The only time the Palestinian “movement” has been anything other than religiously grounded in Islamic supremacist ideology was when the Soviet Union rewrote the “narrative” to appeal to Western intellectuals in the faddish anti-colonial, anti-imperial liberationist language then current.
That being the history, it should surprise no one that, good Marxist that he is, DeBoer continues to follow the party line - long after the Party itself has ceased to exist. It’s zombie politics at its best.
Indeed. I used to follow Freddie, simply because I am trying to stay open to ALL kinds of opinions, and currents, and directions, and he seemed intelligent enough not to adopt an extremist stance on ... anything, basically. Even his self-professed marxism was rather a washed-down intellectual opinion, something we like to talk about over a glass of wine, instead of a revolutionary cause for which one is ready to die. Nevertheless, he started to become more and more unpalatable, especially when talking about "trans" issues or Israel. Anybody who's telling you that a man can, in fact, become a woman, cannot be trusted. The Palestine-Israel was the nail in the coffin. Look: I was born in a Communist country, and brainwashed accordingly during childhood. I can tell when somebody is pushing narratives that are either complete fabrications ("trans women are women") or ideological smokescreens that hide something else (antisemitism, in this case). I have no regrets having stopped reading his bullshit about these issues.
Palestinian liberation can kiss my toches. The chimera of a two state solution has cost untold hundreds of Israeli lives. Whatever Judea and Samaria are now is the best "two state solution" they'll ever get - and it's a damn sight better than what they had under Jordan until '67
Freddie deBoer and his ilk are meaningless distractions. But this just came out, unbidden.
OK Palestinian liberation can kiss your ass. Fine. It's going to be here for, like, ever. Not one generation of Israelis will know peace, not for five minutes, or five seconds.
I have to be ok with it because what they have now is the best they're ever going to get notwithstanding the wishes of American (and Israeli) leftie politicians. Unless they reunite with Jordan (never in a million years) what they have now is what they will ever have. It may always have been the case but after 10/7 it's a done deal.
And yes, generations of Israelis will not know peace - just like no generation of Israelis has never felt peace between 1948 and now.
Do you truly think that a "two state solution" is a serious idea?
Ha! Enjoyed this post. I have tried to read deboer but I always get a sniff of the smart marxist in the air and stop. Exactly like you said - I just fuck right off. People used to say “I wouldn’t cross the street to watch Jane Fonda cut her wrists”, which is actually what they want her to do, but they really just don’t give a damn what she does. So with Marxists. They think the declaration of their Marxistness is oppositional, brave, they hope stunning. But it is just the most boring will to power nihilism imaginable. Masturbatory self regard.
I'm not aware of his stuff about trans. I really shouldn't waste the time but I'm gonna look it up.
PS Just did. Yeah, pablum. Pompous pablum.
Plus bullshit:
"I don’t believe that transwomen represent a threat to cisgender women in public spaces."
Just read Reduxx. maybe "transwomen" aren't coming after us on the streets, but vulnerable women in women's spaces (I'm referring specifically to prisons) are definitely at risk.
And:
" but racial identity is widely understood to include matters of recent genetic heritage. Two Black people very likely share more recent heritage (that is, closer recent relatives among their ancestors) than a Black person and an East Asian person. Race is an extremely complicated set of concepts that involve all manner of social elements, but race is broadly understood to be inherited from parents."
Here's where Freddie gets his rep for deep thinking, by doing the old "it's complicated" and saying some true stuff that the left rejects which is yeah, race does have genetic factors.
But XX chromosomes can be surgically removed?
Something that unites me with every other female mammal, and not the males of my own species, is amenable to medical intervention?
That Marxist dunce cap really does a number on the brain.
The only time the Palestinian “movement” has been anything other than religiously grounded in Islamic supremacist ideology was when the Soviet Union rewrote the “narrative” to appeal to Western intellectuals in the faddish anti-colonial, anti-imperial liberationist language then current.
That being the history, it should surprise no one that, good Marxist that he is, DeBoer continues to follow the party line - long after the Party itself has ceased to exist. It’s zombie politics at its best.
Indeed. I used to follow Freddie, simply because I am trying to stay open to ALL kinds of opinions, and currents, and directions, and he seemed intelligent enough not to adopt an extremist stance on ... anything, basically. Even his self-professed marxism was rather a washed-down intellectual opinion, something we like to talk about over a glass of wine, instead of a revolutionary cause for which one is ready to die. Nevertheless, he started to become more and more unpalatable, especially when talking about "trans" issues or Israel. Anybody who's telling you that a man can, in fact, become a woman, cannot be trusted. The Palestine-Israel was the nail in the coffin. Look: I was born in a Communist country, and brainwashed accordingly during childhood. I can tell when somebody is pushing narratives that are either complete fabrications ("trans women are women") or ideological smokescreens that hide something else (antisemitism, in this case). I have no regrets having stopped reading his bullshit about these issues.
Pretty much my story with him.
I think it's important to have at least a couple of red lines - not many, but a few.
The trans issue - yes!
Before Oct 7, Israel would not have been one of them for me.
After, it is.
Freddie is quite confident in his ultra intelligent takes. 🤣 anyone who says solidarity needs a lecture on shutting the fuck up.
Palestinian liberation can kiss my toches. The chimera of a two state solution has cost untold hundreds of Israeli lives. Whatever Judea and Samaria are now is the best "two state solution" they'll ever get - and it's a damn sight better than what they had under Jordan until '67
Freddie deBoer and his ilk are meaningless distractions. But this just came out, unbidden.
OK Palestinian liberation can kiss your ass. Fine. It's going to be here for, like, ever. Not one generation of Israelis will know peace, not for five minutes, or five seconds.
Are you OK with that?
I have to be ok with it because what they have now is the best they're ever going to get notwithstanding the wishes of American (and Israeli) leftie politicians. Unless they reunite with Jordan (never in a million years) what they have now is what they will ever have. It may always have been the case but after 10/7 it's a done deal.
And yes, generations of Israelis will not know peace - just like no generation of Israelis has never felt peace between 1948 and now.
Do you truly think that a "two state solution" is a serious idea?
I do not think a 2 state solution is workable.
Ha! Enjoyed this post. I have tried to read deboer but I always get a sniff of the smart marxist in the air and stop. Exactly like you said - I just fuck right off. People used to say “I wouldn’t cross the street to watch Jane Fonda cut her wrists”, which is actually what they want her to do, but they really just don’t give a damn what she does. So with Marxists. They think the declaration of their Marxistness is oppositional, brave, they hope stunning. But it is just the most boring will to power nihilism imaginable. Masturbatory self regard.
"I have tried to read deboer but I always get a sniff of the smart marxist in the air and stop."
LOL.
He's very verbose, doesn't know when to come up for air.
I used to get a kick out of guys like him, but the Marxism really must be called out. It's a murderous death cult.
He had some brains about some issues but the Marxism put holes in his brain about others.
Exactly. So much so that I almost forgot he was a Marxist.
He's acute about woke failings but he doesn't acknowledge that if his side had real power he'd be wearing the dunce cap.
And his tendency to revert to the worst leftist cliches is a signal he's not a serious thinker. Case in point: "This stuff is not hard."
Actually, this stuff (the Israeli/Palestinian dispute) *is* hard. That's why it's defied the efforts of just about everyone to solve.
Also his trans stuff. A lot of pablum. There are serious issues but he’s got ‘be kind’. Thanks Freddie
I'm not aware of his stuff about trans. I really shouldn't waste the time but I'm gonna look it up.
PS Just did. Yeah, pablum. Pompous pablum.
Plus bullshit:
"I don’t believe that transwomen represent a threat to cisgender women in public spaces."
Just read Reduxx. maybe "transwomen" aren't coming after us on the streets, but vulnerable women in women's spaces (I'm referring specifically to prisons) are definitely at risk.
And:
" but racial identity is widely understood to include matters of recent genetic heritage. Two Black people very likely share more recent heritage (that is, closer recent relatives among their ancestors) than a Black person and an East Asian person. Race is an extremely complicated set of concepts that involve all manner of social elements, but race is broadly understood to be inherited from parents."
Here's where Freddie gets his rep for deep thinking, by doing the old "it's complicated" and saying some true stuff that the left rejects which is yeah, race does have genetic factors.
But XX chromosomes can be surgically removed?
Something that unites me with every other female mammal, and not the males of my own species, is amenable to medical intervention?
That Marxist dunce cap really does a number on the brain.
Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "there's a sucker born every minute"?
Great comment other than your insult to masturbation 😜
Thank You Diana, now lets present this to a college or even a high school in the US and Canada's education system.
Be my guest!