NYT Opinion: I’m Glad the Lesbian March Banned Jewish Stars

[OriZ 3,157]

11 hours ago, smilesammich said:

im not the one questioning the authenticity of recent antisemitic crimes. you are.

 

and i fail to see how i'm like oj or what oj has to do with the op.

Wait, what? That's impossible...haven't you heard? Jews are now more privileged than Christians. Nazism is so last century...the only people we need to worry about are blacks, muslims and gay people. 

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6 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Wait, what? That's impossible...haven't you heard? Jews are now more privileged than Christians. Nazism is so last century...the only people we need to worry about are blacks, muslims and gay people. 

from what ive been told here at cehst, the only people we need to worry about are leftists.

[OriZ 3,157]

5 hours ago, smilesammich said:

from what ive been told here at cehst, the only people we need to worry about are leftists.

wrong kind of concern

[OriZ 3,157]

This is great btw...related...

 

 

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14 hours ago, OriZ said:

wrong kind of concern

oh, do elaborate. lol 

[OriZ 3,157]

Dazzling some 47,000 Israeli fans with lighting resembling a spaceship from a Spielberg movie, Radiohead went ahead with their second performance in Israel on Wednesday evening, kicking off their show with their hit ‘Daydreaming’ from their latest album, 'A Moon Shaped Pool.'

 

But as usual with the British indie band, fans could never be sure what to expect as it kept up the tradition of switching up its song list last minute. Much like Bob Dylan, seldom, if ever, do they feel obligated to perform their most popular hits.

 

But with lead singer Thom Yorke and his band pulling it off with style and making the crowds roar on Wednesday, few at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park will have been too disappointed that 'Fake Plastic Trees', one its most famous and earliest hits, didn’t make it to the list.

 

By performing in Israel, Yorke—among the most politically active musicians in the world—was welcomed with arms open far wider than for other music artists who have performed in Israel, not only because of his legendary status in the business, but because of his decision to defy the pressure exerted by the BDS movement aimed at stopping the performance going ahead.

 

Despite the online slander campaigns against him, the accusations that he was supporting an “apartheid state,” despite the picketing outside concerts leading up to his Tel Aviv performance, despite BDS activists disrupting his recent Glasgow concert by waving Palestinian flags in the crowd—to which he held up his middle finger—Yorke’s decision to press ahead with his performance constituted yet another shunning of the boycott movement.

 

Blasting out, among others, their hit singles ‘No Surprises,’ ‘Nude’ and ‘Paranoid Android’ Yorke also turned to his guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who is married to an Israeli woman, as he reminisced about the band’s first concert in the country.

 

“In 1993 we came here. Somewhere called the Roxan. Didn’t we Johnny? I think we played this one,” he said before the 1993 hit ‘Creep’ reverberated throughout the ecstatic crowds.

 

With that, the band closed the night with their second single from their third studio album OK Computer, ‘Karma Police.’

 

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4992013,00.html

[IAMX 3,055]

4 hours ago, OriZ said:

Dazzling some 47,000 Israeli fans with lighting resembling a spaceship from a Spielberg movie, Radiohead went ahead with their second performance in Israel on Wednesday evening, kicking off their show with their hit ‘Daydreaming’ from their latest album, 'A Moon Shaped Pool.'

 

But as usual with the British indie band, fans could never be sure what to expect as it kept up the tradition of switching up its song list last minute. Much like Bob Dylan, seldom, if ever, do they feel obligated to perform their most popular hits.

 

But with lead singer Thom Yorke and his band pulling it off with style and making the crowds roar on Wednesday, few at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park will have been too disappointed that 'Fake Plastic Trees', one its most famous and earliest hits, didn’t make it to the list.

 

By performing in Israel, Yorke—among the most politically active musicians in the world—was welcomed with arms open far wider than for other music artists who have performed in Israel, not only because of his legendary status in the business, but because of his decision to defy the pressure exerted by the BDS movement aimed at stopping the performance going ahead.

 

Despite the online slander campaigns against him, the accusations that he was supporting an “apartheid state,” despite the picketing outside concerts leading up to his Tel Aviv performance, despite BDS activists disrupting his recent Glasgow concert by waving Palestinian flags in the crowd—to which he held up his middle finger—Yorke’s decision to press ahead with his performance constituted yet another shunning of the boycott movement.

 

Blasting out, among others, their hit singles ‘No Surprises,’ ‘Nude’ and ‘Paranoid Android’ Yorke also turned to his guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who is married to an Israeli woman, as he reminisced about the band’s first concert in the country.

 

“In 1993 we came here. Somewhere called the Roxan. Didn’t we Johnny? I think we played this one,” he said before the 1993 hit ‘Creep’ reverberated throughout the ecstatic crowds.

 

With that, the band closed the night with their second single from their third studio album OK Computer, ‘Karma Police.’

 

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4992013,00.html

BDS just a wing of all these "tolerance" movements.

[OriZ 3,157]

14 hours ago, IAMX said:

BDS just a wing of all these "tolerance" movements.

Agreed, more and more artists are beginning to realize this and put them where they belong which is the fringe.

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10 hours ago, OriZ said:

Agreed, more and more artists are beginning to realize this and put them where they belong which is the fringe.

Didn't Netanyahu give BDS a proper label?

 

BDS = "bigotry, dishonesty and shame"

 

It seems like a lot of tolerant MDL groups could be included in the above description.

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2 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Didn't Netanyahu give BDS a proper label?

 

BDS = "bigotry, dishonesty and shame"

 

It seems like a lot of tolerant MDL groups could be included in the above description.

TBH I'm not a fan of Netanyahu, so I'd rather keep him out of it lol. From time to time he does do/say something I agree with though. I think the way he handled the whole situation in the last couple of weeks with the temple mount and the metal detectors was terrible. Anyways lets see so far for this year: Britney Spears(gag), Guns N Roses, The Pixies, Radiohead, Steve Angelo...for rest of the year Regina Spektor, Sean Paul, Dire Straits experience, Life In Color, The Pretenders, Cliff Richard, Smokie, Richard Clayderman, Alan Parsons, Bryan Adams, Nick Cave, Foreigner and in January Chris Rock, possibly and unconfirmed yet One Republic, Metallica, Celine Dion, Coldplay and I know there's more but I can't remember all of them.

 

Doesn't seem like people are paying much attention to BDS...it was entertaining watching the interaction between Yorke and Waters though. And then there's this:

 

http://www.jpost.com/BDS-THREAT/REM-frontman-Michael-Stipe-stands-with-Radiohead-against-BDS-499948

 

The humiliation to Waters this year has been unparalleled. I guess trying to stay relevant makes people do weird things.