Bob Vylan Hoo-ha

 

This Bob Vylan meltdown is typical and expected. And very enjoyable. The fact they caught the BBC off guard is too good! They very cleverly used the chance when the media/government was focusing on Kneecap to speak out.

The disingenuous arguments against them, though, are so frustrating.

First of all, Bob Vylan are a punk duo. They are meant to piss off the establishment! Stop with the pearl-clutching!

Secondly, the front man was explicitly referring to the sadistic, genocidal Israeli army; nothing anti-Semitic about it. An army that films themselves destroying Palestinian homes and parading around in the undergarments of Palestinian women (among other vile videos). An army that duel citizens go out of their way to fight in. As with all criticisms of Israel, it has nothing to do with ethnicity or religion. But everything to do with humans and how low they can go.

While one could argue that Israeli born soldiers are victims of intensive brain washing, and I’d agree, there are other Israelis who have refused to serve and endured jail time. Being in the army is celebrated, these people are not innocent. It’s telling that the media/politicians express meager sympathy for the Palestinians (the victims of this army), but are deeply upset about the IDF (the oppressors) feeling threatened by stage chants.

I don’t condone murder or incitement to violence. It’s a slippery slope from rebel/victim to tyrant if a cause promotes and excuses violence against others. I believe all life is sacred. The western media/politicians would have you believe they also hold these kinds of beliefs, but imagine if the BBC had accidentally televised a band chanting death to Hamas. Would there be western outrage? Not a hope. Why? Are they not people too? Is Islamophobia not something to be concerned about? The same can be said if a band had shouted death to Nazis. Yet the actions of some Israeli soldiers are akin to Nazi atrocities, if not worse, and I’m sure that comparison will be a huge topic of research and discussion for years and years to come.

So, double standards it is. The West has dehumanized certain people; they barely batted an eyelid when the Israeli Maccabi supporters chanted death to Arabs in Amsterdam. Those supporters are surely either current or former Israeli soldiers. In fact, some of them likely have murdered Palestinians. They meant what they chanted!

Generally, I’ve always interpreted the “death to…” chant as symbolic of ending something, e.g., the end of a terrible and destructive organization. The IDF is an organization that needs to be abolished. The media/political outrage over Bob Vylan is ridiculous and tactical, and unfortunately it works. I can’t blame all the comment section calls for them to be locked up on bots.

Divide and conquer!

A final point to consider. Politicians and the media are worked up about someone calling for the death of an organization, but not upset about said organization literally murdering people. Daily! Tens of thousands (or more)! Not just with bombs, sniper fire, starvation, rape, and torture, but now with a Squid Games-style tactic of shooting people as they approach aid sites. Aptly named by the Israelis as “Operation Salted Fish“ (Red Light-Green Light).

The good news is the sociopathic Zionists and craven governments and media, nonetheless, feel threatened by it; otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a strong reaction. Ignore comments about the youth of today jumping on the Pro Pal band wagon, and bet they couldn’t find Gaza on a map. One doesn’t need to be an expert on a people and place to oppose genocide. Also, it’s not just young people speaking up for Palestinians. It’s people of all ages. And it’s not a bandwagon effect. It’s a growing movement of awareness, compassion and connection.

Free Palestine!

Free Humanity!

"Horses still suffer for cheap pork"

I don’t think many people know about this. I only recently found out about it and initially doubted its veracity. It just seemed so utterly horrific that I thought it must be made up.

But it’s real. 

And I think consumers should make informed choices. 

 Here is a link to a recent article about this industry. Do you accept this as part of humanity's way to acquire food? 

https://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de/en/news/no-end-to-the-cruel-blood-mare-business-in-iceland

Below are excerpts from an Animals’ Angels article about a 2023 documentary exposing the abhorrent practice.

“the hidden blood business makes painfully clear, the blood extracted from pregnant mares at blood farms is collected under brutal conditions and comes at an unacceptable price.”

“PMSG has been used by industrial animal breeders for over 40 years to increase the fertility of sows and other farmed animals but is now considered by many to be an outdated solution.”

Justifying Genocide (or denying)

 

At this stage, anyone who is still attempting to justify what is happening to the Palestinians in Gaza (and Palestinians overall) is either fully on board with it or unwilling to face the reality. Therefore, these Piers Morgan/Charlie Kirk-style debates are not only pointless but profoundly unethical. Even if all their Hasbara spins were true (and they are not), it still wouldn’t justify it. What sane person argues for killing people? Therefore, I refuse to take part in such an immoral debate anymore.

 I used to engage in this and was confronted with outright genocidal apologists and cordial liberal Zionist (the former sadistically relishing in their opponent’s show of emotion, and the latter still feeling good about themselves: if it can be debated, it can’t be that abhorrent). 

In both cases, the end result is the same: they are not going to change their stance based on what I say. There is so much information out there: images, books, interviews, analysis, black humor comedy. If they want to KNOW, then it’s all there for them. It takes some courage to accept that one’s worldview is based on lies. They will only change when they are willing to face that.

 My responses will only either put them into immediate defense mode or give them an almost vampiric energy hit.

 Consider an argument they use. What about Sudan and Myanmar? Think about someone using that as a deflection, and you will realize how disingenuous they are and how morally twisted their mindset is.

Having said that, let’s hope there are people out there who can still be reached. Sharing posts, street protests, art of all kinds are ways to keep the message alive; at least, people can’t completely put it out of their minds. Flotillas and marches are amazing and brave forms of activism. We want (and need) to keep the focus on the perpetrators, and they don't want that.

And if you want to debate them, go for it. We have to do something!

But just remember they are steeped in myth and hasbara, and their goal is to catch you out with some narrative you aren’t informed enough about to debunk. Then they feel justified or creepily triumphant.

Kneecap Hoo-ha

 

(a short rant)

If a band can go up on stage and say Am Yisrael Chai and not cause western moral hysteria, then a band should also be allowed to say up Hamas. The Israeli army fits the definition of terrorist, so either the proscription is used consistently or not at all.

History will be kind to Kneecap, but not to the disingenuous pearl clutchers and genocidal apologists. Not to the liars and deniers. Nor the indifferent and both siders.

These smear tactics will be remembered for what they are: deflection and projection.