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Looking at the Beeb
National Review ^ | March 22, 2011 | Jay Nordlinger

Posted on 03/23/2011 6:11:42 PM PDT by george76

“The people who claim to be feminist and pro-gay” — i.e., the crew at the BBC — “oppose the one country in the Middle East that does not subjugate women and persecute gays.

What does that tell you?” Plenty.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bbc; women

1 posted on 03/23/2011 6:11:44 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

I never thought “Israel” but was thinking Arab countries?
Of course, that kinda cuts two ways since the fact that I don’t think “Middle Eastern” and “Israel” as a nature fit. It is an alien entity there. An island of civilization.


2 posted on 03/23/2011 6:19:52 PM PDT by arrogantsob
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To: george76

More and more I believe there is no such thing as a true contradiction. The left could care less about gay rights, women’s rights or the environment. What they do care about is power. And if the gay or environmental movement will help them get it, they’ll be happy to offer some lip service in return.


3 posted on 03/23/2011 6:37:27 PM PDT by rrdog
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To: george76
"What does that tell you?”

That they're willing to get in bed with the most vile cultures/regimes due to a shared and irrational hatred for Israel, and that the hatred in question trumps all other concerns.

4 posted on 03/23/2011 6:38:11 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Thanks george76.
"The people who claim to be feminist and pro-gay" -- i.e., the crew at the BBC -- "oppose the one country in the Middle East that does not subjugate women and persecute gays. What does that tell you?"
It tells you that the BBC is of by and for jihadists.


5 posted on 03/23/2011 7:07:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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