How to define 'Moderate'?What is 'Moderate'?
Is it being moderate if turning your face to one side and calling for the murder of innocent Jewish men, women and children, the destruction of a nation and a genocide against a people and then been giving away an award to a terrorist in jail for murder and honoring a suicide bomber?
Is it any honor to pay hommage to one of the greatest terrorists of our time with blood on his hands, is that considered 'Moderate'? - Was Joseph Göebbles a 'Moderate' because he knew how to 'speak'.?
What is considered 'Moderate' if you listen to your own moral compass, common sense and rational thinking, certainly it is far from the mind of those who prefer the world of a delusion and deceit, the cowards who refuse to 'see' or are afraid to offend if telling the truth.
There is no doubt in my mind about what to think.
From: Honest Reporting.
On the eve of the anniversary of the horrific 2002 Passover massacre in Netanya's Park Hotel, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has delivered a stinging reminder that "moderacy" on the Palestinian side is a relative term.
The Jerusalem Post reports that the Al Quds Mark of Honor, the PLO's highest medal, will be given to two female terrorists who helped kill Israelis.
Ahlam Tamimi, a Hamas-linked terrorist in prison for assisting the suicide bomber who killed at least six people in the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem, and Amra Muna, who seduced Ophir Rahum over the Internet and then lured him to Ramallah to be murdered, will be awarded the medal.
Conferring the Al Quds Mark of Honor is decided at the discretion of the Palestinian Authority's president, and he alone has the final say when choosing the Palestinians to be honored with the medal.
It is highly unlikely that this appalling story will be covered by the mainstream media, which regularly describes Abbas as a "moderate". While this may be true in comparison with the absolute fanaticism of Hamas, this incident is yet another demonstration of how the media is too quick to cast Palestinian leaders in these terms.
Abbas, as recently as February, did not rule out returning to the path of armed "resistance" against Israel and took pride in the fact that he had been the first to fire on Israel and that his organization had trained Hezbollah. This, in addition to his history of Holocaust denial.
So why does the mainstream media continue to refer to various Israeli politicians or civilians who live over the Green Line as "hard-line", "uncompromising", "intransigent", "implacable" and other similar terms while Abbas and other Palestinians are presented as "moderate"?
In a similar vein, former US President Jimmy Carter laid a wreath Tuesday on the grave of Yasser Arafat, whom he claimed, fought for the advancement of the Palestinians and other just causes in the world. Is this the same godfather of terror responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocents in a bloodstained career? Or was he a "moderate" Palestinian leader?
Demand more from your media - ask why some unpleasant truths are systematically under-reported while Palestinian leaders are inaccurately described in gracious political terms.
1 comment:
I'm putting out a call for suggestions as to the best sneaky under-my-breath preferably sarcastic comment to make to customers who buy books by Carter, Obama, 9/11 conspiracy freaks and other leftard "persons of interest". Rules are as follows:
1. Can be said with a smile. Smirk not required.
2. Will send them away scratching their heads wondering "what the hell did she mean by that?"
3. Won't get me fired.
Experience has taught that quips about waterboarding and New Yorkers being smart enough to know what they see with their own two eyes tend to incite grown men to shout and wave books in my face in a threatening manner. What I'm after is a way to tell them to go to hell while making them feel happy to be on their way.
Buena suerte, as they say in an Absolut World!
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