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In reply to the discussion: Rightists Award Student Who Persecuted 'Left-Wing' Teacher [View all]Violet_Crumble
(36,002 posts)54. I'm not getting it, Israeli...
I agree with what Scoot said in his post...
Rabin was a war criminal piece of shit. He was a nasty little racist asshole. And yet he was able to set aside some of the ideas he was lugging around with him - that Jews had a right to take from Arabs, to kill Arabs, to pillage them and humiliate them - that is found in the core expressions of Zionism - not because he abandoned those ideas (maybe he did - again we'll never know) but because he recognized following those ideas was causing bad shit to happen.
I read a warts and all biography of him, and while his epiphany made him someone I'd admire from that point, before that he wasn't someone to be admired. I'm not sure how pointing that out or discussing whether it was out of pragmatism makes someone anti-Semitic. Rabin reminds me (apart from the being assassinated part) of a former RW prime minister here who blocked supply (for our American readers, think Tea Party nutters shutting down the govt last year), caused a constitutional crisis, took power, and since his retirement from politics has swung totally to the Left, so much so that he was kicked out of the party he formerly led. I've got no problems with saying he was a total conservative arsewipe before his change of stance. Same with Rabin
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OK - sorry, misread something when reading too fast. But people like that hate liberal Zionists too.
LeftishBrit
Feb 2014
#4
And yet I can see he was attempting to pull the politics of his country in a different direction
Scootaloo
Feb 2014
#36
with all due respect a question why did you feel it nessasary to paraphrase the poster
azurnoir
Mar 2014
#49
In the comment that is actually in question, not the one you chose he did agree with what I said
azurnoir
Mar 2014
#66
Uri Averny makes a good case for Rabin having had a legitimate change of heart
Scootaloo
Mar 2014
#63
Pull the other leg, Az.... If Rabin was a war criminal POS, nasty little racist asshole....
shira
Mar 2014
#78
"Its nowhere near identical ..... come on Scootaloo you cant possibly believe that . "
King_David
Feb 2014
#41