As I’m typing these words, Israel is illegally intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla that is trying to break the siege on Gaza.The activists on board have b...
I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Yeah i understand that point. We have to however see that the “moderate” or “centrist” is indeed simply still ignorant and can be educated. Which is hard because they see themselves as educated and they also don’t want to care.
Racist Zionists however are directly working to defend Israels genocide, oppression and apartheid in order to prolong the existance of the regime as long as they can. They do this in media, social media and in politics.
So while i see why one could “respect” their real effort (in comparison to a lack of effort on the side of “moderates”), i absolutely deny people any respect for the simple fact that most of these are not only hateful, racist bigots but they also often have economic incentives to do Israels dirty work.
You’re getting too hang up on the respect to the convinced Zionists, when my point is the disrespect to the weaselly pro-zionists. The former have zero. The latter are in the big negatives.
Again i do understand but in my views the pro-zionists are not a completely lost bunch. I say this because i have made great progress with my mom, having turned her into a critic. I wish i could ignite the spark of solidarity but that remains to be seen. Another friend, while not really pro-zionist, was regurgitating zionist propaganda (“from the river to the sea, palestine shall be free” is calling for the genocide of jews) but he was willing to be challenged on that.
So yes, i understand the anger that people are ignorant fools and thus tools but most people have been at some point in their lives and it is thanks to outside influence that we have been woken up.
This is what I mean.
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
Yeah i understand that point. We have to however see that the “moderate” or “centrist” is indeed simply still ignorant and can be educated. Which is hard because they see themselves as educated and they also don’t want to care.
Racist Zionists however are directly working to defend Israels genocide, oppression and apartheid in order to prolong the existance of the regime as long as they can. They do this in media, social media and in politics.
So while i see why one could “respect” their real effort (in comparison to a lack of effort on the side of “moderates”), i absolutely deny people any respect for the simple fact that most of these are not only hateful, racist bigots but they also often have economic incentives to do Israels dirty work.
You’re getting too hang up on the respect to the convinced Zionists, when my point is the disrespect to the weaselly pro-zionists. The former have zero. The latter are in the big negatives.
Again i do understand but in my views the pro-zionists are not a completely lost bunch. I say this because i have made great progress with my mom, having turned her into a critic. I wish i could ignite the spark of solidarity but that remains to be seen. Another friend, while not really pro-zionist, was regurgitating zionist propaganda (“from the river to the sea, palestine shall be free” is calling for the genocide of jews) but he was willing to be challenged on that.
So yes, i understand the anger that people are ignorant fools and thus tools but most people have been at some point in their lives and it is thanks to outside influence that we have been woken up.