiment.<br /><br />Now, so a narrative can be developed, we have several world leaders who have - perhaps unwittingly - put themselves in a position to be held to account against the standards they publicly avowed to support, and that this is not primarily a show of disgusting hypocrisy, but a huge victory for the democratic impulse.<br /><br />It's all (well a lot) in the narrative, as you know. If we choose to narrate defeatistly, we'll be defeated.Paulhttp://thoughcowardsflinch.comnoreply@blogger.com