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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
18. You mean this letter?
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:44 PM
Jun 2016
Please boycott us, Governor Cuomo
source: Mondoweiss, June 9, 2016

In compliance with Governor Cuomo’s 2016 Executive Order No. 157, Directing New York State Agencies and Authorities to Divest Public Funds Supporting BDS Campaign Against Israel, we wish to report and confirm that our corporation boycotts all Israeli products and services, and encourages other institutions, companies and individuals to cease and avoid all economic, academic and cultural activity that supports the racist state of Israel until that state dissolves itself, welcomes all Palestinians to return to their homes, restores all of their property and pays damages for the harm it has done to Palestinians and their property.

Read more: http://mondoweiss.net/2016/06/please-boycott-governor/

I wouldn't post something like this myself on DU because I don't think Israel needs to dissolve itself and there's no reason to boycott Israel. Besides, the language is so inflammatory that if I was on jury over such a post, I would vote for a hide. While I can't really explain why such a letter appeared on Mondoweiss, I still think that the watermelon story doesn't amount to hate speech in any way.

As a counter example, with your logic the Algemeiner should be banned from DU, as it is obviously promoting hate speech:

New Organization Monitors Campus Radicals to Expose Them to Future Employers (VIDEO)
Source: Algemeiner, MAY 13, 2015
A new organization was launched on Tuesday to track organizers of anti-Israel movements on U.S. college campuses and alert the public, as well as future employers, about their involvement with the hate groups, The Algemeiner has learned.

Canary Mission was founded by students and citizens concerned by the growing number of campus movements that work to demonize and boycott Israel, harass Jewish and pro-Israel students, and spread radical, antisemitic ideas.

In a statement issued on its website, Canary Mission’s anonymous founders said the public has the right to know who is a part of this “dangerous campaign” of “ugly antisemitism and anti-Americanism that drives the anti-Israel movement on campuses across the United States.”

“So do the future employers of those who immerse themselves in antisemitic activity as college students,” the statement continued. “We are determined to expose the statements, activities, and unsavory affiliations of all of those responsible for spreading this hate on our campuses.”

Read more:
https://www.algemeiner.com/2015/05/13/new-organization-monitors-campus-radicals-to-expose-them-to-future-employers-video/

It's possible that I'll post more stuff from Mondoweiss in the future, but frankly, I don't like the letter from the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees (AIPAC?) at all, and I would like to know the reason why Mondoweiss decided to publish it.
Hmmmmmmmm..................... Israeli Jun 2016 #1
I'll take a look. I can read German, so some of the translations will be available to me. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #4
His poems are hard to translate Little Tich...... Israeli Jun 2016 #12
That's just crazy 6chars Jun 2016 #2
His only crime was that he was a Palestinian. Little Tich Jun 2016 #3
that was no crime at all 6chars Jun 2016 #5
I don't think that the Palestinian guy with the watermelon realized that he looked just a terrorist, Little Tich Jun 2016 #7
Has nothing to do with a crime. Jewish/Israeli lives matter... shira Jun 2016 #11
Thanks for that context about melon bombs. shira Jun 2016 #9
To Mondoweiss, Israeli Jews barely register as humans oberliner Jun 2016 #6
What do you think about the OP? Little Tich Jun 2016 #8
You might not be aware Little Tich...... Israeli Jun 2016 #13
Yeah, it's pretty low to try to silence your opponents by taking down their websites. Little Tich Jun 2016 #14
Still scraping the bottom of the sewer @ Mondoweiss? I thought... shira Jun 2016 #10
I think it's good to have a wide range of sources on DU - even Mondoweiss. Little Tich Jun 2016 #15
If you're against posting hate speech, Mondoweiss did just that with Paul Larudee's letter. n/t shira Jun 2016 #16
You mean this letter? Little Tich Jun 2016 #18
"While I can't really explain why such a letter appeared on Mondoweiss..." shira Jun 2016 #20
I'm against all forms of racism, and I don't tolerate the promoting of Palestinian interests over Little Tich Jun 2016 #22
That's not what this website is about oberliner Jun 2016 #17
I would respect your opinion more if you were less one-sided. n/t Little Tich Jun 2016 #19
You should respect the facts, no matter the source. n/t shira Jun 2016 #21
I didn't present any opinion oberliner Jun 2016 #23
If your non-opinion applied to pro-Israel sources as well, Little Tich Jun 2016 #24
I have repeatedly said that Israel National News articles ought not to be posted here oberliner Jun 2016 #25
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