Posted on 11/15/2023 7:28:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Over 2,000 sociologists (and climbing), from some of the world’s most prestigious universities, have proudly signed a letter of support for Gaza after the October 7 attack on Israel. They accuse Israel, not the Palestinians nor their Hamas gunmen, of genocide. Their letter states:
We are witnessing internationally supported genocide. This latest siege comes as a continuation and escalation of the daily violence Palestinians faced for decades from Israeli colonization; an apartheid regime whose occupation is in clear violation of international law, but persists with the support of powerful governments globally.
Perhaps these students of other societies should read up a bit on apartheid in South Africa before making such statements. They may be missing a few points on context.
The letter’s signatories assert that Israelis are committing wanton murder. Their letter continues:
As of writing, over 9,000 Palestinians have been murdered, including a staggering 3,600 children, and over 22,000 injured.
No mention was made that the Palestinian casualties resulted from a war they started or that many of those innocent deaths were caused by their own government, which was using them as human shields. Nor, did they refer to the Palestinians as “casualties of war,” but as victims of murder. Is the bias of these “people of science” contaminating their objective analysis?
In response to world outrage about the attack, these scholars cautioned against a rush to judgement. They write:
As educators, it is our duty to stand by the principles of critical inquiry and learning, to hold the university as a space for conversation that foregrounds historical truths, and that contextualizes this past week’s violence in the context of 75 years of settler colonial occupation and European empire.
Did you get that? The events of October 7 must be “contextualized” -- considering 75 years of Palestinian suffering since the establishment of Israel.
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Many of them are jews.
RE: Many of them are jews.
Judas was a Jew.
Sociology has never been a “profession,” just an academic haven for political ideologues. Our old friends Cloward and Piven are both sociologists.
They parrot the script. Blah blah blah genocide blah blah apartheid blah blah colonizer blah blah occupation. Sociologists are Just terrorist sympathizers.
Sociology; the study of the obvious.
2000 + sociologists believe hamas should kill more babies. Reminds me of democrats and their hatred of babies.
A degree in Sociology means you spent four years partying at some craphole.
“...Palestinians have decided to be at war with Israel since it declared statehood.”
Actually, it was the UN that ‘declared statehood’ for Israel - it wasn’t self-declared.
https://academicinfluence.com/rankings/people/most-influential-sociologists-today
Notice anything?
So was Jesus, for what it's worth.
This shows, at a minimum, a lack of courage. Sign the letter, and you’ll be left alone. Refuse, and you’ll be harassed. You might even lose your job. So it’s much easier to just sign.
It’s not much different from the Brezhnev era in the Soviet Union. Some folks were true believers. More just went along to get along.
Kinda makes you wonder which ideology actually won the Cold War.
The humaniiies at most universities have abandoned any pretense of being legitimate academic disciplines.They are nothing more than subsidizeed leftist political movements. Parents who pay $50-80,000/yr to have their kid major in psychology, sociology, poltical science, etc are wasting money and harming their children.
Lefties just devaluing the word “genocide” like they’ve already devalued “racist” and “sexist”.
This situation reminds me of the woke Christian women who are around 30 years old. The ones who voiced support for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. One whom I encountered essentially ignored my observation the Hillary was pro-abortion at anytime, for any reason (or for no reason).
The clueless child in an adult’s body made reference to the crude things that Trump said about women as ample justification to vote for the “rapist from Hope, Arkansas”.
These so-called Sociologists seem to really be Sociopaths.
What’s the first thing someone with a BA in sociology says on the job?
“Would you like fries with that order?”
2,000 sociologists always thought Palestine might be pretty inspiring, but October 7 won their hearts over for keeps.
+1
Lol. Sociologists, like psychologists, are simply charlatans. Pseudoscience. There is not one benefit that society enjoys from these frauds and their unscientific claptrap.
How do you “discredit” a “profession” that has no value? “You need a sociologist” said no one EVER.
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