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In reply to the discussion: The movement that dare not speak its name in Israel [View all]ReRe
(12,189 posts)37. Oh, yeah....
... and an apologist on here somewhere a few days ago, for some reason out-of-the-blue, informed me that Tel Aviv is Secular. I had made no insinuation about religion in any way, did now utter the word "Jew(s)'. Of course it might "look" secular, and democratic, but if they don't have real freedom of speech, if they can't speak their minds about their opinions, especially when their opinion runs against TPTB, then what kind of democracy is it? A partial democracy? Now what they probably have is a society that knows it's place, a society that knows what it can say and what it can't say publicly. I seen a clip a few weeks ago of how they treated some anti-war protesters when the current blood-letting started. It wasn't positive.
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This is the result of claims by the Right that war makes you "strong" and peace is a weakness.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#3
I listen to Democracy Now every day either live or by Internet audio. Stay informed...listen too.
kelliekat44
Aug 2014
#49
I noticed that a number of times when Israeli spokesmen came on MSNBC
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Aug 2014
#29
Along with a whole lot of other people, I demonstrated against the Iraq war
Jackpine Radical
Aug 2014
#35
I also protested before and afterwards. Several of our group were assaulted and harassed.
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#51
Some democracy that is. But not all that different to our own in so many ways. Our own
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#52