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Alison R Noyes's avatar

"Some ideas are so stupid, only intellectuals believe them.” George Orwell

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Lynne Teperman's avatar

I am told that the exact quote, from Orwell's 1945 "Notes on Nationalism" is:

"One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that; no ordinary man could be such a fool. “

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Alison R Noyes's avatar

That's much better, thanks!

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Tania Gordon's avatar

Excellent as always and many congratulations on your award!

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Dave Rich's avatar

Thank you!

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Ali Jacobs's avatar

Thank you for this, Dave. It's felt like an exhausting few days for us Jews. Again.

Sadly, a piece of real value, nuance and rational thinking such as this may fall on deaf ears (or more likely, crossed-eyes) who stand on such questionable and shaky moral high-ground that they'd rather crash and burn than take on a more truthful perspective.

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Shelah Horvitz's avatar

“He who owns the past owns the future.” — George Orwell. If you have bought out the educational system, you can ensure a lying narrative is taught and eliminate all dissent at the root. Seize minds when they’re young and you have them for life.

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Zaf Z's avatar

It's a crazy world where "don't bomb Iran" becomes "support for the Iranian govt", or "don't bomb Gaza" becomes "support for Hamas". Or indeed "bombing Gaza" is just "attacking Hamas", or bombing Iran is just "attacking the Ayatollahs".

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Jimbo's avatar

Demented, minds fked by social media, twisted logic, whatever. Simply bizarre!

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JoBenn's avatar

People can't seem to hold two truths at once. And, I don't think any of these protesters are following Iranians or liberal Palestinians - how the left can march for a regime that hangs and beheads people for showing their hair or making a joke is so beyond me that I think it's just mass brainwashing these days - maybe people have turned into bots.

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Saul's avatar

The ME functions merely as a playground for the psychological issues that plague a certain set of westerners. In this environment, people and countries are reduced to archetypes, mere representations of reality.

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Mike's avatar

Islamophobia is a hate crime and so is Genocide,that why most Jewish people hate what Israel is doing

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