Unfortunately, you, I are rational. I read the story on Free Press how the students in Chicago were planning to make campuses "Palestinian." They had a big confab with exercises best practices to eliminate criticism of Pal terrorism, genocidal goals, harass Jewish students, shut down any Jewish campus life that isn't specifically virulently anti Zionist (jvp, if not now). So in this they have the professors who are in league with them and the cowardly administrators. Mid East Studies begins with the book Biden chose for reading, Ilan Pappe, and a host of anti Zionist tomes ...all of which one could purchase at the Jewish Museum NYC the last visit there.
Because the Jews are if anything Fair to the nth degree on the "Palestine narrative" and how Jews must learn to understand the feelings of the "Other" while being otherwise, otherized. Side note: anyone know that Buddhist Bhutan....little peaceful Bhutan.....ethnically cleansed itself of one hundred thousand or more Nepalese Hindus? No one was looking. No one cared. Thanks to BBC for learning about this. Those Rohingya who live a miserable existence in marsh lands of Bangladesh? When do they get their "Right of return" to war torn Myanmar? Can they leave that camp for other destinations in Bangladesh among their co-religionists.
I admire you. I am sure it is far from easy and I hope that human decency will prevail against all odds. I have been bearing witness to my family. I try to write and hopefully publish about it. October 7th made it more painful. I posted once, and it probably sounded wrong, but I am glad that my parents did not live to witness it. By the end of her life, my blond, blue eyed mother developed “paranoia.” She imagined that her care giver is about to kill her because she is a Jew. My psychologist said, it is a very typical sign of Alzheimer’s disease. But do non-Jews also fall into the same paranoia? I stopped seeing this psychologist. It is too hard to explain to someone who did not live through the war as did my parents. My mom in particular.
My mom was in evacuation during the war and she was well aware that any day her and her mom (my grandma) are at the mercy of the place that sheltered them. So, I am not debating that Alzheimer’s played its role, but relating her fears to being Jewish is a bit too specific.
The lies never stop. I just read a short article on how the US just rescued a Uyghur grandmother from China. There were a few dozen comments including FOUR saying “If you think the Uyghurs have it bad, how about the Palestinians?”
No one challenged any of the comments. I don’t know if the people were lying or actually believed it.
Unfortunately, you, I are rational. I read the story on Free Press how the students in Chicago were planning to make campuses "Palestinian." They had a big confab with exercises best practices to eliminate criticism of Pal terrorism, genocidal goals, harass Jewish students, shut down any Jewish campus life that isn't specifically virulently anti Zionist (jvp, if not now). So in this they have the professors who are in league with them and the cowardly administrators. Mid East Studies begins with the book Biden chose for reading, Ilan Pappe, and a host of anti Zionist tomes ...all of which one could purchase at the Jewish Museum NYC the last visit there.
Because the Jews are if anything Fair to the nth degree on the "Palestine narrative" and how Jews must learn to understand the feelings of the "Other" while being otherwise, otherized. Side note: anyone know that Buddhist Bhutan....little peaceful Bhutan.....ethnically cleansed itself of one hundred thousand or more Nepalese Hindus? No one was looking. No one cared. Thanks to BBC for learning about this. Those Rohingya who live a miserable existence in marsh lands of Bangladesh? When do they get their "Right of return" to war torn Myanmar? Can they leave that camp for other destinations in Bangladesh among their co-religionists.
This is so troubling that it is hard to read. it makes you feel helpless. There should be some way to counter act, but what is it?
I bear witness ... record the horror for posterity, hoping someone will come along later and pass judgment on these people ....
I admire you. I am sure it is far from easy and I hope that human decency will prevail against all odds. I have been bearing witness to my family. I try to write and hopefully publish about it. October 7th made it more painful. I posted once, and it probably sounded wrong, but I am glad that my parents did not live to witness it. By the end of her life, my blond, blue eyed mother developed “paranoia.” She imagined that her care giver is about to kill her because she is a Jew. My psychologist said, it is a very typical sign of Alzheimer’s disease. But do non-Jews also fall into the same paranoia? I stopped seeing this psychologist. It is too hard to explain to someone who did not live through the war as did my parents. My mom in particular.
Some people with Alzheimer’s can get paranoid.
Then there’s the old saying “Even a paranoid person may really have enemies.”
My mom was in evacuation during the war and she was well aware that any day her and her mom (my grandma) are at the mercy of the place that sheltered them. So, I am not debating that Alzheimer’s played its role, but relating her fears to being Jewish is a bit too specific.
Right.
The lies never stop. I just read a short article on how the US just rescued a Uyghur grandmother from China. There were a few dozen comments including FOUR saying “If you think the Uyghurs have it bad, how about the Palestinians?”
No one challenged any of the comments. I don’t know if the people were lying or actually believed it.