I love living in a Black and White world

[andrewducker]

A HAMAS leader has warned that Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel's devastating assault.

From here.

Cheery stuff.

I'm glad I'm spending the day in bed, where it's safe.

Comments

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

It doesn't, but this seems to be a common line of attack from pro-Zionist / Israeli voices when confronted with someone who is Jewish but does not agree with them. It's another way of silencing debate and making something into a us / them, black / white issue.

[andrewducker]

Which makes it surprising that you were using that phrase yourself. Unless you meant it ironically?

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I meant it ironically. What I meant was that I suspect the two anti-Zionist Jewish organisations that the links were posted to would more likely be criticised by Zionists in an ad-hominem way, as being comprised of self-hating Jews, than be entered into constructive debate with.

I suppose what I was trying to get at was an intransigence that can make it difficult to be opposed to all the bad stuff, because of the tendency for too many involved, on both the Israeli and Hamas/Palestinian sides, to paint it as a simplistic black and white issue where they cannot admit to being partially in the wrong or to blame, or to the existence of external political factors.

[andrewducker]

Aaah, you mean that as they couldn't be labelled as anti-semitic they will be labelled as self-hating!

I read it as "they can't be labelled as anti-semitic so they must _be_ self-hating."

Consider my confusion cleared up :->

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what I was trying to say. Sorry for the confusion.