As you indicate, ‘the banality of evil’ is by now an immortal phrase. But what stops me in my tracks, unable to process for a moment what I am reading, is the pettiness of the evil of Israel’s tactics. The pointed cruelty, the vindictiveness, the obscene dancing of the Israeli military, wearing women’s underwear, stuffing their mouths with cream cakes to entertain starving children. Israel has created a nightmare, the one where you’re trapped, paralyzed with dread…I lived through the London blitz as a child, had nightmares for decades afterwards, but nothing my terrifying dreams match the horror of Gaza today.
Too many people are not LISTENING to Trump "bloodbath" context. Exactly like you pointed out, Like I had when he said it in Ohio, he's stating the tariffs of car industry will be nothing in comparison to the "bloodbath in the country". Trump is signalling, again. What happened last time? Jan 6.
I believe that Trump is insane and the American media- a journalistic disgrace that dumbs down an already ignorant public drawn to material excess and consumed by every day struggles. Gaza has given us clarity as to the falsities of so many American myths…and I have seen all the videos you shared. The insanity of Trump’s MAGA is no less scary than the Biden-Harris embrace of the genocidal state of Israel-a monumental strategic mistake and a dishonorable and repugnant lack of morality of our democratic leaders who preached to us of the dangers of Trump’s totalitarian and fascistic inclinations but embrace the genocidal fascists in the Likud government. Oh! The hypocrisy and where to turn? That! Is what I would like to know. The monstrosity of Israel’s armageddon and butchery in the Palestinian territories is our present holocaust. There is no end to Israel’s monstrous depravity; and, there is no moral center anywhere in the US or Western Europe!
The scarcity of ethical,moral leaders is suffocating . It feels claustrophobic ,whichever choice we make seems to have heavy consequences . Trumps rhetoric weighs down the community and his supporters show us yet another step down level of depravity that is acceptable to the public .
I have to admit that the think pieces on the media’s ineptitude to do their f***ing job are part of the issue cuz who is the audience if everyone seems to see a problem yet the problem keeps continuing?? Maybe a dumb question I don’t know 🤷🏽♀️
I have always loved the Intercept, DemocracyNow, and The Guardian for how their work challenges me, so I’m glad to put this one in that group.
Also, I wrote a research paper on Naomi Klein’s latest book and what’s wild is that she has literally discussed at length the issue of what’s taking place in Gaza and what she called the “doppelgänger politics” of Israel and Palestine. She has about three specific chapters that go into great depth about ways to approach the topic and how to think through certain things, but in almost every interview I could find of her no one ever asked her about it. It’s probably one of the most in depth non-academic books that discusses it drawing from history and how trauma interplays into why people act the way they do in the present it’s very nuanced in the way that the stories we tell ourselves through history have tangible ramifications when we don’t challenge why something is the way it is & leading through empathy. Highly recommend it, I believe they are chapters 12-14 or 15 (though the entire book is excellent).
Thank goodness you are here and writing, Mehdi!!! The “legacy”/ corporate media has devolved into constant repetition of the same sound bites. Even MSNBC with few exceptions does not hold trump and his surrogates to account. I am infuriated that Garland would not investigate trump and Jan. 6. No one holds this man or his surrogates accountable nor do they push back WITH FACTS any of the garbage they spout during an interview. Why, some ask, can they get away with this ….. because they can!!!
You are MUCH NEEDED and I look forward to your full launch in April!
Writing that Trump is "warning" of a bloodbath if he loses again is far better than the MSM's "predicting" (as if he's a mere poll watcher,) but this mob boss and aspiring despot is actually "threatening" the rest of us and at the same time "commanding" his most highly-armed mobs. Trump is such an alien to normal, civilized humans that it is hard to put his demonic words together in context. But we must.
Thanks again Mehdi for another spot on about all that’s been going on since your last writing. It’s frightening to hear Trump’s tirades and threatening of violence if he doesn’t win and not to be called out by other Republicans for his rhetoric on the campaign trail. It’s not surprising that no one in his party stands up and calls him out publicly. I was happy to see that finally a high ranking Democrat (the Senate Majority Leader) took a much needed stand against the horrific tragedy that’s ongoing in Gaza. I’m eagerly looking forward to your full launch of Zeteo in April.
Those of use who agree with Mehdi must continue to speak out in our circles of influence. One way to do that is to share his posts and media appearances. Americans, in general, are woefully uneducated about politics, Israel-Palestine, Russia, etc.
Medhi Hasan is one of the very best in the business - his appearance on the Piers Morgan program is proof. Razor-sharp, unflinching and informed truth-telling. Right on, Mr. Hasan. I will continue to support your work and respect you (and your work) immensely.
Part of the problem is that last time, before he was elected, they didn't take him seriously and gave him too much uncritical coverage, which helped him a lot. Now they aren't covering him enough, which is also helping him. I think the missing piece is the criticism and context that should be provided to explain to people who might not get it exactly how crazy and dangerous he is.
Entitled rich white guy and one that is crazy. They are accommodating him for those reasons and fear of not being able to maintain their coveted power over everybody else. Everyone and anyone else would be sitting in jail or better yet prison.
Right wing knuckleheads like Piers Morgan disregard the decades of torment visited on Palestinian women, children and noncombatants, justifying it by the familiar refrain, "Israel has the right to defend itself." However, they fail to explain how killing these people has somehow not wiped out Hamas by now, nor have they explained just why Hamas supposedly hasn't run out of weapons even though Iran has no means to provide any. Logic tells us that this is not a war, but a genocide.
Don't want anyone to think that I'm making excuses for the media, but look at what they're dealing with, The American People:
1) His idiot supporters wouldn't listen if you reported his craziness 24 hours a day at the top of your lungs outside their bedroom window
2) Sane people who are paying attention turned against him 8 years ago,and don't really need more reports on how crazy he is
3) Who's left? The Undecided, who are completely checked out and impervious to any information about anything. Sometime in the first week of November they might briefly turn their attention to the Presidential race, and then they'll vote based on what they paid for gas that morning.
As you indicate, ‘the banality of evil’ is by now an immortal phrase. But what stops me in my tracks, unable to process for a moment what I am reading, is the pettiness of the evil of Israel’s tactics. The pointed cruelty, the vindictiveness, the obscene dancing of the Israeli military, wearing women’s underwear, stuffing their mouths with cream cakes to entertain starving children. Israel has created a nightmare, the one where you’re trapped, paralyzed with dread…I lived through the London blitz as a child, had nightmares for decades afterwards, but nothing my terrifying dreams match the horror of Gaza today.
Too many people are not LISTENING to Trump "bloodbath" context. Exactly like you pointed out, Like I had when he said it in Ohio, he's stating the tariffs of car industry will be nothing in comparison to the "bloodbath in the country". Trump is signalling, again. What happened last time? Jan 6.
Well,
I believe that Trump is insane and the American media- a journalistic disgrace that dumbs down an already ignorant public drawn to material excess and consumed by every day struggles. Gaza has given us clarity as to the falsities of so many American myths…and I have seen all the videos you shared. The insanity of Trump’s MAGA is no less scary than the Biden-Harris embrace of the genocidal state of Israel-a monumental strategic mistake and a dishonorable and repugnant lack of morality of our democratic leaders who preached to us of the dangers of Trump’s totalitarian and fascistic inclinations but embrace the genocidal fascists in the Likud government. Oh! The hypocrisy and where to turn? That! Is what I would like to know. The monstrosity of Israel’s armageddon and butchery in the Palestinian territories is our present holocaust. There is no end to Israel’s monstrous depravity; and, there is no moral center anywhere in the US or Western Europe!
The scarcity of ethical,moral leaders is suffocating . It feels claustrophobic ,whichever choice we make seems to have heavy consequences . Trumps rhetoric weighs down the community and his supporters show us yet another step down level of depravity that is acceptable to the public .
I have to admit that the think pieces on the media’s ineptitude to do their f***ing job are part of the issue cuz who is the audience if everyone seems to see a problem yet the problem keeps continuing?? Maybe a dumb question I don’t know 🤷🏽♀️
I have always loved the Intercept, DemocracyNow, and The Guardian for how their work challenges me, so I’m glad to put this one in that group.
Also, I wrote a research paper on Naomi Klein’s latest book and what’s wild is that she has literally discussed at length the issue of what’s taking place in Gaza and what she called the “doppelgänger politics” of Israel and Palestine. She has about three specific chapters that go into great depth about ways to approach the topic and how to think through certain things, but in almost every interview I could find of her no one ever asked her about it. It’s probably one of the most in depth non-academic books that discusses it drawing from history and how trauma interplays into why people act the way they do in the present it’s very nuanced in the way that the stories we tell ourselves through history have tangible ramifications when we don’t challenge why something is the way it is & leading through empathy. Highly recommend it, I believe they are chapters 12-14 or 15 (though the entire book is excellent).
Thank goodness you are here and writing, Mehdi!!! The “legacy”/ corporate media has devolved into constant repetition of the same sound bites. Even MSNBC with few exceptions does not hold trump and his surrogates to account. I am infuriated that Garland would not investigate trump and Jan. 6. No one holds this man or his surrogates accountable nor do they push back WITH FACTS any of the garbage they spout during an interview. Why, some ask, can they get away with this ….. because they can!!!
You are MUCH NEEDED and I look forward to your full launch in April!
Writing that Trump is "warning" of a bloodbath if he loses again is far better than the MSM's "predicting" (as if he's a mere poll watcher,) but this mob boss and aspiring despot is actually "threatening" the rest of us and at the same time "commanding" his most highly-armed mobs. Trump is such an alien to normal, civilized humans that it is hard to put his demonic words together in context. But we must.
Thanks again Mehdi for another spot on about all that’s been going on since your last writing. It’s frightening to hear Trump’s tirades and threatening of violence if he doesn’t win and not to be called out by other Republicans for his rhetoric on the campaign trail. It’s not surprising that no one in his party stands up and calls him out publicly. I was happy to see that finally a high ranking Democrat (the Senate Majority Leader) took a much needed stand against the horrific tragedy that’s ongoing in Gaza. I’m eagerly looking forward to your full launch of Zeteo in April.
Those of use who agree with Mehdi must continue to speak out in our circles of influence. One way to do that is to share his posts and media appearances. Americans, in general, are woefully uneducated about politics, Israel-Palestine, Russia, etc.
Refreshing, as usual.
Medhi Hasan is one of the very best in the business - his appearance on the Piers Morgan program is proof. Razor-sharp, unflinching and informed truth-telling. Right on, Mr. Hasan. I will continue to support your work and respect you (and your work) immensely.
Part of the problem is that last time, before he was elected, they didn't take him seriously and gave him too much uncritical coverage, which helped him a lot. Now they aren't covering him enough, which is also helping him. I think the missing piece is the criticism and context that should be provided to explain to people who might not get it exactly how crazy and dangerous he is.
Entitled rich white guy and one that is crazy. They are accommodating him for those reasons and fear of not being able to maintain their coveted power over everybody else. Everyone and anyone else would be sitting in jail or better yet prison.
Right wing knuckleheads like Piers Morgan disregard the decades of torment visited on Palestinian women, children and noncombatants, justifying it by the familiar refrain, "Israel has the right to defend itself." However, they fail to explain how killing these people has somehow not wiped out Hamas by now, nor have they explained just why Hamas supposedly hasn't run out of weapons even though Iran has no means to provide any. Logic tells us that this is not a war, but a genocide.
The banality of crazy. Deadly.
Don't want anyone to think that I'm making excuses for the media, but look at what they're dealing with, The American People:
1) His idiot supporters wouldn't listen if you reported his craziness 24 hours a day at the top of your lungs outside their bedroom window
2) Sane people who are paying attention turned against him 8 years ago,and don't really need more reports on how crazy he is
3) Who's left? The Undecided, who are completely checked out and impervious to any information about anything. Sometime in the first week of November they might briefly turn their attention to the Presidential race, and then they'll vote based on what they paid for gas that morning.