Comments on: UPDATE VII (7/25): Essay On Israel’s Performative Contradictions+NEWS: Ethnocide In The West Bank https://barelyablog.com/new-defending-gaza-ii-israel-engaged-in-the-mother-of-all-performative-contradictions-denying-genocide-while-committing-genocide/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ilana Mercer https://barelyablog.com/new-defending-gaza-ii-israel-engaged-in-the-mother-of-all-performative-contradictions-denying-genocide-while-committing-genocide/comment-page-1/#comment-37041 Sat, 13 Jul 2024 19:28:50 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=165563#comment-37041 BAB used to buzz. We used to have a broad community of engaged, Barely a Blog participants. One of the reasons they were lost was due to a a useless web-developer, out of Oregon: nasty, bossy and shoddy. She disrespected my knowledge of my audience, told me what to do, assumed knowledge of my online universe and of my readers. And promptly insisted on closing off comment engagement so as to reduce spam. People would come every day, weigh in, and had even formed bonds. A community that Christy Kiltz broke.

Avoid Christy Kiltz https://designbykiltz.com/about-us/name/christy-kiltz/

]]> By: Jim Wetzel https://barelyablog.com/new-defending-gaza-ii-israel-engaged-in-the-mother-of-all-performative-contradictions-denying-genocide-while-committing-genocide/comment-page-1/#comment-37003 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:34:51 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=165563#comment-37003 I am disagreeably surprised at how little comment engagement I see here.

I, too, briefly had hopes for RFK Jr, until he signed on with the Bibi Brigade. To Hell with him.

As an American, I consider that the very best contribution that the US could make to a peaceful Middle East would be to get the hell out of it, and to immediately cease all forms of aid to Israel, or to any other state for that matter. Absolutely no arms sales either, to anyone. As long as I’m dreaming, close all military bases on foreign soil, anywhere in the world. Reduce the size of the US military establishment to what is necessary to defend actual US territory, which would mean about a 90% reduction. The few remaining in the new, reduced military would be exclusively male and heterosexual, and IQ testing would be used to make the final cut. Then assign the new, reduced military a new, reduced mission: securing the borders of the US, starting (obviously) with the Mexican border. No one crosses north, and those attempting to do so would be greeted with gunfire. Then we could go to work on deporting the aliens already among us.

Yeah, I’m dreaming.

]]> By: Jonathan Mark https://barelyablog.com/new-defending-gaza-ii-israel-engaged-in-the-mother-of-all-performative-contradictions-denying-genocide-while-committing-genocide/comment-page-1/#comment-36798 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:49:50 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=165563#comment-36798 Peace in the Middle East is about world peace. I had hoped Kennedy, Jr. would see and support such a connection. There is little time for a shift in this 2024 race. Much depends on one’s courage and honesty.

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