Israel

[steve58]

Disgusting yes, but not surprising as they are the ones doing the indoctrinating/brain washing. 

[Gusington]

^True. I hate when you're correct.

[Jarhead0331]

The elements required to permit a repeat of the Holocaust are far closer than most could imagine. Every American Jew should be trained and armed. I view this not only as a right, but a responsibility.

[Gusington]

I can't believe this conversation is even happening. Totally unreal. But I guess this is blowback from extreme woke-ness.

[GDS_Starfury]

and also from the normalization of hate speech by certain political leaders.

[Jarhead0331]

and also from the normalization of hate speech by certain political leaders.

Yes. Especially certain congressmen and women.

[W8taminute]

I don't have an "X" account so I can't retrieve this but I copied his tweet from somewhere else. 

David Frum [https://twitter.com/davidfrum?lang=en]

"The reason 3 university presidents had trouble with the genocide question is not because of an over-zealous commitment to free speech.  Universities punish people all the time for First Amendment protected speech.  They had trouble because anti-Jewishness is baked into the ideology of much of their staff and faculty, and criticizing anti-Jewishness would criticize them."

[Jarhead0331]

I don't have an "X" account so I can't retrieve this but I copied his tweet from somewhere else. 

David Frum [https://twitter.com/davidfrum?lang=en]

"The reason 3 university presidents had trouble with the genocide question is not because of an over-zealous commitment to free speech.  Universities punish people all the time for First Amendment protected speech.  They had trouble because anti-Jewishness is baked into the ideology of much of their staff and faculty, and criticizing anti-Jewishness would criticize them."

Imagine the response if the question had been, "do you consider calls for the genocide of all black people harassment or bullying in violation of the code of conduct?"

Would they have said, "it depends on the context, and if it becomes conduct or is constant or pervasive..."?  It is just so shocking. It is as if people can no longer use their brains. 

[W8taminute]

It is just so shocking. It is as if people can no longer use their brains. 

It is shocking and only now is the fruits of these wicked ideologies coming into the light. 

People can no longer use their brains because no one is teaching them critical thinking.  Instead these educational institutes teach hate and hide truth. 

[Tripoli]

It is just so shocking. It is as if people can no longer use their brains.

...

People can no longer use their brains because no one is teaching them critical thinking.  Instead these educational institutes teach hate and hide truth. 

It's not just critical thinking they aren't teaching-it is also basic facts, such as the nature of communism, as well as basic facts regarding the US, the constitution.  Without being taught basic facts, it becomes impossible to teach how to think critically.

[al_infierno]

It is just so shocking. It is as if people can no longer use their brains.

It is shocking and only now is the fruits of these wicked ideologies coming into the light. 

People can no longer use their brains because no one is teaching them critical thinking.  Instead these educational institutes teach hate and hide truth. 

Out of curiosity, which "ideologies" are you referring to specifically?

[Jarhead0331]

It is just so shocking. It is as if people can no longer use their brains.

It is shocking and only now is the fruits of these wicked ideologies coming into the light. 

People can no longer use their brains because no one is teaching them critical thinking.  Instead these educational institutes teach hate and hide truth. 

Out of curiosity, which "ideologies" are you referring to specifically?

I can't speak for W8, but personally, I believe it stems from ideologies like CRT and the like, that basically teach that all people with white skin are oppressors and all people with dark skin are oppressed. This, in my view, is why the left has become so radically anti-Israeli (ie. anti-Jewish) and so blatantly pro-Palestinians. In their view, Israelis (ie. Jews), who are predominantly fair skinned, are oppressors, while Palestinians, who are predominately dark skinned, are oppressed victims. This view that sees Palestinians as an oppressed people fighting a righteous struggle against white oppressors leads many to justify the acts of groups like Hamas as "just" and understandable in light of the larger picture and "75 years of oppression".

This is a generalization in a lot of ways, but fundamentally, I think this is a big part of it.

[W8taminute]

It is just so shocking. It is as if people can no longer use their brains.

It is shocking and only now is the fruits of these wicked ideologies coming into the light. 

People can no longer use their brains because no one is teaching them critical thinking.  Instead these educational institutes teach hate and hide truth. 

Out of curiosity, which "ideologies" are you referring to specifically?

Tripoli and Jarhead both nailed the ideologies I'm thinking about.  Wokeness in general can also be included. 

My children have come home to me on many an occasions in the past repeating the filth they learned in school to me.  It's heartbreaking but they won't listen to logic.  Even more brilliantly the woke agenda has taught them that "your parents may attempt to sway you away but remember they are from a time of barbarism".  I'm paraphrasing but you get the idea. 

[Jarhead0331]

Meanwhile, I literally just received an email from my childrens' school district informing us that yesterday, antisemitic graffiti and swastikas were discovered in one of the high school bathrooms and that the police are conducting an investigation. I live in one of the most affluent neighborhoods in the country. The school district is ranked at the top nationally and statewide and my neighborhood was recently voted most desirable in the state of New York. There is a fairly high Jewish population here, and yet, kids here are still exposed to and susceptible to such expressions of ignorance and hate. It is definitely behavior that is taught and learned. 

[W8taminute]

It is definitely behavior that is taught and learned.

I absolutely agree.  Furthermore most of these children have no idea that they're being taught that the good guys are the bad guys and the bad guys are the good guys.  The school preys on the naivete and the innocence of a child's mind. 

yesterday, antisemitic graffiti and swastikas were discovered in one of the high school bathrooms

That's both heartbreaking and disturbing.