https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/863077019881525249
We missed this when Temple University professor and CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill tweeted it last week, but it’s so obscenely awful, it’s still worth spotlighting:
Trump's position on Israel/Palestine is repugnant. His call for Palestine to "reject hatred and terrorism" is offensive & counterproductive.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 3, 2017
This afternoon, Hill attempted to justify it with “context.” Or something:
Perhaps because the context is missing. Peace will not come from demanding action from only one side. https://t.co/1aLRg9tiNH
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 12, 2017
In the remarks, Donald Trump essentially framed Israel/Palestine as a conflict that would be resolved if Palestinians would merely behave.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 12, 2017
One could similarly say "peace will only come when settlement expansion stops." But that, too, would be inaccurate and shortsighted. https://t.co/1aLRg9tiNH
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/ThaThinkingMan/status/861271835253633024
We all agree that hatred and terrorism are bad things. The issue is who gets to define each term, and under what conditions. https://t.co/ycelkCHtIP
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 12, 2017
I guess @marclamonthill would find it equally offensive to ask AlQaeda and ISIS to stop killing Americans. The radical left has gone bonkers https://t.co/KUIFmMVksP
— Brad Kauffman (@Kauffman126) May 12, 2017
No. I find it offensive that you're comparing Palestinian resistance to settler-colonialism to the actions of ISIS. https://t.co/ms9mfY3whY
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 12, 2017
I honestly can't tell if this is sarcasm, parody, or this man's actual belief. https://t.co/PagiUrO4Dg
— Yoni Freedhoff, MD (@YoniFreedhoff) May 12, 2017
orrrrrr, you ignoring the other tweets that gave context. My point was that trump should've made demands from both sides.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 12, 2017
Yeah, no. Sorry, professor. But your tweet was bad, and you should feel bad.
Honestly this is just idiotic.
— Joel Vomo (@JoelVomo) May 7, 2017
Do you even read your tweets?
— Ferrum retro bis, ut labore! (@LouiseParke) May 12, 2017
For once in his life Trump says something that's actually fair & appropriate and you find it repugnant, offensive & counterproductive?
— mg81992 (@mg81992) May 12, 2017
Curious as to why…. what's offensive about calling 4 a group that embraces hatred & terrorism of Israel to reject it in the name of peace?
— Shrendan Banahan (@ShrendanBanahan) May 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/ThaThinkingMan/status/861269790438158336
I'm pretty sure it's the hatred and terrorism that are counterproductive, not calls for it to end pic.twitter.com/lkS8eapHOy
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 12, 2017
Was it offensive when Obama called for the same thing? The Pope? Moderate Palestinians? The UN? Or, uh, every decent person, ever?
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 12, 2017
no you're repugnant
— Corkinator (@Grayzza) May 7, 2017
Hard to argue with that.
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