It's time for the US to STOP blocking Palestinian statehood at the UN

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38. And it's time to stop calling that murderous, racist thug, by a nickname: "Bibi".

http://mondoweiss.net/2012/10/stop-calling-him-bibi.html

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A nickname humanizes a politician. It makes them seem more affectionate. Very few if any politicians are referred to by their nicknames. Do the media call Prime Minister Cameron David? Do they say, Francois, the president of France? They don't.

When Joe Biden repeatedly called Netanyahu Bibi last night in the debate, yes it bothers me, because our politicians are way too soft on Israel. But Biden is namedropping in that way because the mainstream press calls him that. And that's the real issue here: when you see discussions on TV or in the press, Netanyahu is often referred to by his nickname.

Stop and think if he had an English nickname. Let's call him Ricky-- and every time Netanyahu came up, he was called "Ricky." "Ricky says Israel wants peace in the Middle East.... Ricky says Israel is just protecting itself in Gaza... Ricky says let's be very careful of Iran developing a bomb." Do you see how absurd that sounds? No one would call him Ricky, and if they did it it would tone down what he really stands for and what he really is.

Does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have a nickname? He may well have one for all we know. But the mainstream press wouldn't use it, because it would serve the same purpose, to humanize and minimize. When Ahmadinejad is a very bad man too.

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