[Marxism] Betancourt's halo [SIC] under spotlight

[Jscotlive@xxxxxxx]

Ruthless:
 
But the two are not the same. One can be vocal in critique of Hamas,
AND  criticize Israeli oppression of Palestinians. In fact, that is the
principled  position to take here.

Reply:
 
Oh yes it is! Hamas are the elected govt of the Palestinian people. By  
joining in the ongoing attempt of the Israeli government and their allies in 
the  
US, EU, and Egyptian govts in trying to use the election of Hamas as an excuse  
to punish the Palestinians for daring to exercise their democratic right, you 
 give succour to the Zionist project to demonise and dehumanise any  
Palestinian who would dare resist the occupation of their land.
 
This bullshit of the middle ground is an excuse for hand wringing as the  
bombs and the missiles fall. There can be no middle ground between the  
oppressed 
and oppressor. In such a context the middle ground is where  paternalism 
lies.   
 
Ruthless:
 
By the same arguments, Marxists would be reduced to supporting  Obama
because, after all, Obama is attacked by the right. Surely one  sees
the absurdity of this line of mislogical reasoning.

Reply:
 
The only absurdity here is your continued attempts to equate moralism with  
Marxism.
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