Ali Abunimah ran the above photograph and chronicled the response of some Israelis and to read what they wrote was quite disturbing. Look at some of them and tell me whether their suggestions don’t remind you of something that has already happened
Run the tent over with a truck/Merkava tank/a bus/ whatever it takes to crush and kill these children (Rachael Corrie)….
I’d have thrown nerve gas into the tent and closed it and made them breath it until the end…… (Saddam Hussein)
Put a couple of bullets in their heads and we’re done (Adam Lanza)
My point is these people are suggesting things be done that have been done to or by people that we acknowledge as social psychopaths, deviants who have been killed by us or whose death we cheered. If you read Abunimah’s article you’ll find who some of the people who responded are and its scary because many of them have the means and opportunity to do what it is they are suggesting be done.
Unfortunately, I’ve come across similar comments from Americans. Its a zero sum game for them.
I’m sure you have. If anyone considers themselves sane the only logical response to racist xenophobia is to condemn it in the strongest possible terms. I hope you will join me in doing so in my country of birth America.