Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Israel Kills Palestinian Civilians: No One Cares

Alright, so it's not entirely fair to say "no one cares," but a few calls from UN highups about them being naughty and some big bold letters on the front of newspapers isn't really "caring." When George Bush (or Barack Obama, in time) finally tells Israel to

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT

then I'll be satisfied that "someone cares."

Honestly, when Israeli civilians bite the bucket, it's called "Civilian Deaths," and when Palestinian civilians meet their maker, it's "Casualties of War." That's some ugly discrimination, people.

When people find out that I'm antagonistic towards Israeli foreign policy, I'm labeled an anti-Semite. So for all those keeping score, disliking aggressive, non-egalitarian policy is apparently equivalent to anti-Sematism. So, you know, Ghandi and MLK were anti-Semites, and so was Jesus, apparently. That whole "love thy neighbor" thing didn't count for the Jews, I guess.

Seriously, though, people need to be aware that Israel deserves as much flak for the shitmess that is the Middle East as Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Hamas, and blah blah blah. It's not right that Hamas fires rockets into Israel every day, but it's also not right that Israel keeps supply trucks from entering Gaza, disallowing civilians there the right to eat, drink water, and, you know, basically live. And they've been doing this for months and months; this isn't something new they've started along with the ground offensive. They've been indirectly killing Palestinians for a while, now.

So fuck the Israeli Government for enacting these obviously immoral policies, and fuck the Israeli people for implicitly (and explicitly, in some cases) supporting it. And fuck all the people who think it's a good thing.

We have to fight for the right to live, the right to be free, and the right to be safe, and that counts for Jews, Muslims, Israelis, and Palestinians - all of them. If you're going to pick sides, err on the side of life, not Israeli or Palestinian bullshit.

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Unknown January 7, 2009 at 5:34 AM  

do you really keep getting called an anti-Semite? I dont know but it feels like you just keep saying you do by these "people". Maybe you do and if you do those people are losers.

The Filthy Logician January 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM  

There are people who have called me an anti-Semite, or at least intimate that I'm a bit prejudiced. It's usually strangers at parties or in class at school, though I have a friend who, if she knew my feelings about Israel, might hate me.

I Really Heart Tinfoil Hats! January 8, 2009 at 3:24 PM  

U R gay. . . and an anti-semite.
Lol. . . this is nothing new in the grand scheme of things. It is interesting how it is getting a little more press lately though.