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A Curious Case of Selective Outrage Syndrome

JL;DR SUMMARY Joshua Hoffman's article critiques what he perceives as the phenomenon of selective outrage towards Israel, especially in Western media and activism, exemplified by reactions to Greta Thunberg's involvement with a Gaza-bound flotilla. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasPalestineMedia BiasMiddle East RelationsSocial ActivismSelective OutrageHumanitarian CrisesGreta Thunberg

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"An IDF soldier offers Greta Thunberg a sandwich and bottle of water on Monday, after her anti-Israel flotilla was stopped by Israel."
Yemen
"Yemen? Where more than 10 million children are starving due to a brutal civil war thats killed hundreds of thousands?"
India
"India? A U.S. government commission has recommended placing it alongside China, North Korea, and Iran for religious freedom violations."
Iraq
"Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan?"
Lebanon
"Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan?"
Sudan
"Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan?"
Nigeria
"Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan?"
Afghanistan
"Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan?"
Ukraine
"Nigeria and Ukraine a sentence each."
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France
"In Nice, France, a terrorist killed 84 people in 2016."
Syria
"In Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, U.S. and coalition forces killed far more civilians than Israel has in Gaza."
Egypt
"And what about the rest of the Arab world? Jordan doesnt want Gazas refugees. Egypt keeps its border with Gaza shut."
Jordan
"And what about the rest of the Arab world? Jordan doesnt want Gazas refugees. Egypt keeps its border with Gaza shut."

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