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| The fake sincerity of pro-Palestinian commentators |
| 2015-04-19 |
| Cognitive dissonance can be a funny, curious thing. Like a high school jock who wears shorts while lobbying the principal to ban all summer wear, those who play the "I'm-apathetic-but-I-like-to-call- myself-an-activist" game are the best at what they (don't) do. Their exercises in self-imposed make-believe produce comical scenes in which these individuals are at variance with their own objectives and undermine the very positions they claim to represent. Yet, such intellectual inconsistencies often provoke more than light chuckles. In the case of the Arab-Israeli conflict, they lead to the wholesale disenfranchisement and destruction of Palestinians -- all in the name of Palestinian welfare. ...After these groups are confronted with the absurdity of such arguments, they often either concede the point Date, place, supporting evidence? or simply reiterate talking points ad nauseam as though sheer repetition were a substitute for rational debate. Thus, when I explained to my professor in class one day that a Palestinian state would invariably be repressive for Palestinians, he responded by repeating that he believed a Palestinian state was good... for Palestinians. In my experience it's not "I believe", it's always "I feel". |
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