And on today’s episode of “Lefty Celebs Say the Darnedest Things,” Mark Ruffalo is using his pull to gin up support for anti-Semitic professor and ex-CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill:
Criticizing the actions of Israel is not anti-semitism. Since when is advocating for human rights a fireable offense? Join us in standing in solidarity with Dr. @MarcLamontHill: https://t.co/5Sd3b1qdBK
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 30, 2018
Nice try, Mark Ruffalo, but no. Hell no. Marc Lamont Hill wasn’t “advocating for human rights”; he was advocating for the destruction of Israel and the eradication of the Jewish people from the Middle East. Ruffalo is asking his followers to stand in solidarity with a man who stands in solidarity with terrorist groups like Hamas.
HE CALLED FOR ISRAEL TO BE DESTROYED.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) November 30, 2018
With all due respect, sir, but did you actually watch the whole thing? Please check out what this phrase "from the river to the sea” really means and who uses it.
— uchilochka (@uchilochka) November 30, 2018
Calling for a Palestinian state “from the river to the sea” is calling for the destruction of Israel, anyone who tells you otherwise is either willfully lying or embarrassingly ignorant.
“From the river to the sea,” you are fooling nobody, where exactly would Israel be? pic.twitter.com/v5PRIqTajy
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) November 30, 2018
He called for Palestine “from the river to the sea”. That’s not ‘criticizing the actions of Israel’. It’s a call for genocide.
— Ben Albert (@BAlbertBen) November 30, 2018
Mark, he didnt simply criticize the actions of Israel – a daily activity in the media. He called for Palestine “from the river to the sea”. That’s not ‘criticizing the actions of Israel’. It’s a call for the end of Israel. Can you confirm you support the end of israel?
— e_michael ??? (@e_michael1) November 30, 2018
So if Thanos snapped his fingers and decided. "Justice demands" a "free Palastine – from the river to the sea" Poof there goes Isreal. Now the Hulk is cool with it, can we get any Jewish superheroes to weigh in? Moon Knight maybe?
— Baron Samedi (@Rollthembones) November 30, 2018
Hey Mark, you can bet the Palestinians know damned well what "river to sea" means. Now you do too…https://t.co/XLESywnM7I
— Chaim Redmann (@The_Bear_Jew18) November 30, 2018
This numskull thinks the eliminationist phrase "from the river to the sea," which is used by the theocratic terror group Hamas and others like them, is a call for "human rights." https://t.co/vft00PjWE6
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 30, 2018
He knows it’s not. He endorses murdering Jews but feels the need to pretend otherwise.
— MarkC, boycotter of Romaine ?? (@UntraceableMC) November 30, 2018
To be fair, Ruffalo has repeatedly demonstrated himself to be colossally ignorant on just about everything. So it’s entirely possible that he just wholeheartedly buys into Hill’s spin. Ruffalo certainly doesn’t seem to have read the petition he’s sharing:
So @MarkRuffalo is sharing a petition, not only defending Marc Lamont Hill's antisemitism, but also blaming the "Jewish Establishment” for getting him fired.
Antisemitism is fully normalized in our culture when it comes from the left. https://t.co/4IgabKg5ms
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 30, 2018
No, seriously (emphasis theirs):
The next day — under pressure from right-wing leaders and the Jewish establishment — CNN fired him.
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Unfortunately, the ADL already vilified Marc Lamont Hill for his criticism of Israeli policy. Once again we are seeing the American Jewish establishment censor conversations about Palestinian rights by falsely claiming antisemitism, and it is setting a terrifying precedent.
You sure hit a home run when you hitched your wagon to these folks, Mark.
You realize this petition rails against the 'Jewish establishment.' Sounds pretty anti-semitic to me?
— Mark Stalcup (@GoskinsVT) November 30, 2018
You’re right. Criticizing Israel is not anti-semitism. But blaming the “Jewish establishment” definitely IS, and that’s exactly what this petition does. You sure this is something you want to promote? pic.twitter.com/824Ff15pXX
— hannahkkah moskowitz (@hannahmosk) November 30, 2018
In any event, advocating for a guy who wants Jews wiped off the map is not a good look.
Sorry, I'm not gonna sit quietly as I watch people defend a call for another Holocaust and pretend like it is anything other than that. Too many sat quietly the first time.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 30, 2018
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