The Benevolent Thou

First, a personal note: I’ve been away for quite some time, revising my novel, The Empathy Imperative. I’m still working on it and expect to republish under a different title.

First, a personal note: I’ve been away for quite some time, revising my novel, The Empathy Imperative. I’m still working on it and expect to republish under a different title.

Subhead From THE GUARDIAN: “Republican senator Tom Cotton calls for vigilantism to break up Gaza protests.

“Outcry as Cotton says those inconvenienced by protesters blocking roads and airports should ‘take matters into own hands.’ . . . arguing that people in his state would inflict bodily violence on the protesters, whom he called ‘antisemitic’ and ‘pro-Hamas.'”

Looking back, Cotton not only refused to condemn the 1/6/21 insurrectionists—even though he was so fearful of them at the time that he had a staffer bring him a knife to defend himself as he cowered in a locked room with others—but he also objected to their prosecution and convictions (without having watched the evidence presented by the Select Committee on the insurrection or otherwise read it).

And notice Cotton’s abysmal ignorance and utter indifference to our most treasured right—free speech and the right to peacefully protest government actions and policies.

The pro-Palestinian protesters are not anti-Semitic for protesting Israel’s indiscriminate killing (by bombs and STARVATION) of over 30,000 Palestinians. Virtually everyone condemned the inhuman Hamas terror attack killing over a thousand Israelis and capturing hundreds more. The people to whom Cotton referred were protesting the ongoing virtual genocide OF PALESTINIANS, MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. They are not protesting in favor of Hamas. As well, they rightfully protest against the USA for paying only lip service to “pressuring” Netanyahu to stop killing civilians while sending him the bombs to keep killing them. He has no intentions of stopping the genocide.

In another The Guardian report, Netanyahu has stepped up the construction of more settlements on the West Bank (Palestinian land). As Netanyahu has overtly suggested by his statement, “Remember Amalek.” He believes the genocide of the Palestinians is following the will of his Draconian Hebrew/Christian-“Old Testament” God.