A Palestinian State

[rosarugosa]

Have a good trip!

[gimmethesimplelife]

Yes, safe travels, bae. Rob

[Rogar]

Be careful out there, Bae.

[LDAHL]

One interesting aspect of the unfolding war is the ongoing propaganda struggle. It starts out with students at elite universities blaming the whole thing on Israel; sort of like the people explaining a murderer’s actions by his bad childhood. Then, when major donors and employers react negatively, they find that the tactics of cancel culture can actually work against them. You hear a lot less “Glory to the Martyrs” chanting now. That instructor at Stanford who ordered all his Jewish students to stand in a corner for being “colonizers” didn’t seem to get a positive result for his actions.

The hospital bombing is a case in point. At first the media was pushing the Palestinian narrative, but now only professional twits like the “squad” are sticking to it.

[bae]

That instructor at Stanford who ordered all his Jewish students to stand in a corner for being “colonizers” didn’t seem to get a positive result for his actions.

Pulling Jewish people out of a group and having them herd together in a corner seems a bit…tone deaf.

I have friends who would react very violently to that sort of thing.

[Rogar]

The hospital bombing is a case in point. At first the media was pushing the Palestinian narrative, but now only professional twits like the “squad” are sticking to it.

The hospital blame may remain a known unknown, but the propaganda I've seen in the mainstream news is that Humas uses school and hospitals as a shield for a place to fire rockets. Possibly has some relevance.

[LDAHL]

I have friends who would react very violently to that sort of thing.

The stakes are a lot different in hothouse institutions the Ivy League or the House of Representatives.

[iris lilies]

…That instructor at Stanford who ordered all his Jewish students to stand in a corner for being “colonizers” didn’t seem to get a positive result for his actions…

This actually happened? After Oct 7? And that person is still employed at .Stanford?

We lost a big mouth prof at Washington Univ. who tweeted IDF was not targeting humans. Oops. I interpreted his words yo mean IDF was targeting infrastructure, but apparently he meant IDF targets are Hamas/Humas/Hummus.

[LDAHL]

This actually happened? After Oct 7? And that person is still employed at .Stanford?

We lost a big mouth prof at Washington Univ. who tweeted IDF was not targeting humans. Oops. I interpreted his words yo mean IDF was targeting infrastructure, but apparently he meant IDF targets are Hamas/Humas/Hummus.

It happened. Stanford took him/her out of the classroom pending a detailed investigation (AKA “let’s hope this thing blows over”). As I recall, they had a kerfuffle involving a Stanford staffer joining a mob shutting down a lecture by a judge she disapproved of.

[LDAHL]

My favorite headline so far: “The Media Will Never Forgive Israel for Not Bombing that Hospital”.