One of the great ironies of history: The mass persecutions, ethnic cleanings and genocides of Jews over the past few centuries are what made Israel the powerhouse it is today. Jew haters are too stupid to understand that they continue to make the case for a strong Jewish state better than any Zionist ever could.
Exactly right. Every time a fellow Jew describes how they have changed in the past 2.5 years, I jump up and say “yes, me too!” Absolutely obsessed with our history, the birth and travails of Zionism, everything. Am Yisrael Chai!
Ditto. An attack on Israel is no longer just an attack on Israel. It is an attack on all of us. But I wouldn't be defending Israel if it was committing genocide or engaging in apartheid. It is the baselessness of these lies which are totally without legal merit that moves me to action to defend the most oppressed country in the world.
Baseless hatred is a serious sin, according to the Bible... very bad things happen to people who do it. The Jews learned this lesson the hard way, when the 2nd Temple was destroyed because of it, and the Jewish people were scattered all over the world... and it's still a lurking threat. However, it seems most of the world has succumbed to it now - hating the Chosen People for no valid reason.
I believe there will inevitably be very unwelcome consequences for it.
Focusing on defending our people to people who don’t want to hear facts may be futile. What needs to happen is to turn the accusations around. “ how can you repeat such lies and TikTok distortions? You better check your facts before making these accustions. - you are truly an antisemite! Shame”. That’s how we should approach this. We have been on the defensive too long.
"It involves confronting religious ideologues and whack-jobs from across the political spectrum who want to harm you or kill you." That's why we must prepare to harm and or kill them first. Israelis are ready to defend themselves to the death-is Diaspora?
"What makes this ritual particularly exhausting is the staggering intellectual laziness behind it. The accusations are always the same nonsense about “colonialism,” “apartheid,” and the great genocide blood libel that give away instantly you are talking to an intellectual goose."
It is not only "staggering intellectual laziness". It is willful ignorance and bad faith reasoning.
I have argued frequently with these people over the past couple of years. When I attempt to discuss the evidentiary standards for apartheid or genocide, the stock reply is:
"So you know more than all of the experts and scholars?"
Answer: "Yes, I do."
That leaves them cold.
The fact that they rely on 'experts and scholars' for their bad faith arguments shows that they don't know what they are talking about and they don't care. They don't reason from basic principles: "what is the law? How does it apply to the facts?" They argue from the starting premise "what shit can I find to prove that Israel is committing genocide?"
It's fine to appeal to authority if it's the correct authority (for genocide it is the ICJ in Bosnia v Serbia 2007), but when it's Bartov, Finklestein, Albanese, UNHRC, Amnesty, B'Tselem, etc, who don't mention the issue of dolus specialis/specific intent or, as in the case of Amnesty, misrepresent it, then they have the wrong authority. But they don't care and they don't want to know.
They are not interested in truth. They are bad faith actors.
For anyone interested in the prevailing jurisprudence on genocide, I have written seven articles on the applicable law. Here are a few:
One of the great ironies of history: The mass persecutions, ethnic cleanings and genocides of Jews over the past few centuries are what made Israel the powerhouse it is today. Jew haters are too stupid to understand that they continue to make the case for a strong Jewish state better than any Zionist ever could.
Exactly right. Every time a fellow Jew describes how they have changed in the past 2.5 years, I jump up and say “yes, me too!” Absolutely obsessed with our history, the birth and travails of Zionism, everything. Am Yisrael Chai!
Ditto. An attack on Israel is no longer just an attack on Israel. It is an attack on all of us. But I wouldn't be defending Israel if it was committing genocide or engaging in apartheid. It is the baselessness of these lies which are totally without legal merit that moves me to action to defend the most oppressed country in the world.
Baseless hatred is a serious sin, according to the Bible... very bad things happen to people who do it. The Jews learned this lesson the hard way, when the 2nd Temple was destroyed because of it, and the Jewish people were scattered all over the world... and it's still a lurking threat. However, it seems most of the world has succumbed to it now - hating the Chosen People for no valid reason.
I believe there will inevitably be very unwelcome consequences for it.
It's not 'most of the world'. It is a noisy rabble led by noisy activists and politicians. There is plenty of quite support for Israel and the Jews.
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxrlz7I-pFa0SRKkWySjeGSrtiIOSJFtbe?lc=Ugx9fmbw-o8CkmzsGUV4AaABAg.AMWkbuR30aJAM_ITHIruyA
Focusing on defending our people to people who don’t want to hear facts may be futile. What needs to happen is to turn the accusations around. “ how can you repeat such lies and TikTok distortions? You better check your facts before making these accustions. - you are truly an antisemite! Shame”. That’s how we should approach this. We have been on the defensive too long.
"It involves confronting religious ideologues and whack-jobs from across the political spectrum who want to harm you or kill you." That's why we must prepare to harm and or kill them first. Israelis are ready to defend themselves to the death-is Diaspora?
"What makes this ritual particularly exhausting is the staggering intellectual laziness behind it. The accusations are always the same nonsense about “colonialism,” “apartheid,” and the great genocide blood libel that give away instantly you are talking to an intellectual goose."
It is not only "staggering intellectual laziness". It is willful ignorance and bad faith reasoning.
I have argued frequently with these people over the past couple of years. When I attempt to discuss the evidentiary standards for apartheid or genocide, the stock reply is:
"So you know more than all of the experts and scholars?"
Answer: "Yes, I do."
That leaves them cold.
The fact that they rely on 'experts and scholars' for their bad faith arguments shows that they don't know what they are talking about and they don't care. They don't reason from basic principles: "what is the law? How does it apply to the facts?" They argue from the starting premise "what shit can I find to prove that Israel is committing genocide?"
It's fine to appeal to authority if it's the correct authority (for genocide it is the ICJ in Bosnia v Serbia 2007), but when it's Bartov, Finklestein, Albanese, UNHRC, Amnesty, B'Tselem, etc, who don't mention the issue of dolus specialis/specific intent or, as in the case of Amnesty, misrepresent it, then they have the wrong authority. But they don't care and they don't want to know.
They are not interested in truth. They are bad faith actors.
For anyone interested in the prevailing jurisprudence on genocide, I have written seven articles on the applicable law. Here are a few:
https://bartonlaw.substack.com/p/is-israel-committing-genocide-in?r=izczy
https://bartonlaw.substack.com/p/amnesty-effectively-admits-no-genocide?r=izczy
https://bartonlaw.substack.com/p/the-international-associations-of?r=izczy
Oh, this is soooooo true!
Oh man, that was excellent. That one had teeth. Good job.