I find myself getting more and more annoyed at people who excuse these clowns.
They say “criticism of Israel is not antisemitic” but I believe, what is antisemitic, is when you make things up to criticize Israel. I think that if you only criticize Israel and ignore the far worse transgressions of far worse countries, then you are more than likely doing it out of Jew hatred or, if you are jewish (note the lower case j), out of a misguided desire to fit in.
I have never thought these things were difficult to see, in fact I am often baffled at how obtuse most people are about this stuff. I think it’s rather obvious and even sometimes blatant.
I called out Arabs for trying to piggyback on the struggle for native rights when it’s obvious to anyone with a functioning brain and Google that the Arabs themselves are the colonizers. They literally steal the identity of the Jewish people by claiming to be indigenous to a region that the first Arab set foot in in the 7th century. Is this mean? Is demanding consistency and critical thought really so harsh?
I was just banned for 7 days by Facebook, my horrid crime against their terms of service being posting a meme about Ibtihaj Muhammad. I was mocking the fact that after all the hoorah about her, she came in 7th. The meme said “I guess Muslims are only good at sword fighting when the other person is unarmed.” Someone reported this heinous Islamophobic post and Facebookistan decided to ban me for 7 days. A full ban by the way – I cannot even respond to messages.
Now you may think that my ban is warranted, however I submit a few details.
When checking my page details I saw things I have reported to Facebook.
I reported a page called Electronic Palestinian Resistance who were organising DDOS attacks against Israeli companies. I received this reply
Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may violate our Community Standards. Reports like yours are an important part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed the Page you reported for having a credible threat of violence and found it doesn’t violate our Community Standards.
I then reported a page called I Hate Israhell for hate speech and received this reply
Thanks for your feedback
Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may violate our Community Standards. Reports like yours are an important part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed the Page you reported for displaying hate speech and found it doesn’t violate our Community Standards.
(Aussie Dave – I am not ok with the meme since it seems to generalize about all Muslims, but to ban Ryan over this instead of removing it while leaving up all the vile antisemitism we have seen?!)
Now back to our good friend Ibtihaj, who just happens to be a radicalized muslim with ties to some very sketchy characters. In fact at her fundraiser to raise money for her to attend the Olympics, the keynote speaker is a supporter of the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman – Siraj Wahaj. A man known for declaring war on Americans and Canadians as we are “enemies of Allah” This paragon of Islamic virtue has also spoken against the “evils of homosexuality,” and has allegedly said he would burn down a proposed gay-friendly mosque in Toronto. Odd that he would appear at a fundraiser for someone representing the USA at the Olympics. Unless of course there actually was an agenda.
But wait there’s more! This woman has dedicated much time and effort to spreading lies and libel about Israel. And even better while doing so, she is also now going public that she “doesn’t feel safe in America.”
The truth is that lots of people dont feel safe anymore. As an Indian, I rarely feel safe when dealing with police, or the government, but I also know they are probably not going to cut my head off and put it on the internet. My Jewish friends know a little bit about not feeling safe – there is a reason every single JCC and most Jewish schools have armed guards. Try and find a Jewish organisation through the building signage. It won’t happen, but oddly enough, it’s rather easy to find Muslim groups buildings through signage.
I know I am ranting a bit here but I am just at the point where I’m done with morons and asshats who excuse this garbage, who tell Jews they have nothing to be afraid of while making it sound as though Islamophobia is something we actually need to be more concerned about.
The truth is that we should be very concerned about radical Islam. In Calgary, we have an Imam who attends interfaith events, talks about peace and then allows Jew hatred to be posted on his website. He attends “Al Quds” rallies meant to demonize Israel, and has posted outright lies on Facebook. I believe we should be supporting moderate Muslims, but I have very strict standards on who I think we should support.
I hope this is a lesson to the people who jumped on the Ibtihaj train, just because someone pretends to be a good person, doesn’t make them a good person.
Sometimes an asshat is an asshat.
