ISIS and Israeli flags social experiment.

I wouldn't say he got 'horrendous anti-israel abuse'. You make it sound like he was attacked or given death threats. He tried to provoke people, by saying that 'Only Hamas is to blame'. That's clearly not true. Of course Hamas takes blame, but so too does Israel. That's a reasonable opinion. He also said 'Israel protects the human rights of Palestinians'. Again that's a deeply controversial and subjective statement. I don't see how challenging that is 'not even remotely acceptable'.

The only bigotry here is you thinking that you can make conclusions from this silly video.

Well, yes, assuming it's not an elaborate ruse with actors - which I don't think would really be necessary - I do draw conclusions from it.

No, it's because the video is so skewed and the whole thing is created in such a way that pushes a certain agenda. It's fake news.

Again, you cannot edit or skew the words of people. You may argue, as has been done here, that they were provoked. No level of provocation would lead me to start shouting racist comments in public in the middle of the day - the same logic applies here. A number of people were clearly willing to express very unpleasant anti-Israel rhetoric in the middle of a US university campus. I find that pretty revolting.

He could have done a whole day of filiming and then cut out words and actions of people who said "**** ISIS" or confronted him about waving an ISIS flag.

And then he could have just chosen to only put in bits where people confronted or got provoked by the Israeli flag.

Hell he could even have paid people off.

People who say horrendous things when they are confronted or provoked are still people saying horrendous things and people who ultimately hold horrendous opinions. Someone who needs only to see the flag of Gambia to come out with a remark like "all Africans are subhuman" is still a ****ing racist.

Indeed, I'm all for provoking these sorts of people - they should be provoked daily, and their opinions laid bare and condemned. Which is why I'm rather baffled that you are choosing to ignore them - indeed, given the complete lack of rational thought in the argument you're choosing to voice, I can only guess that you actuall, on some level, agree with this sort of ****.

I think you're ignoring comments in that video that don't fit with your apologia for anti-Israeli rhetoric. There is one thing objecting to an ideology or political view: this was something completely and utterly different.



Well, yes, assuming it's not an elaborate ruse with actors - which I don't think would really be necessary - I do draw conclusions from it.

I think it's heavily edited to get you to sympathise with the apartheid state- Israel.

Dont get me wrong I hate and I am against both of these 'states' equally..

When he was waving the Israeli flag, he quite clearly tried to provoke a reaction from people by making quite bold and controversial statements. People reacted with comments no more sensationalist or provocative than the ones he gave out.

For you to describe it as horrible abuse? Well the Daily Mail would be proud of that hyperbole.

If you act like a douchebag and try to provoke a reaction, as this guy was doing, you can have no complaints if people voice their opinion about it. What exactly is your issue? That some people oppose certain actions of the Israeli government? Which comments in particular were 'horrible abuse'?

Okay but nothing was anywhere near as extreme. Plus he wasn't just waving an israeli flag, he was saying some pretty controversial stuff too.

Being anti-Israeli doesn't make you irrational

This whole "Israel are innocent and anything said against Israel is Anti semitic" rhetoric needs to stop.

He could have said literally anything, it wouldn't lessen the culpability of anyone who responded to him. The idea that someone can be provoked into being a racist, a bigot or whatever else is a concept that is entirely alien to me. If someone's being an idiot, I will happily call them out for that - it doesn't instantly make me start advocating a bunch of ridiculous prejudices.

I'd say being "anti" any country makes you irrational. It is an entirely different thing to disagree with the actions of a government. I do not like Donald Trump's views or the actions of the US Government, it doesn't make me anti-American - nor should it. That is a rather extreme form of bigotry and prejudice.

Yet the multitude of people who condemn Israel out of a deeply held antisemitism certainly need to be recognised and called out for it.

Yet the multitude of people who condemn Israel out of a deeply held antisemitism certainly need to be recognised and called out for it.

Being anti-Israel is equivalent to anti-Israeli government.

For starters I'm Jewish. I most certainly do not hate myself or my religion.

Secondly how on earth is criticising Israel racist? Israel is not a race....

ps being anti-Israel does not necessarily imply being pro-Hamas.