ext_85349 ([identity profile] shelestel.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] eumelia 2009-03-17 08:04 pm (UTC)

Well, in the example that's in front of my eyes it's the set of policies that support the Indian reserves system. In another close example, it is the imperative "end the occupation", which glosses over the details and intricacies of Israel's military and economic presence in the Territories. The rhetoric of "end the occupation" entails the policy of "get the fuck out" (unless you don't mean that quite literally, but then why say it like that?*), which is in some ways a dubious strategy.

* Reminds me of non-literal readings of religious texts, which are sometimes used as a defense for (the authority of) these texts. But where did the idea to read them non-literally come from? It came from outside the text, and from outside religion at that. Likewise, I don't think that one should be shouting "end the occupation" if one doesn't want to remain bound within a very narrow choice of alternatives. Slogans like this are propaganda tools, and my thoughts on propaganda of any sort remain very ambivalent.

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