On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 2015-03-31 10:37 GMT+02:00 Telmo Menezes <[email protected]>: > >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 07:04:10AM -0400, spudboy100 via Everything List >>> wrote: >>> > Well, its not the new jihadists I blame, but the (yes) leftist >>> academics, politicians, and news thugs, that have long, empowered, and made >>> excuses for these aggressors. My suspicion is that they see the jihadists >>> worldwide as being able to topple their shared "capitalist enemies." Why >>> else would somebody make excuses, constantly, for jihadists, islamists, and >>> their antidemocratic mindset, anti women, and so forth? The left in all >>> lands serve as the Islamist enablers, and some are billionaires who lean >>> left. Yeah, I know this is divisive, but it's sadly, accurate. Maybe, you >>> left voters could start to vote for nationalist politicians in your >>> countries as a push-back against the jihadist-catering pols, academics, and >>> newsies? You could still be for social justice and spend for it, but >>> coddling the islamists by word and deed would need to be suppressed. They >>> do like modern weaponry, delivered into their hands by allah, to use >>> against the Qufars (all of us). This now includes NBC weapons. >>> >>> In which country are the lefties apologists for jihadists and >>> islamists? >> >> >> It is fairly common in Europe. >> > Hi Quentin, First of all, I don't agree with any of the stuff spudboy wrote, except for this detail. The right-wing in Europe is rather terrible and I have no sympathy for their xenophobic inclinations. > > Which countries in Europe ? > >From my personal experience: Portugal, France and Germany. Not so sure about the UK. > Because I know no "lefties apologists for jihadists and > islamists" here in Belgium... also if I translate corretly "lefties", in > french it translates to "gauchiste"... and it's an insult... don't know if > it is in english. > I believe the French version has a more negative connotation, while the English one is a mostly neutral nickname. Someone might correct me if I'm wrong. > > If you equates sympathizer of the palestinian (who often have > social/progressive politics preferences, I can admit) as apologists for > jihadists and islamists, it's cleary an abuse and bad faith. > I agree that this is related to the matter, but what I would say is that some left-leaning people extrapolate their sympathy for the Palestinians to an overall pro-Arab, anti-Israel stance. A certain tendency of the European left to dislike the USA also helps. > > So what do you mean by "fairly common in Europe" ? what "left" are talking > about ? > I'm not sure this is related to a "type of left", I would say it's more related to the tribal personality type, who likes to be on the side of their group on all matters, no matter what. There are a lot of left-wing people who do not fit this category, of course. I know and am friends with some of them. It is true, for example, that the crimes of Hamas are completely ignored by the European mainstream press and many intellectuals. Telmo. > > Quentin > > > >> >>> Not in mine. Almost everybody I know is a "leftie", coz >>> nobody here likes our current "rightie" PM, but none of them support >>> the IS. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) >>> Principal, High Performance Coders >>> Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] >>> University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au >>> >>> Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret >>> (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. 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