Who, exactly, are these "intellectuals in America, Europe...waxed lyrical over the rape, torture, mutilation, murder, beheading, and kidnapping of innocent Jews?" I haven't seen any intellectuals in America or Europe who have done this. Names, please, and "lyrical" quotes.
Who, exactly, are these "intellectuals in America, Europe...waxed lyrical over the rape, torture, mutilation, murder, beheading, and kidnapping of innocent Jews?" I haven't seen any intellectuals in America or Europe who have done this. Names, please, and "lyrical" quotes.
Cornell History Professor Russell Rickford: "It was exhilarating, it was exhilarating, it was energizing! And if they weren’t exhilarated by this, this challenge to the monopoly of violence, by this shifting of the balance of power, then they would not be human. I was exhilarated!” https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/10/18/cornell-leaders-condemn-prof-exhilarated-hamas-attack. Loads of others. Just try Googling. The intellectuals' exhilaration will come flowing out of your laptop like a backed-up toilet.
There is a popular game on the internet: ask someone to provide supporting material for their position then after time & energy is spent, pooh-pooh it or just ignore it (for example Graboyes' posting of Dr Rickford's comment).
I no longer take the bait unless I have some sort of IRL connection to the requestor - but then again, I am content to let my fellow man wallow in ignorance ;)
If they even are human...
About 30 years ago a cartoon was published in The New Yorker:
I know. I'm a glutton for punishment. A good response might be "Try Google. I'm sure you can find an 8-year-old to help you learn how to use it." I enjoyed the "No one knows you're a dog" story and the habit of drawing a cartoon and then trying to figure out an appropriate caption. David Burge, a.k.a. "Iowahawk" is a longtime Twitter/X wit with a dark, acidic sense of humor. A decade ago, he formulated what he called "Burge's Law": "Every New Yorker cartoon can be improved by recaptioning 'I think I'm going to kill myself'"
Who, exactly, are these "intellectuals in America, Europe...waxed lyrical over the rape, torture, mutilation, murder, beheading, and kidnapping of innocent Jews?" I haven't seen any intellectuals in America or Europe who have done this. Names, please, and "lyrical" quotes.
Cornell History Professor Russell Rickford: "It was exhilarating, it was exhilarating, it was energizing! And if they weren’t exhilarated by this, this challenge to the monopoly of violence, by this shifting of the balance of power, then they would not be human. I was exhilarated!” https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/10/18/cornell-leaders-condemn-prof-exhilarated-hamas-attack. Loads of others. Just try Googling. The intellectuals' exhilaration will come flowing out of your laptop like a backed-up toilet.
Lots of university professors.
I repeat: names and quotes, please.
There is a popular game on the internet: ask someone to provide supporting material for their position then after time & energy is spent, pooh-pooh it or just ignore it (for example Graboyes' posting of Dr Rickford's comment).
I no longer take the bait unless I have some sort of IRL connection to the requestor - but then again, I am content to let my fellow man wallow in ignorance ;)
If they even are human...
About 30 years ago a cartoon was published in The New Yorker:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/nobody-knows-youre-a-dog-as-iconic-internet-cartoon-turns-20-creator-peter-steiner-knows-the-joke-rings-as-relevant-as-ever/2013/07/31/73372600-f98d-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_blog.html
I know. I'm a glutton for punishment. A good response might be "Try Google. I'm sure you can find an 8-year-old to help you learn how to use it." I enjoyed the "No one knows you're a dog" story and the habit of drawing a cartoon and then trying to figure out an appropriate caption. David Burge, a.k.a. "Iowahawk" is a longtime Twitter/X wit with a dark, acidic sense of humor. A decade ago, he formulated what he called "Burge's Law": "Every New Yorker cartoon can be improved by recaptioning 'I think I'm going to kill myself'"
https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/some-us-professors-praise-hamass-october-7-terror-attacks
Also in Canada, there were profs at Uof T and Ottawa who immediately made celebratory tweets.