In the aftermath of the self-immolation of 25-year-old Hamas sympathizer Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty engineer in the United States Air Force, a bizarre and surreal discussion has been underway on social media on what constitutes an acceptable form of political protest.
As Legal Insurrection reported Sunday, after news broke of Bushnell’s suicidal act, anti-Israel activists took to the Twitter machine to express their gratitude and solidarity for Bushnell’s “cause” – which was for the destruction of Israel and the rise of Hamas and Gaza.
Here are two examples of many:
Far-left higher ed luminary and independent presidential candidate Cornel West:
Sane people – those who haven’t been infected with the woke hive mind virus, that is – correctly pointed out that, no, self-immolation is not in fact an acceptable form of political protest. Such desires, they noted, are a big warning sign of mental illness, not of someone who is thinking clearly and who understands that there are better ways to get their points, as deranged as they may be, across.
Then there were people like this clown:
Worse, there was Palestinian activist and Princeton lecturer Mohammed El-Kurd, who lamented that terrorist acts like hijacking planes, throwing Molotov cocktails, and rioting were not accepted in civilized societies:
El-Kurd, for those who don’t know, has a long history of antisemitic behavior as detailed by the ADL:
Unfortunately, even a cursory analysis of his social media and his book “Rifqa,” reveals an indisputably troubling pattern of rhetoric and slander that ranges far beyond reasoned criticism of Israel. It is unvarnished, vicious antisemitism. El-Kurd has accused Israelis of eating the organs of Palestinians and of having a particular lust for Palestinian blood. He has compared Israelis to Nazis, negated the historic Jewish connection to the Land of Israel, and vilified Zionism and Zionists.[…]In a number of instances, El-Kurd has negated the historic connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. In June 2021, he called such a connection “fictional indigenity[sic]” as he criticized a far-right Israeli march and other Israeli actions in Jerusalem. In at least two instances, he has dismissed the Jewish people’s link to the Land of Israel by commenting on the physical traits of Israeli Jews. In February 2021, he tweeted: “How are Israelis gonna say they’re indigenous to Palestine but can’t walk outside without getting sunburned? :/.” He posted in a similar manner in March 2021…
El-Kurd, the Palestinian correspondent for The Nation, has also acted as a propagandist for Hamas in other ways, including tweeting deceptively edited video clips to generate sympathy for the terrorist group and the people of Gaza. In January, during an anti-Israel demonstration in London, El-Kurd declared that “we must normalize massacres as the status quo.”
In 2021, Time magazine included El-Kurd and his twin sister Muna on its “100 Most Influential People” list for that year.
Needless to say, the reactions to his tweet about hijacking planes were lit:
Even Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) got in on the action:
As did Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio):
When I read things like what El-Kurd wrote, I honestly don’t know what to say because the fury I feel is so strong that it just takes my breath away.
But when you think about it, radical leftists tell us who they really are an awful lot. El-Kurd’s words, in my opinion, are a prime example of just that, telling us who he really is more than any critic’s spot-on reaction ever could.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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