Cult of Fools Weekly (May 5, 2024) — “Objections to Protests against Genocide”

David Gamble
The Cult of Fools
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10 min readMay 5, 2024

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You would think that raising an objection to the Genocide of innocent civilians would be a total no brainer, but apparently not.

It really is not a challenging concept to understand — “Hamas” and “Palestinian” are not different words for exactly the same. Nor is it Antisemitic to criticise and protest the extreme right-wing Netanyahu regime’s slaughter of tens of thousands of civilians. You can be opposed to Netanyahu’s policy of genocide, and also at the exact same time be also opposed to Hamas lunacy.

I’ve often pointed this out, so if you are a regular reader then you will recognise this stance. It is not hard to grasp, and yet many are quite determined to avoid doing so.

What should you do when faced with rather blatent propaganda?

Here is an excellent example of how to handle it. It was the dialog between a UK Radio Broadcaster and a pro-Israel fanatic who called in to his London based show …

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David Gamble
The Cult of Fools

Blogger and writer with a keen interest in science, skepticism, critical thinking, and many other weird and whacky topics.