Four days ago, on September 17, 2019, I published on this site
(see below) an article under the title: “How do you fix a pitiably hopeless
Situation?” It was a response to an article that Michael Bloomberg had
published two days before, in which he lectured about civility to both sides of
the campus divide, as if the two quarreling groups were equally culpable for
the situation deteriorating as badly as it did.
What I said basically was that Bloomberg was accomplishing nothing
with his kind of lecture because he completely ignored the fear factor that is
generated by the group which pretends to be motivated by rightwing ideology
when in reality, it is motivated by the desire to advance the Judeo-Israeli
agenda of annexation, apartheid and colonization.
As if eager to buttress my argument, the editors of the Jewish
publication, Algemeiner, printed two articles that will answer any and every
question Michael Bloomberg or anyone might have about this subject as well as
every subject that's closely or remotely related to it. The two articles also
bring into focus the notion that the most hurtful kind of violence that can be
inflicted on a people, is the one legislated by ignorant or blackmailed or hypnotized
lawmakers.
To show how fear was generated on campus, I said that the Jewish
side had the habit of running to the authorities and ask for their intervention
by making laws, rules or regulations that favor the Jews, and impose the
hurtful measures on those who only wish to pursue their studies and engage in
normal and civilized debates. As if on cue, on September 19, 2019, the editors
of Algemeiner printed an article written by Sasha Chernyak under the title:
“New Jersey Makes Strides to help Pro-Israel Students on College Campuses,” in
which the author reported the following:
“New Jersey lawmakers proposed an amendment extending protection
to Jews in schools, colleges and universities. It would prohibit making
mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or allegations about Jews or their power
as a collective, especially about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews
controlling the media, economy, government, or other institutions; and accusing
Jews or Israel of exaggerating the Holocaust. The amendment also includes
anti-Zionist manifestations, such as demonizing Israel, drawing comparisons of
contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis, or blaming Israel for all
inter-religious or political tensions.
Deny Israel the right to exist by denying Jews their right to
self-determination. Requiring behavior of Israel not expected of other nations,
or focusing peace or human-rights investigations on Israel”.
Now, my friend, imagine this amendment going into effect, and
think of the blanket of fear that will descend on the schools, colleges and
universities. The amendment is so exhaustive, it will muzzle the students who
are there to learn by expressing themselves; and muzzle the professors,
counselors and others who are there to teach the students how to express
themselves.
The mandate of the schools, colleges and universities, is to
prepare a new generation of citizens to take over the nation and run it as a
free people who are not afraid to say what's on their mind, and not afraid to
be exposed to what others have on their mind. This is what Michael Bloomberg
says he wants for America; but did he think through the ramifications of what
he was lecturing when he wrote his piece?
In case some people believe that what Sasha Chernyak has described
cannot happen, the editors of Algemeiner are saying, they have news for these
people. To make their point, they ran another piece on the same day, which came
under the title: “We Must Fight BDS Lies and Manipulations on Campus,” written
by Melissa Landa.
The purpose of the new piece is to educate those who believe that
for something like the one described by Chernyak to happen you'd have to
hypnotize a large segment of society. As it happens, a good part of that
segment would be the legislators who are (1) too dumb to know what they are
doing; (2) too much under the influence of blackmail to break free of their
blackmailers’ clutch or (3) too hedonistic to reject the pleasures of the bribe,
and do their duty instead. Look here, says Melissa Landa, she has a real-life
story to tell, she goes on to assert. However, being Jewish, Landa will tell
the story in reverse. That is, she will attribute to the Palestinians what is
proper to the Jews, and vice-versa. Here is how that came out:
“Jewish students have been seduced and manipulated by a dangerous
cult that has stripped them of the opportunity to think and reason
independently, and interact with whomever they choose. Proponents of the BDS
movement use the practices of cult leaders, illustrated by the Steven Hassan's
'BITE' model of mind control. Hassan, an American Jew, created the model, used
to describe Behavioral, Information, Thought and Emotional controls. Groups
like Students for Justice in Palestine try to control the minds of their
followers. A student expressing a different opinion is ridiculed under the ‘if
you're not with us you're against us’ umbrella of thinking. Pro-BDS speakers
deliver the same message, using the same mantras as if they were reciting a
psalm or an edict.” What can be more Jewish than that, yet attributed to
Palestinians?
In response to that load of disinformation, let me say this:
Michael Bloomberg is familiar with the quote that says you can fool some of the
people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.