Hi @BretStephensNYT and @bariweiss. I genuinely appriciate you for being unhinged Zionists of the NYT. But to paraphrase your own words, even those who usually like you can level criticism at your critisism.
So here's a thread with some ideas about which you can your next column:
So here's a thread with some ideas about which you can your next column:
Beitain, the mother of parliamentary democracy, has published in 2009 a list of 16 people who are barred from the country "for stirring-up hatred". 22 additional barred folks' names weren't published.
web.archive.org/web/2009050718…
web.archive.org/web/2009050718…
more people whose entry to the UK was denied: Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin ynet.co.il/articles/0,734…, Duch MP Geert Wilders theguardian.com/world/2009/feb…, Louis Farrakhan edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/eur… and the antisemite French comedian Dieudonné theguardian.com/world/2014/feb…
More recently, the UK banned anti-Islamic activist @PamelaGeller ibtimes.co.uk/who-american-f… and far right activists edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/eur…; newsinenglish.no/2018/05/08/nor…
There are many more examples.
There are many more examples.
Banning entry is the British National sport. The UK banned a rapper rollingstone.com/music/music-ne… bacause of the lyrics of his songs; a martial arts instructor dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2… because of his dengerous methods; and a pick-up artist telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/im… for ancouraging sexism.
Let's move to other dark places. The USA has banned an Irish republican activist wsws.org/en/articles/20…, Swiss Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan (during 2004-2010) democracynow.org/2010/4/9/once_…, a South African professor iol.co.za/news/politics/…, a Welsh activist k-international.com/blog/welsh-lan….
More people who are banned from the USA: a British teenager who wrote a rude letter to Obama bbc.com/news/uk-englan…, a Canadian white supremacist splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015… and a Philippine MP who dared to level critism at the USA bulatlat.com/main/2015/07/1…
In 2010, Canada barred an anti-Olympic reporter bc.ctvnews.ca/anti-olympic-r…. It also regularly bans American environmental activists from coming earthisland.org/journal/index.… and also an American pastor who preaches against Islam newsinfo.inquirer.net/287746/us-past…
Australia banned the 'world's nuber one anti-vaxxer' dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4… and other anti-vaccine activists skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrapto…. In France, an aid convoy was denied entry to Calais over fears they will ‘facilitate’ migrants inews.co.uk/news/aid-convo…
This was a very partial list of democratic countries, and for each one, a very partial list of cases. It happens literally all the time everywhere. For any other country, IT IS BARELY A F****NG ISSUE.
Only for Israel, both her haters and lovers expect her to let everyone in.
Only for Israel, both her haters and lovers expect her to let everyone in.
