Monday, May 31, 2010

What Do You Expect from Likud Yisrael_Beiteinu Shas UTJ TJH?

Why is anyone surprised? Elect far-right racists, quasi-fascists & religious extremists and this is what you get. I guess it's the counterexample to proponents of proportional representation and coalitions. No crocodile tears, or handwringing, from their Canadian Likudnik supporters I hope. This is what you support. History will judge you harshly, as it will anyone who put themselves in the pay of Likudnik front groups like the CIC for money or services, like paid propaganda trips. Immigration to Canada was one or two generations behind that to the USA and as a result the sociology and politics here remain at least one generation behind the USA. Upside: very cohesive. Downside: claustrophobic imbecilic groupthink. No J-Street. And the kids, with their Bronfman-paid propaganda tours and summer camps, remain as clueless as 1970s' American counterparts. Idiotic.

One anecdote among many, to illustrate. I was at a bar in NDG where I met a couple of nice Westmount girls, young journalists, with all journalists' strengths (curiosity) and failings (insecurity, arrogance, superficiality). Talking about media with them. Very American-centric as Canadian media is. Told them they should check out Guardian, Independent, BBC, etc.. They told me they don't watch BBC, that it's banned in their parents houses, even. Are you kidding me? WTF?! And these were smart young women, otherwise. On everything else, complete journalist psychology. But on this. imbecility. So who can be surprised when things happen and people's reaction is insufficient because beyond their frame of reference. It would demand a pretty severe psychic break for them to approach things more realistically. I know a guy, Avi, smart guy, what gets him is governments can change and new policies 180 degrees different, but everyone supports that as much as they supported previous. Crazy. I don't believe in QC right or wrong, Cda right or wrong, ANYTHING right or wrong. Because sooner or later you end up supporting some really really WRONG stuff. And you don't even realise it.

So now there's a govt which is the rough equivalent of a coalition between David Duke, Strom Thurmond, David Koresh & Opus Dei. You wanna support that? Then this is what you get. Consciously homicidal tactics as part of an unconsciously suicidal strategy. Maybe friends might be better off trying to talk the crazies off the ledge, instead of telling them they can fly, eh?

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