You know these Marxist people like Raja, Pelle, joh etc. They see fascism everywhere. The minute someone says something they don’t like or votes for a thing they disapprove of like Twump, they’re logging onto RST to wail: ‘Is this Nazism?!’ Andyet when Hamas carried out the worst assault on Jews since the Holocaust, the RST fascism-spotters were nowhere to be seen. In the wake of that unconscionable act that really did echo the 1930s, the virtue-signallers just stopped signalling. You and me
YEAH! very good article.‘gammon’ going out to vote for Brexit reminds them of the 1930s. The minute someone says something they don’t like or votes for a thing they disapprove of, they’re logging onto Twitter to wail: ‘Is this Nazism?!’
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-wont-gary-lineker-call-out-the-fascism-of-hamas
Why won’t Gary Lineker call out the fascism of Hamas?
One of the most curious things following Hamas’s massacre of the Jews on 7 October was the silence of Britain’s fascism-spotters. You know these people. They see fascism everywhere. Everything from a fiery speech by a Tory politician to millions of
It’s striking that someone so interested in contemporary events that echo the evils of the 30s has had so little to say about the worst anti-Jewish pogrom in 75 years?saying ‘We hate the EU’ gets them weeping about the rebirth of the 30s, but the sight of a marauding gang of anti-Semites slaughtering Jewish men, women and children seemingly does not.
And yet when Hamas carried out the worst assault on Jews since the Holocaust, the fascism-spotters were nowhere to be seen. In the wake of that unconscionable act that really did echo the 1930s, the virtue-signallers just stopped signalling. You and me
I’m afraid to say that Gary Lineker is a classic example of the centrist dad who wrings his manicured hands over ‘fascism’ yet falls strangely silent when actual fascism occurs. Lineker caused a stink earlier this year when he accused SuellaBraverman of using ‘language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s’. Braverman’s linguistic crime was to say ‘we must stop the boats’. Given his keen interest in things that are ‘not dissimilar’ to 1930s Germany, Mr
On the day of the atrocity itself, there wasn’t so much as a whisper about it, or about the 1930s, on his Twitter page. He did, however, find time to congratulate Spurs for getting to the top of the league and pat William Dalrymple on the back forhis ‘great podcast’. How about the following day, when the dust was settling on the most violent anti-Jewish event since the death camps? Again, not a peep from our esteemed worrier about the 1930s. Instead he spent the day retweeting praise for his
Finally, on 9 October, he said something. A thundering denunciation of this terrible assault that was ‘not dissimilar’ to the violence of the thirties? A stinging critique of Hamas for its ‘immeasurably cruel’ behaviour (the words Lineker usedto describe Braverman’s anti-boats policy)? Nah, he retweeted a link to a new episode of The Rest is Politics podcast about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Rest is Politics, of course, is produced by Lineker’s pod empire, Goalhanger Productions.
Now, I’m not one of those people who thinks that just because someone tweets about things that he has to tweet about everything. In fact, I would prefer that Lineker only tweeted about football. And that everyone at the BBC whose wages are paid by uswould stop spouting their milquetoast meanderings on world events. And yet it is striking, is it not, that someone who is so interested in contemporary events that echo the evils of the 30s has had so little to say about the worst anti-Jewish pogrom in
Lineker would perhaps argue that he is unable to comment on the October 7 attacks after the BBC updated its social media guidelines for presenters earlier this year. But his latest intervention into the Israel-Hamas issue raises more questions abouthis selective moralism. He has locked horns with Braverman again, this time over her criticisms of the ‘pro-Palestine’ marches taking place every weekend. She says they’re ‘hate marches’, he says they’re not. ‘Marching and calling for a
We’ve seen mobs of men cry for ‘jihad’ (i.e. holy war) against the State of Israel. People have been arrested for chanting ‘God’s curse be upon the Jews’ and for glorifying the paragliding terrorists who descended upon southern Israel tomurder Jews. We’ve seen people celebrating historic anti-Jewish massacres. We’ve seen Zionism being denounced as the ‘New Nazism’ – Jew-baiting dressed up as political critique. Some British Jews have said they avoid central London when these
Open cries for more violence against the Jewish state. Jewish schools temporarily shutting down to protect pupils’ safety. A Holocaust museum desecrated with graffiti saying ‘Free Gaza’. A massive hike in anti-Semitic attacks. Is any of thisreminding you of the 1930s, Gary? Explain to us, please, why Suella Braverman’s immigration-control policies made you think of Nazi Germany but the horrendous fallout from Hamas’s act of evil seemingly does not. This goes for all those centrists and
I believe we are witnessing the twilight of the virtue-signallers. The pompous ‘anti-fascist’ posturing of the middle-class left, of both rich centrists and overeducated radicals, now stands starkly exposed. These people love the moral pantomime ofdamning their political foes as ‘fascists’, but they run away from the generational moral challenge posed to us all by the barbarism unleashed on the Jewish people on 7 October. Their self-satisfied preening is worse than useless in the face of a
You know these Marxist people like Raja, Pelle, joh etc. They see fascism everywhere. The minute someone says something they don’t like or votes for a thing they disapprove of like Twump, they’re logging onto RST to wail: ‘Is this Nazism?!’ Andyet when Hamas carried out the worst assault on Jews since the Holocaust, the RST fascism-spotters were nowhere to be seen. In the wake of that unconscionable act that really did echo the 1930s, the virtue-signallers just stopped signalling. You and me
On 11/8/23 2:21 AM, The Iceberg wrote:And yet when Hamas carried out the worst assault on Jews since the Holocaust, the RST fascism-spotters were nowhere to be seen. In the wake of that unconscionable act that really did echo the 1930s, the virtue-signallers just stopped signalling. You and
You know these Marxist people like Raja, Pelle, joh etc. They see fascism everywhere. The minute someone says something they don’t like or votes for a thing they disapprove of like Twump, they’re logging onto RST to wail: ‘Is this Nazism?!’
of ‘gammon’ going out to vote for Brexit reminds them of the 1930s. The minute someone says something they don’t like or votes for a thing they disapprove of, they’re logging onto Twitter to wail: ‘Is this Nazism?!’YEAH! very good article.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-wont-gary-lineker-call-out-the-fascism-of-hamas
Why won’t Gary Lineker call out the fascism of Hamas?
One of the most curious things following Hamas’s massacre of the Jews on 7 October was the silence of Britain’s fascism-spotters. You know these people. They see fascism everywhere. Everything from a fiery speech by a Tory politician to millions
me saying ‘We hate the EU’ gets them weeping about the rebirth of the 30s, but the sight of a marauding gang of anti-Semites slaughtering Jewish men, women and children seemingly does not.It’s striking that someone so interested in contemporary events that echo the evils of the 30s has had so little to say about the worst anti-Jewish pogrom in 75 years?
And yet when Hamas carried out the worst assault on Jews since the Holocaust, the fascism-spotters were nowhere to be seen. In the wake of that unconscionable act that really did echo the 1930s, the virtue-signallers just stopped signalling. You and
Braverman of using ‘language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s’. Braverman’s linguistic crime was to say ‘we must stop the boats’. Given his keen interest in things that are ‘not dissimilar’ to 1930s Germany, MrI’m afraid to say that Gary Lineker is a classic example of the centrist dad who wrings his manicured hands over ‘fascism’ yet falls strangely silent when actual fascism occurs. Lineker caused a stink earlier this year when he accused Suella
his ‘great podcast’. How about the following day, when the dust was settling on the most violent anti-Jewish event since the death camps? Again, not a peep from our esteemed worrier about the 1930s. Instead he spent the day retweeting praise for hisOn the day of the atrocity itself, there wasn’t so much as a whisper about it, or about the 1930s, on his Twitter page. He did, however, find time to congratulate Spurs for getting to the top of the league and pat William Dalrymple on the back for
used to describe Braverman’s anti-boats policy)? Nah, he retweeted a link to a new episode of The Rest is Politics podcast about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The Rest is Politics, of course, is produced by Lineker’s pod empire, Goalhanger Productions.Finally, on 9 October, he said something. A thundering denunciation of this terrible assault that was ‘not dissimilar’ to the violence of the thirties? A stinging critique of Hamas for its ‘immeasurably cruel’ behaviour (the words Lineker
us would stop spouting their milquetoast meanderings on world events. And yet it is striking, is it not, that someone who is so interested in contemporary events that echo the evils of the 30s has had so little to say about the worst anti-Jewish pogromNow, I’m not one of those people who thinks that just because someone tweets about things that he has to tweet about everything. In fact, I would prefer that Lineker only tweeted about football. And that everyone at the BBC whose wages are paid by
his selective moralism. He has locked horns with Braverman again, this time over her criticisms of the ‘pro-Palestine’ marches taking place every weekend. She says they’re ‘hate marches’, he says they’re not. ‘Marching and calling for aLineker would perhaps argue that he is unable to comment on the October 7 attacks after the BBC updated its social media guidelines for presenters earlier this year. But his latest intervention into the Israel-Hamas issue raises more questions about
murder Jews. We’ve seen people celebrating historic anti-Jewish massacres. We’ve seen Zionism being denounced as the ‘New Nazism’ – Jew-baiting dressed up as political critique. Some British Jews have said they avoid central London when theseWe’ve seen mobs of men cry for ‘jihad’ (i.e. holy war) against the State of Israel. People have been arrested for chanting ‘God’s curse be upon the Jews’ and for glorifying the paragliding terrorists who descended upon southern Israel to
reminding you of the 1930s, Gary? Explain to us, please, why Suella Braverman’s immigration-control policies made you think of Nazi Germany but the horrendous fallout from Hamas’s act of evil seemingly does not. This goes for all those centrists andOpen cries for more violence against the Jewish state. Jewish schools temporarily shutting down to protect pupils’ safety. A Holocaust museum desecrated with graffiti saying ‘Free Gaza’. A massive hike in anti-Semitic attacks. Is any of this
of damning their political foes as ‘fascists’, but they run away from the generational moral challenge posed to us all by the barbarism unleashed on the Jewish people on 7 October. Their self-satisfied preening is worse than useless in the face of aI believe we are witnessing the twilight of the virtue-signallers. The pompous ‘anti-fascist’ posturing of the middle-class left, of both rich centrists and overeducated radicals, now stands starkly exposed. These people love the moral pantomime
This is why I say that hypocrisy, as previous generations in the west understood and loathed it, is a completely unknown social attribute to
many younger than a certain age.
It is as if, during the process of maturing to young adults, they
learned that what they, themselves wanted, or thought was right, was of paramount importance, and integrity and consistency, if it stands in the
way of self-fulfillment, be damned.
It just doesn't signify, d'you see?
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