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Oh his mom knows her son is a jerk

So far he's got huge ego problems

Finally something is happening

The kind of guy you don't want at the head of a revolution cuz he's just as bad

Bro is a misogynist - shocker

"It is tempting, almost comforting, particularly as I look at the food on my table and the roof over my head, to indulge in guilt, but it is an unproductive sentiment; it does not start revolutions."

Important criticism of ignoring Palestinian literature and local knowledge by Western scholars/journalists who feel the need to "see for themselves" instead of engaging with the extensive body of Palestinian writing and scholarship that already exists. Shows the unequal power structures in global knowledge production where Western perspectives are considered more legitimate or authoritative

He's arguing that Palestinians are instructed to be careful in how they talk about the settler colonial state and to separate Zionists and Jews. The critique is that this demand becomes even more important than the oppression Palestinians are facing. They are expected to prioritize someone elses well-being — their own oppressors', their anger and reality is being policed.

"There is no uniform way to grieve the killing of your loved ones. Sometimes it is graceful, other times it is vengeful.
Sometimes it is muffled, other times it is explosive. Sometimes one only dreams of revenge, and other times one pursues it."

Palestinian grief is only legible if it is forgiving and reassuring to those in power. The people’s humanity is recognized through a refusal to hate. That expectation is obscene. Hate is valid in the face of such violence, and insisting on forgiveness from the bereaved is another form of dispossession as it strips them of emotional sovereignty. "Moral clarity" more like cruelty dressed up as humanism.

He reflects on his own impulse to search for additional brutality in Omar Asad’s death, even though the violence was already undeniable, and how deeply internalized colonial logics make Palestinian lives seem grievable only when their suffering is extreme and fully proven. A personal reckoning and critique of how love and solidarity can unintentionally reproduce the structures that normalize Palestinian death

"Niemand mit nur einigermaßen gesundem Menschenverstand kann von einem dreijährigen Kind erwarten, dass es auf die Wünsche seines dreißigjährigen Vaters eingeht. Genau das aber hatte der Vater erwartet. Schließlich sah er sein ungeschicktes Verhalten ein und begann sich zu fragen: "Was wünscht sich der Junge? Wie kann ich das, was ich will, in Einklang bringen mit dem, was er gerne möchte?"

"Emerson sagte: "Jeder Mensch, mit dem ich zu tun habe, ist mir in irgendeiner Beziehung überlegen, und ich kann von ihm lernen."
Wenn das für Emerson galt, gilt es dann nicht tausendmal mehr für Sie und für mich?"