Where in their support of the Hamas atrocities students repeat white supremacist talking points and the journalist class start the "babytruther" movement in their need for denial.
Hamas is Evil, anyone who doesn't say that is supporting antisemitism whether they realize that or not. I hope to god the IDF are able to kill everyone who is in Hamas and piss in their graves. but the reality is innocent Palestine people who don't like Hamas and just want to not live in an open air city-prison are going to die because no one will let them out. The IDF needs to end Hamas , but I can't feel a bit dirty knowing that tens of thousands of innocent people are going to die because there's no way to leave this warzone. Am I wrong in feeling that way?
I don't think any thinking person would disagree with that. Every time I open the news I'm deeply hopeful that corridors have been opened up. It should go without saying that there are significant associated security risks that Israel is extremely reluctant to take in this current moment. But the humanitarian risks of refusing a corridor seem greater still.
It's been very disappointing to see the takes from Leftist (excluding the Woke culture warrior types) people I respect such as Aaron Mate, Caitlin Johnstone, Max Blumenthal, etc. absolutely disregard the slaughtering of Israeli babies and raping of women, and claim that these are Israeli/US/Western propaganda and are now providing shield for Hamas.
Also, I've seen a lot of staggering no. of Right Wing non-Muslim people, especially Christians such as Jackson Hinkle, E. Michael Jones, Stew Peters, etc. being extremely vile towards Israel and being virulently anti-Semitic because 'the Jews rejected Jesus as a prophet' [they made similar posts on X.com].
(I can at least get the Muslim angle of Palestinian/Gaza people's plight or the sanctity of Al-Aqsa mosque, but didn't expect such from Conservative Christians)
The #babytruther movement from both the above mentioned radical Left & the radical Right isn't something I was expecting, and people from both of these sides are racing for becoming the present-day David Irving. Maybe the horseshoe theory of politics was real after all.
It's been a very tragic scenario and it is going to be absolutely devastating for the Gazan civilian population, living under Hamas rule post 2005, who are now going to get obliterated due to the atrocities committed by Hamas.
All I can say is that you have been doing an excellent thorough & nuanced conversation regarding this situation, just as you did back during initial phases of the Ukraine War, Richard, so thank you. Keep up the good work. Love your journalism, in esports & politics, but especially w.r.t Geopolitics.
As there's lot of bullshit going about in twitter (ain't catching this boomer falling in line with x.com) around this conflict, I recommend following Shayan Sardarizadeh on twitter (https://twitter.com/Shayan86) as he's been doing lot of lifting atm. when it comes to old stories, pictures and videos being misused in disinformation. I noticed myself having fallen for few which has been more rare for me around Ukraine.
The Qataris threatening to stop the gasflow was one of them. Apparently it's some 2017 video being repurposed and spread about as complete nonsense. Shayan had a mention of it https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1712879977840976162
Have to say to anyone following this in twitter, you need to be fucking careful, especially when it comes to who's done what. I can't even really leverage experience from Ukraine conflict of following OSINT sources, it's that much more fucked up of a situation. All I see is civilians getting fucked and who's done it isn't as clear from the footage. Seen what an airstrike looks and what's the aftermath but also see dead civilians on evacuation corridors from something that's exploded but doesn't match an airstrike or an artillery shot. This is really fucking with me and I kinda try now to not just look up anything.
You are doing good big man considering all this madness.
Note: I wrote all this as I listened to the episode, but it's probably a lot of rambling. I'm not the smartest person, but I felt the need to say something in hopes of some people responding to me and having a discourse. I am not sure about your history with the Left, but from what you said, it sounds like you are exhausted with the Left and their lies. Now, you feel the need to expose their hypocrisy. Still, I do not think your values align with the right-wing either you just have a code you follow and maintain without tying yourself to these parties. Still, I felt at times it made you be hyper critical, but I could also not see and understand it well enough.
I am a little unsure of the point made between blaming solely Israel for the overall incidences and that meaning the Harvard students are pro-hamas. While I agree that there are antisemitic/pro-Hamas groups mixed into the pro-Palestine movements, and some protests devolve into disgusting antisemitic chants, I do not think the case of Harvard students is among them.
Hamas should be condemned and held accountable for their atrocities, but I feel Israel has played a large part in Hamas being as powerful as it is and has used its brutality to incite hatred and conflict. Raiding Al-Aqsa, expanding its settlements and displacing Palestinians, upholding the apartheid regime, restricting essential supplies and placing Palestinians on a "diet" and constant attack on Gaza have all been done without remorse. The last time the people had an election in Gaza was 2006, and with the median age of Gaza being 18, that would mean most people never had a choice on the matter. The Palestinian population comprises approximately 70% of women and children 15 years old and younger. They are helpless victims of Hamas' regime as well as victims of the brutality of the IDF.
The overall support of all the Western nations and most news outlets has always been on the side of Israel. Palestinians are being massacred daily, but the only time attention is brought to the matter is when Israeli casualties occur. Palestinians or Israelis should never target innocent civilians. Still, no, the victims are on Israel's side. People have decided to insert themselves into the conflict on Israel's side while never considering the Palestinian's victims. Israel never seems willing to de-escalate or attempt a peaceful resolution. Still, when incidents like this occur, and they have the world's unconditional support, they ramp up their attacks—giving 24 hours for all of north Palestine to evacuate to the south is unacceptable. They expect a population of 1.1 million to relocate and expect them to abandon all the critical patients in the hospital and leave them to die. On top of that, an air strike hitting the designated evacuation route is horrific. The IDF always claim there is no other choice, whether it was inevitable or an accident and brushes it off with no repercussions or accountability. Israel, with one of the strongest intelligence agencies in the world and overwhelming military power compared to the Hamas terrorists, especially with the backing of the West, should not be allowed to get away with this level of gross negligence. Israel is the one who holds the majority of the cards in this conflict, and the people advocating for Palestine just hope to remind people not to be bloodthirsty and retaliate against the innocent civilians in Gaza for the actions of the terrorists.
By the way, you speak on the conflict; I feel you agree that Israel is worthy of condemnation. Still, you also want to bring to light the despicable actions of some who use this tragedy to justify Hamas' atrocities and express their vile antisemitism. But both sides have played this game of semantics. I agree that it is disturbing when people close their eyes to clear the depictions of rape and death of women and children in an attempt to downplay or implicitly support Hamas as being some righteous and benevolent freedom fighters is awful. I do not see why they are desperate to deny these things, as it improves the situation.
You mentioned people celebrating the attack as some sort of victory for the Palestinians and a move towards liberation. These people can also be seen as charged with emotion and saying things out of pure impulse. Just as there have been calls to level Gaza, and even a member of the Netenyahus party called for the use of Jericho missiles due to witnessing the atrocities not allowing them to reason, those on the Palestinian side have been witnessing the oppression of the innocent civilians saw this attack by Hamas and had a visceral reaction disregarding any rationality and the events that really took place and just saw this as the first victory in favour of the Palestinians in years for their fight for their freedom. This is still wrong but should be considered as you did for the person calling for Gaza to be levelled.
The reason the "Esports Gospel" is such a good talk show name is that Richard's word can be taken as gospel - I pretty much accept everything he reports as established, quotable fact, and generally that his opinions are the morally correct ones. Thank you for all your thorough and multi-faceted work, Richard, you're a true role model
Hamas is Evil, anyone who doesn't say that is supporting antisemitism whether they realize that or not. I hope to god the IDF are able to kill everyone who is in Hamas and piss in their graves. but the reality is innocent Palestine people who don't like Hamas and just want to not live in an open air city-prison are going to die because no one will let them out. The IDF needs to end Hamas , but I can't feel a bit dirty knowing that tens of thousands of innocent people are going to die because there's no way to leave this warzone. Am I wrong in feeling that way?
I don't think any thinking person would disagree with that. Every time I open the news I'm deeply hopeful that corridors have been opened up. It should go without saying that there are significant associated security risks that Israel is extremely reluctant to take in this current moment. But the humanitarian risks of refusing a corridor seem greater still.
Thank you for continuing this coverage, Richard.
It's been very disappointing to see the takes from Leftist (excluding the Woke culture warrior types) people I respect such as Aaron Mate, Caitlin Johnstone, Max Blumenthal, etc. absolutely disregard the slaughtering of Israeli babies and raping of women, and claim that these are Israeli/US/Western propaganda and are now providing shield for Hamas.
Also, I've seen a lot of staggering no. of Right Wing non-Muslim people, especially Christians such as Jackson Hinkle, E. Michael Jones, Stew Peters, etc. being extremely vile towards Israel and being virulently anti-Semitic because 'the Jews rejected Jesus as a prophet' [they made similar posts on X.com].
(I can at least get the Muslim angle of Palestinian/Gaza people's plight or the sanctity of Al-Aqsa mosque, but didn't expect such from Conservative Christians)
The #babytruther movement from both the above mentioned radical Left & the radical Right isn't something I was expecting, and people from both of these sides are racing for becoming the present-day David Irving. Maybe the horseshoe theory of politics was real after all.
It's been a very tragic scenario and it is going to be absolutely devastating for the Gazan civilian population, living under Hamas rule post 2005, who are now going to get obliterated due to the atrocities committed by Hamas.
All I can say is that you have been doing an excellent thorough & nuanced conversation regarding this situation, just as you did back during initial phases of the Ukraine War, Richard, so thank you. Keep up the good work. Love your journalism, in esports & politics, but especially w.r.t Geopolitics.
As there's lot of bullshit going about in twitter (ain't catching this boomer falling in line with x.com) around this conflict, I recommend following Shayan Sardarizadeh on twitter (https://twitter.com/Shayan86) as he's been doing lot of lifting atm. when it comes to old stories, pictures and videos being misused in disinformation. I noticed myself having fallen for few which has been more rare for me around Ukraine.
The Qataris threatening to stop the gasflow was one of them. Apparently it's some 2017 video being repurposed and spread about as complete nonsense. Shayan had a mention of it https://twitter.com/Shayan86/status/1712879977840976162
Have to say to anyone following this in twitter, you need to be fucking careful, especially when it comes to who's done what. I can't even really leverage experience from Ukraine conflict of following OSINT sources, it's that much more fucked up of a situation. All I see is civilians getting fucked and who's done it isn't as clear from the footage. Seen what an airstrike looks and what's the aftermath but also see dead civilians on evacuation corridors from something that's exploded but doesn't match an airstrike or an artillery shot. This is really fucking with me and I kinda try now to not just look up anything.
You are doing good big man considering all this madness.
Note: I wrote all this as I listened to the episode, but it's probably a lot of rambling. I'm not the smartest person, but I felt the need to say something in hopes of some people responding to me and having a discourse. I am not sure about your history with the Left, but from what you said, it sounds like you are exhausted with the Left and their lies. Now, you feel the need to expose their hypocrisy. Still, I do not think your values align with the right-wing either you just have a code you follow and maintain without tying yourself to these parties. Still, I felt at times it made you be hyper critical, but I could also not see and understand it well enough.
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I am a little unsure of the point made between blaming solely Israel for the overall incidences and that meaning the Harvard students are pro-hamas. While I agree that there are antisemitic/pro-Hamas groups mixed into the pro-Palestine movements, and some protests devolve into disgusting antisemitic chants, I do not think the case of Harvard students is among them.
Hamas should be condemned and held accountable for their atrocities, but I feel Israel has played a large part in Hamas being as powerful as it is and has used its brutality to incite hatred and conflict. Raiding Al-Aqsa, expanding its settlements and displacing Palestinians, upholding the apartheid regime, restricting essential supplies and placing Palestinians on a "diet" and constant attack on Gaza have all been done without remorse. The last time the people had an election in Gaza was 2006, and with the median age of Gaza being 18, that would mean most people never had a choice on the matter. The Palestinian population comprises approximately 70% of women and children 15 years old and younger. They are helpless victims of Hamas' regime as well as victims of the brutality of the IDF.
The overall support of all the Western nations and most news outlets has always been on the side of Israel. Palestinians are being massacred daily, but the only time attention is brought to the matter is when Israeli casualties occur. Palestinians or Israelis should never target innocent civilians. Still, no, the victims are on Israel's side. People have decided to insert themselves into the conflict on Israel's side while never considering the Palestinian's victims. Israel never seems willing to de-escalate or attempt a peaceful resolution. Still, when incidents like this occur, and they have the world's unconditional support, they ramp up their attacks—giving 24 hours for all of north Palestine to evacuate to the south is unacceptable. They expect a population of 1.1 million to relocate and expect them to abandon all the critical patients in the hospital and leave them to die. On top of that, an air strike hitting the designated evacuation route is horrific. The IDF always claim there is no other choice, whether it was inevitable or an accident and brushes it off with no repercussions or accountability. Israel, with one of the strongest intelligence agencies in the world and overwhelming military power compared to the Hamas terrorists, especially with the backing of the West, should not be allowed to get away with this level of gross negligence. Israel is the one who holds the majority of the cards in this conflict, and the people advocating for Palestine just hope to remind people not to be bloodthirsty and retaliate against the innocent civilians in Gaza for the actions of the terrorists.
By the way, you speak on the conflict; I feel you agree that Israel is worthy of condemnation. Still, you also want to bring to light the despicable actions of some who use this tragedy to justify Hamas' atrocities and express their vile antisemitism. But both sides have played this game of semantics. I agree that it is disturbing when people close their eyes to clear the depictions of rape and death of women and children in an attempt to downplay or implicitly support Hamas as being some righteous and benevolent freedom fighters is awful. I do not see why they are desperate to deny these things, as it improves the situation.
You mentioned people celebrating the attack as some sort of victory for the Palestinians and a move towards liberation. These people can also be seen as charged with emotion and saying things out of pure impulse. Just as there have been calls to level Gaza, and even a member of the Netenyahus party called for the use of Jericho missiles due to witnessing the atrocities not allowing them to reason, those on the Palestinian side have been witnessing the oppression of the innocent civilians saw this attack by Hamas and had a visceral reaction disregarding any rationality and the events that really took place and just saw this as the first victory in favour of the Palestinians in years for their fight for their freedom. This is still wrong but should be considered as you did for the person calling for Gaza to be levelled.
The reason the "Esports Gospel" is such a good talk show name is that Richard's word can be taken as gospel - I pretty much accept everything he reports as established, quotable fact, and generally that his opinions are the morally correct ones. Thank you for all your thorough and multi-faceted work, Richard, you're a true role model
Thank you for your work Mr. Lewis!!!