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eumeliaSo the last time I wrote something here was last Friday.
Well, damn, I'm losing sight of this blogging thing! I used to be prolific, I used to be interesting, I used to be able to strong words and shove them out into the universe with little to no thought.
Glad those days are over!
That was only sarcastic to a certain extent. I'm way behind on my metas for H50, because I totally over estimated my ability to watch and then write cohesively about things. I'm still going to try and churn them out before September 24th, but it's gonna be hard work.
Add to that my general procrastination when it comes writing, not only because that is how I roll, but also because I'm so tired all the time. I'm happy with my job, especially because I'm getting better all the time, but well, it's time consuming and I don't actually have time to write on my breaks.
I'm lucky to have time to read on my breaks. Generally, I'm too sociable during work, so I end up having lunch with co-worker.
Goddamn fucking normality.
Especially when one of my co-workers pissed me off like you wouldn't believe. I'm honestly not sure why I even bother to take this shit to heart any more. There's only so much rage you can have towards people who are racist, but think they're not.
I get the appeal of the majority, believe me, I do. I have a whole lot of privilege in my life, I'd still rather not live in a country that's crumbling and hates every single one of us that doesn't align itself the paranoid schizoid behaviour of the neo-liberal war warmongering government.
There's also the issue that when you try and talk about social justice in the context of Palestinians, terror will always be brought up, because they're all terrorists and they're all out to kill the Jews, which... augh... I don't even know how to tackle that - because okay, I know people who died during the time that there were huge amounts of suicide bombing, my father was nearly shot in his store and my ex-girlfriend was in the range of missiles back in 2009.
That still doesn't mean we're on equal ground, or that we have any right to occupy their land, or that their human rights are forfeit, and I'm just sick of trying to keep humanising the situation to people who don't consider other people human.
The thing that my co-worker (with whom I had the political argument over lunch) is that she kept saying that things were bad "for the Jews" in other countries. Well, that's nice, what does that have to do with the fact that "the Jews" in Israel are racist and treat non-Jews (and Jews that look like African asylum seekers) like shit?
Not to mention about this crap of feeling a connection to the land? What? What is they metaphysical brain washing people have about "the land"? The land doesn't belong to us because it "feels" like it does!
Manifest Destiny Hebrew Style.
Er, yes, I think I'll go watch another episode of H50 and write that meta, shall I?
Well, damn, I'm losing sight of this blogging thing! I used to be prolific, I used to be interesting, I used to be able to strong words and shove them out into the universe with little to no thought.
Glad those days are over!
That was only sarcastic to a certain extent. I'm way behind on my metas for H50, because I totally over estimated my ability to watch and then write cohesively about things. I'm still going to try and churn them out before September 24th, but it's gonna be hard work.
Add to that my general procrastination when it comes writing, not only because that is how I roll, but also because I'm so tired all the time. I'm happy with my job, especially because I'm getting better all the time, but well, it's time consuming and I don't actually have time to write on my breaks.
I'm lucky to have time to read on my breaks. Generally, I'm too sociable during work, so I end up having lunch with co-worker.
Goddamn fucking normality.
Especially when one of my co-workers pissed me off like you wouldn't believe. I'm honestly not sure why I even bother to take this shit to heart any more. There's only so much rage you can have towards people who are racist, but think they're not.
I get the appeal of the majority, believe me, I do. I have a whole lot of privilege in my life, I'd still rather not live in a country that's crumbling and hates every single one of us that doesn't align itself the paranoid schizoid behaviour of the neo-liberal war warmongering government.
There's also the issue that when you try and talk about social justice in the context of Palestinians, terror will always be brought up, because they're all terrorists and they're all out to kill the Jews, which... augh... I don't even know how to tackle that - because okay, I know people who died during the time that there were huge amounts of suicide bombing, my father was nearly shot in his store and my ex-girlfriend was in the range of missiles back in 2009.
That still doesn't mean we're on equal ground, or that we have any right to occupy their land, or that their human rights are forfeit, and I'm just sick of trying to keep humanising the situation to people who don't consider other people human.
The thing that my co-worker (with whom I had the political argument over lunch) is that she kept saying that things were bad "for the Jews" in other countries. Well, that's nice, what does that have to do with the fact that "the Jews" in Israel are racist and treat non-Jews (and Jews that look like African asylum seekers) like shit?
Not to mention about this crap of feeling a connection to the land? What? What is they metaphysical brain washing people have about "the land"? The land doesn't belong to us because it "feels" like it does!
Manifest Destiny Hebrew Style.
Er, yes, I think I'll go watch another episode of H50 and write that meta, shall I?
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Date: 2012-08-17 12:06 pm (UTC)What is they metaphysical brain washing people have about "the land"? The land doesn't belong to us because it "feels" like it does!
A lot of indigenous people in other nations would argue differently on that one - but then, they're not generally in a position of using military force to occupy and oppress someone else to claim that land. People do feel very connected to their land - the fourth-generation and fifth-generation farmers around here certainly do, let alone people who've been here for 17,000 years (40-60,000 years in other areas of Australia) and I don't feel that you can dismiss the claims of Israeli feeling for the land (a people who happen to currently be powerful) without dismissing the claims of other people - including the Palestinians.
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Date: 2012-08-17 12:23 pm (UTC)That's a fair point and yeah, Jews, Muslims and Christians lived on the "holy land" side by side long before 19th century nationalism caused a huge exodus to historical Palestine, but I think the discourse of human rights and self determination is much more practical approach when it comes to talking about talking about the dignity and rights of the Palestinians to the landand the land grabbing perpetrated by settlers and the IDF.
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Date: 2012-08-17 12:36 pm (UTC)19th century nationalism and European empire-building, yes! I agree that self-determination and human rights are more practical approaches, but that feeling of belonging to a particular place is so strong to so many people that I can't be dismissive of it - it's not the feeling that's wrong, it's backing it up with power and dismissing anyone else's right to the same feeling. I know it's not on the same scale (fewer people, much bigger territory) but every time the subject of indigenous land rights comes up here in Australia, the Right immediately stirs up "Aboriginals are going to steal your house and your farm and block everyone white from all the national parks!" Which is complete bullshit, but it works, every time.
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Date: 2012-08-17 12:57 pm (UTC)