Ben Shapiro (Orthodox Jew, very smart, controversial young writer) writes in a piece at Townhall.com – ‘The Radical Evil Of The Palestinian Arab Population‘:
The Palestinian Arab population is rotten to the core…in the end, the blame must lie with the Palestinian Arabs themselves. They have accepted their role with relish. They are as responsible for their government’s longstanding evil as the Germans were for the Nazis’.
If I were to dismiss his ideas based on the fact that he is an American Orthodox Jew with conservative nerve endings, then I’d probably qualify as a racist or anti-Semite. I’m probably both, though I strongly disagree with myself on that point. Mr. Shapiro appears to be extremely prejudiced in his own right. No doubt, he would also disagree.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way – I think it’s a good thing for everybody to read this article of his. Whether or not he’s ever spent time in a Palestinian community, his ignorance on this topic is extraordinary. The answer to ‘why’ his words are put together in such a way, I feel, is a defense mechanism. Americans are becoming more and more aware of the history behind apartheid in Palestine, and the suffering of innocent Palestinians has come more into focus.
The Israeli offensive in Lebanon provided a case study in how things work in that small corner of the world, and as a rule, the surrounding peoples who live outside the border of Israel are on thin ice before they’re even born. Rhetoric is all I have to offer today, as the many mechanisms of my plodding physiology are in need of jumper cables or some dry gas…maybe a couple of Daniel Carver’s answering machine messages, or a good old Osama mixed-tape will get me going.
There’s got to be something to gain in a purpose-driven immersion within the bounds of irrational hate-speech, and to get on the same page with Shapiro, I’m obviously going to need something equivalent to compare it with. Maybe the $22.00 I spent on a copy of Michael Savage’s acceptance speech of a Talker’s Magazine award will hold the key to understanding this uniquely deranged mind. And if all else fails, I’ll simply stop taking all medications and replace them with Wild Turkey. Couple days of that regimen should get me to where I need to be. So hold on Shapiro…I’ll be with you soon enough.
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