tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8437979906406145231..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Otto Warmbier Was a JewStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-56947016117823044842017-06-22T19:11:59.807-07:002017-06-22T19:11:59.807-07:00AO puts his antisemitism aside for a day.AO puts his antisemitism aside for a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-58016173647790996442017-06-22T11:29:56.278-07:002017-06-22T11:29:56.278-07:00Sam L. said... Otto was a Jew, and treated like on...Sam L. said... Otto was a Jew, and treated like one by the Obama administration and the Democrats.<br /><br />What does "Treated like one" mean?! How am I supposed to parse meaning on that?! <br /><br />If you believe someone is treated badly, and you say "treated like one", it sounds like you're saying it is expected a Jew will be treated badly, although I presume you find that expectation wrong. So you're expressing a cynicism and resentment against a prejudice society. <br /><br />YET, it seems irrational to me to presume his religious heritage has anything to do with what happened at any level.<br /><br />I suppose the same irrational argument could be used for explaining the DNC sabotaging Bernie Sanders for president last year, but in some things, some politicians seem better able to handle rationality.<br /><br />It is interesting that a "Jew" qualifies as "white" to participate in the imaginary "white privilege" club. Apparently not that long ago Jews wouldn't qualify.<br /><br />So SJW criticize his status of "whiteness", while some Jews are concerned about being victimizes as a Jew. Both whiteness and Jewishness would seem to be identities of privileged, but also potential resentment. <br /><br />Humans are definitely too irrational for me, but I try to take these things as seriously as I can. Maybe that is my great mistake.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82316175200649876872017-06-22T10:19:35.031-07:002017-06-22T10:19:35.031-07:00Ares, that's why I have no faith, belief, or t...Ares, that's why I have no faith, belief, or trust in SJWs. They only care about themselves.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11156098730137558302017-06-22T08:46:44.480-07:002017-06-22T08:46:44.480-07:00Otto was a Jew, and treated like one by the Obama ...Otto was a Jew, and treated like one by the Obama administration and the Democrats.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-45638118665576699262017-06-22T06:13:07.284-07:002017-06-22T06:13:07.284-07:00Stuart: What do the social justice warriors have t...Stuart: What do the social justice warriors have to say about Warmbier? They have been yelping about how Warmbier is a privileged white male, and thus that he deserved what he got.<br /><br />A Darwin award isn't an inaccurate narrative. Hyperfocusing on one prisoner, and one death seems myopic.<br /><br />I could hope this tragic death can be used as leverage to get more prisoners released. And it sounds like the North Koreans themselves are the biggest victims of poor treatment.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/20/otto-warmbiers-death-highlights-plight-of-foreigners-jailed-in-north-korea<br />----<br />“Foreign prisoners are held solely as bargaining chips for the North Korean regime, so there would be no advantage in mistreating them to the extent that they become dangerously ill or die of diseases caused by malnutrition,” said Jiro Ishimaru, of Asia Press, an Osaka-based organisation with a network of contacts in North Korea.<br />----<br /><br />Some say "Never negotiate with terrorists", even ones that hold their own people hostage if you don't give them what they need, like well, food.<br />http://nationalinterest.org/feature/heres-tip-dont-give-north-korea-more-aid-13531<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com