On Candace Owens and Contemporary Anti-Semitism
I am not sure what happened to Candace. But since October 7th, she has been slowly losing her mind. She likes to talk about her Christianity. But for the life of me, I do not understand how you can be a true Christian and not fully support Israel. What does she think will happen to Israel, and yes, to the holy land it occupies, without Christian support? She's smart; she knows. Watching her today, and I do, is like watching Howard Beale.
First, why watch Candace Owens at all? To my knowledge, she is the only person on the planet investigating Kamala Harris' background. That is, Kamala's family history and genealogy. Owens' contention is that while the Harris family comes from Jamaica, there is not one drop of African blood in her. So why the pretense? Why does Kamala Harris sell herself as the first African American vice president? Going so far as to insert fake black ancestors into her family tree. Since she is clearly a person of color, why is this necessary? What is she hiding? Owens suggests that instead of being African American, Harris comes from a family of high-caste Indian slave traders.
Yeah, one might want to hide that.
Now, as for Owens (and many others) holding Israel responsible for the deaths of innocent, non-combatants in Gaza: Given the cowardly manner that Hamas and Hezbollah engage in fighting, using women, children, hospitals, schools, mosques, etc. as shields, of course you will see a high rate of collateral death. But if you then turn around and hold Israel responsible for that death, as Owens does, there can only be one reason for your logic. You are a raging anti-semite.
To argue that Israel can simply stop the war is to allow an untold number of combatants, proven killers, to live to kill Israelis another day. And not just Israelis, but additional Palestinian women and children. I mean does anyone really believe that the combatants will change their tactics, put on uniforms, and fight honorably? Everyone who argues this position certainly knows the future result. They just don't care. What they want is for the Israelis to simply not fight back. Or if possible, to be prevented from fighting back. No, Palestinian fighters need to be exterminated like the burrowing cockroaches they are.
Finally, the argument that Israel is simply creating the next generation of young Palestinians who will hate them all the more. Well it is those same innocent non-combatants who teach their children to hate Jews. These people are manufacturing the gleeful killers that we saw on October 7th. And it should be added, they elected Hamas and then helped them hide the Israeli hostages. They may be innocent of murder, but that does not make them innocent.
You cannot and should not kill innocents. Short of stopping the war, Israel does everything it can to limit the deaths of non-combatants. But long term, they will have to find a way to contain the hate. If for no other reason, so that Candace Owens can safely pilgrimage to her own Christian holy land.