She said what!!?!?!?!?!

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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Electric_Delta wrote:
    She meant what she said, I don't feel as though it were a Freudian slip in the very least.

    She just didn't expect the backlash.

    There are consequences for your words sometimes.

    Maybe so ... I'd argue that even if she does harbor the view that Israel should be erased completely (meaning the people all moving back to various places of origin), pressuring her to quit her position is not the appropriate response. Her view might be wrong-headed, but its not so toxic that her ability to do her job should be questioned. She didn't go on an overtly racist or genocidal rant, and people should be allowed to have opinions, even controversial ones. We are not talking about someone who COULD make Israel go away, after all. I think there would be a line that, if crossed, might require her stepping down. I don't think she crossed that line.
  • Electric_Delta
    Electric_Delta Posts: 977
    Although I do disagree, I also respect your opinion.
    Bristow, VA (5/13/10)
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Electric_Delta wrote:
    Although I do disagree, I also respect your opinion.

    Fair enough, I understand your position as well.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    either way ... it wasn't byrnzie who said the settlers came from poland or germany ... ;)
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    polaris_x wrote:
    either way ... it wasn't byrnzie who said the settlers came from poland or germany ... ;)

    Yes, yes, goddammit. It wasn't Byrnzie. ;)
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Helen Thomas on Her Resignation and Middle East
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M1Qo83CoGU
  • Cree Nations
    Cree Nations Posts: 2,247
    Byrnzie wrote:
    She said nothing outrageous at all. She simply said that Jews in occupied Palestine should leave and go back home. The only people taking offense to her comments are those who support Israel's illegal 40 year occupation of Palestinian territory. Israel needs to abide by international law and the will of the whole of the international community - excluding the U.S - and withdraw to the 1967 border in accordance with U.N Resolution 242. What Helen Thomas is therefore advocating is that Israel conform to international law. So why is that so controversial?

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  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Helen Thomas on Her Resignation and Middle East
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M1Qo83CoGU


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