tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post2843907893596775039..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: I Would Have Liked To Tell Her....David Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-53300750549253678942016-01-28T16:24:59.739-08:002016-01-28T16:24:59.739-08:00This whole conception of Israel as "Western&q...This whole conception of Israel as "Western" is nonsense anyway. Although we do have a Western style democracy, that's where the similarities end. Israel is an Eastern country, and Jews writ large are an Oriental people/culture. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297210042002570130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-82660320668986090312016-01-28T16:20:31.282-08:002016-01-28T16:20:31.282-08:00"What, exactly, does A Wider Bridge do that c..."What, exactly, does A Wider Bridge do that constructs Palestinians and Arabs as backwards? "<br /><br />Presumably by highlighting the fact that Israel has gay rights at all, it embarrasses the Palestinians whose track record on gay rights is still atrocious. And according to the "pinkwashing" brigade, this reinforces notions of "Jewish", "Israeli", or "Western" supremacy. But that's a bogus way of looking at it. "Western" or not, there's no excuse for the deplorable treatment of gays in the Palestinian territories. They *should* be embarrassed about it, just as we should be embarrassed about the errors we make. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297210042002570130noreply@blogger.com