gdp's Comments

Max Ajl : you are a scoundrel Dimi Reider

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:18:12 +0000

Max I really don't know whether to be disgusted or in awe of your ideological clarity and sense of purpose. I truthfully don't know which side I'm on. I read Dimi's article and I empathize with him, understand his point of view, and feel the need to cut him some slack. I also realize that to a large degree that's utter bullshit on my part and allows me to ignore the brutality that an entire forgotten and maligned population has suffered for decades. It's between these two extremes where I find myself confused. I think Dimi and many other Israelis are struggling between their sense of multiple identities, (as a Jew, Israeli, Westerner, Colonizer) and the disgusting facts on the ground that occur just miles away from their homes. I guess I shouldn't be surprised when I see your complete lack of empathy and understanding for this position. Whether this is attributed to your enlightenment and moral purpose on the issue or your single-minded callousness I honestly do not know. Ultimately though, this navel-gazing doesn't do anyone any good. I just flipped through some pictures on activestills.com and I see the anger in the eyes of the dispossessed. How can anyone be surprised that there are those who wish to kill Israelis? We need to stop looking at this conflict in the convoluted paradigms of religion, colonization, "clash of civilizations", etc, and understand the very simple reality that when someone knocks down your home, kills your family, and interns your children, you're going to be angry. It's a wonder that you dont have seas of Palestinians committing heinous crimes. And for this I can find some perverse sense of hope - that for the most part humans are good, and they know that reciprocal violence does nothing but quench bloodthirst. But when the Israelis punish an entire society year after year after year - how for the love of all that is good on god's green earth can they act surprised that some Palestinians will respond with violence and not with the almost super-human quality of non-violent resistance.

NewsReal Blog : MJ Rosenberg Relies on Anti-Semitic Stereotypes To Argue His Anti-Israel Positions

Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:37:40 +0000

what drivel

Max Ajl : solidarity with activists targeted by the government

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:50:48 +0000

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/thousands-in...

Max Ajl : forget peace, just process

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:18:58 +0000

Why do you ignore this story: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/it-was-clear...

Max Ajl : Anti-Semitism doesn't mean you hate Jews, it means we hate you

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 06:55:53 +0000

1: Israel commits an atrocity. 2: Dissidents condemn the atrocity. 3: The commentariats assails dissidents as anti-Semites. 4: Common folk get confused. Some of them, instead of realizing that the dissidents aren't anti-Semites since they aren't attacking Jews qua Jews, fall for the bait offered by the commentariat. 5: They believe that if attacking Israeli policy is anti-Semitic, that can only be because Jews as a holistic group are responsible for Israeli policy. 6: They become anti-Semites, because they've been instructed to believe that Jews are the ones responsible for Israeli policy. I've got to say that was quite brilliant. As a Jew myself who has often times felt suspicious by the commentariat's dogmatic pro-zionism this makes perfect sense and rather than only being stupid, such tunnel-vision thinking is dangerous for Jews as a whole: It's basically like saying that if a Jew is not a zionist he does not represent the Jewish faith. New-New-Anti-Semitism.

Big Peace : OIC: ‘It’s Slander When We Say it’s Slander’ (Part 2)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:46:04 +0000

is there really any use of trying to convince you otherwise. it's not like you'll look at any issue evenhandedly, so why even bother?

Big Peace : OIC: ‘It’s Slander When We Say it’s Slander’ (Part 2)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:18:46 +0000

Congratulations, you've completely and totally missed the point of my post.

Big Peace : OIC: ‘It’s Slander When We Say it’s Slander’ (Part 2)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:18:12 +0000

Oh how ridiculously mistaken you are.

Big Peace : OIC: ‘It’s Slander When We Say it’s Slander’ (Part 2)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:17:51 +0000

Actually, no I was referring to you as viewing the world just as Hitler did, in black and white. In your twisted and confused absolutist way of looking at the world a religion of 1.2 billion must have war waged upon it because for god sakes we've got good ole J.C. on our side! If you ever met a Muslim-American I think you'd realize that they actually (if you can believe it!) don't have sex with their children and mutilate their wives! Naaah too much to ask... you gotta keep on reading misquoted "excerpts" from the Koran and gobbling up the ideological and dogmatic crap that gets spewed on the daily. Thats much easier. Silly me, why would you want to get out of your armchair and actually "meet" the enemy?? As for your phrase the 'final resolution', well, I think you're smart enough to figure the idiocy behind that one. If you need help with it though, I'm here all week, no worries. On a more serious note, you're basically the poster-boy for the phase 'You fear what you don't understand but think you do understand. (I kinda amended it based on the circumstances hope you don't mind.) Regards

Big Peace : OIC: ‘It’s Slander When We Say it’s Slander’ (Part 2)

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:07:18 +0000

do you understand how similar you sound to hitler? of course you dont, you're 'an angel of light'.

Big Government : Editorial Note

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 23:27:36 +0000

religiously fanatical troll? what? I'm an Agnostic...how does religion even come close to playing a role in anything we're discussing... Typical conservative rationale, create a strawman, address strawman, claim strawman doesn't think "facts" are important, name call strawman, etc. This is why you have no respect amongst the rest of thinking people across the world.

Big Government : Editorial Note

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 20:55:03 +0000

why did andrew breitbart hire someone who claimed he had cured cancer, beaten bill gates on a IQ test, and called Chinese people chinks? Why did he hire a certified lunatic to discuss politics and current events about our country?

Breitbart.com : Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 19:12:21 +0000

Barack Obama doesn't support same-sex marriage. If I may indulge in your paddedwall-esque conspiracy theory...if Obama really wanted to brainwash the gays and use their gay power (what? gays...strong...you obviously have never met a homosexual "son") you'd think he would support the one cause that they care about the most. You said it best yourself, facts are indeed stubborn things. By the way, that second paragraph, good job, probably one of the creepiest paragraphs I've ever read on the internet. Bible thumpers are truly entertaining creatures. :)

Big Journalism : JournoList: Liberal Journalists Suggest Government Shut Down Fox News

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:10:31 +0000

ohhh you got me hickboy. i just love this site so much.

Breitbart.com : Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:08:38 +0000

what a sick analogy...the gay movement to nazism? you need to go in a room that has pads for walls.

Big Peace : Ground Zero Mosque: What 'Cordoba' Really Means--Who is Behind it?

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:29:07 +0000

did you sleep through the day when they taught you about the CRUSADES?

Big Peace : Big Peace Attacked... by Zombies?

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:53:33 +0000

pretty low of pete to attack drezner on his forthcoming book rather than discuss the points he brought up. additionally he hasn't even read the damn thing yet, drezner is a pretty intelligent person and I for one think his book could actually help some understand IR theory in an enjoyable way...sad to see that pete is too red-faced to engage in civil debate with a fellow journalist.

Big Peace : 'COEXIST?' You First.

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:34:33 +0000

wow. just wow. you've really outdone yourself. do you even read the comments of those who disagree with you? you created so many strawmen in your comment I don't even know where to begin. 1) no room for coexistence in Islam? the majority of the estimated 5 million muslims who live in America pose no threat. to condemn a religion of over one billion for the actions of a deluded few is just preposterous. 2) in no way did I ever defend those who carry out terrorist attacks. they're scum, they deserve to die, they deserve to be beaten into submission. I'm an Israeli myself, if anyone harbors hate for terrorists on a day to day basis it would be me. Yet what you just can't seem to get is that just because I hate terrorists doesn't mean I hate muslims. There IS a difference, and until you learn the difference we're going to be enacting policy and ideology that moves us backwards and not forwards in the fight against Islamic extremism. 3) "Twit leftists like yourself are responsible for MOST of the tyranny found in the world today" LoL. "preach tolerance of their actions" are you kidding me? where did I once say this? R.E.A.D. and T.H.I.N.K., must be a novel idea to you, but you can do it! 4) "turning the other cheek"? Yet again, where did I advocate this. There are those out there who want to kill us, we must kill them before they kill us, this is the way of the world and I accept it. Yet equating a coexist sticker for terrorist sympathizers is beyond stupidity, it's just the result of your pent up testosterone. If you started to look at opposing arguments with rationale and clarity I really think you might learn a little rather than keep on receding and receding into your nonsensical and dogmatic ideology.

Big Peace : 'COEXIST?' You First.

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:06:41 +0000

Yet again you group Islamists with Islam. Muslims aren't animals. If believing that makes me an "elitist" and a "progressive" well then you reaaaally need to redefine your terms pal. These stickers...who the hell cares, why such a big stink? You all seem to think they signify some sort of liberal surrendermonkey pathology...really?

Big Peace : 'COEXIST?' You First.

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:20:02 +0000

You're all so ridiculously far off from the point of these coexistence stickers. To identify the crescent with "terror torn streets" is so woefully ignorant, it's hard to even put into words. If any of you knew any Muslims in person (which of course from your armchair command posts, none of you do) you'd realize quickly that Muslims who wish to destroy the American and Western way of life are in the huge minority. If you asked any of the people with these stickers if they supported what the Islamists were doing none of them would say they do. The fact that you equate the ideal of living in harmony to supporting terrorists is honestly just mind blowingly ignorant. Conservatism is in a sad sad state of affairs in this country.