Norman Finkelstein said something this week that was sterling: people who want to know, know… people who don’t want to know won’t know.
The problem with people like Hutch and Destiny talking about Gaza and the West Bank is they only talk about language and never, ever show any conditions on the ground and certainly never anything that has regularly occurred for the civilian population since October 7th.
The result is you can argue about how insane and free-from-nuance that the “online pro-pally left” is, but you never have these unforgettable, seared into your brain images that the Palestinians have been living with since to contend with.
Understanding the “special intent” is there is a lot easier to fathom once you’ve seen the torrent of daily visuals coming from the region. Once you’ve heard the admissions from members of Israeli government all the way down to the lowest ranked IDF grunt. If you don’t make the slightest effort to put this material in front of your audience, in front of your community, is to take a side. You are no longer a neutral arbiter, you are deciding, by holding back crucial information, to take the side of the people doing the brutality by shielding your audience from it.
By shielding your audience from this, and arguing how wrong people are when they advocate for the Palestinians, you’re creating a safe space for those that cheer on the IDF… you are making money off them, you are profiting from those that want positive reinforcement for cheering on a pariah state and the barbarity it inflicts on innocent civilians every single day.
Watching this fucking video and hearing Hutch talk about how slimy a debate tactic Abdul is using by mentioning dead children… but guys he wants him to win his senate race, really! Hearing Hutch tell his audience “c’mon guys let’s not call him subhuman, I don’t like that…” man isn’t he merciful?
Any time these folks cry about being labeled a “Zionist” just scoff in their face. Their work speaks for itself. They engage in double speak. “I want the war to be over, I don’t want children to die… buuuuuuuut…” and then you hear an argument that suggests those children brought this on them selves, I mean what choice did they IDF have, really?