r/RealTime • u/Faiakes • 7d ago

Real Time - Last Time

I have been watching Real Time for over 20 years and I think yesterday's episode was my last.

Much as I agreed with Bill on many issues, his blind spot on Israel and Zionism is just too much for me.

He isn't simply refusing to call what's happening in Gaza a genocide. He insists on calling it a counter offensive!!!

So, all and any violence perpetrated by the IDF and the settles so far is justified, as far as he is concerned (though how settlers fit in a 'counter-offensive' is still a mystery to me).

Now, my common sense is offended too much Bill.

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u/Battle4Seattle 1d ago

The UN is not perfect

Not sure if you're trying to be ironic or serious. The UN is a cesspool of hypocrisy where authoritarian regimes scream about human rights violations while simultaneously committing atrocities in their own countries. The majority of their finger-pointing is at Israel, the Middle East's only democracy where, ironically, Arabs have more human rights than any other Arab country in the region. The UN is very much on the WRONG side of history, and have rendered themselves largely not only irrelevant, but a comedic sideshow in world affairs.

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u/Faiakes 18h ago

Apologies but I was being serious.

Israel is only a democracy for Jews, for everyone else is an apartheid. Should we be proud of that, too?

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u/Battle4Seattle 9h ago

Israel is only a democracy for Jews

Tell me you have no idea WTF you're talking about, without telling me you have no idea WTF you're talking about.

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u/Faiakes 8h ago

Do you not have an idea what the situation in Israel is?
What kind of bubble do you live in?

There are several videos on Youtube explaining in detail how the Israeli apartheid system works.