Saturday, December 09, 2023

Treason

Thinking about all these pro-Hamas people in the West...college students, DSA groups, CAIR, etc. What are they actually guilty of? Well, they are entitled to their speech, differing opinions, etc. We continually cherry pick instances of maybe where their speech crosses over into incitement. But is this really the point? I don't think so. What I think the lies beneath all this is a more fundamental thing: many of these folks are treasonous. They don't care about the Palestinians or Hamas or any of that. They actually just hate their own countrymen. They want to overthrow the government. They don't come out and say it, but if pressed, I bet they would admit it. They don't have any clue about what would replace it - they'd just pick up a bad Communist playbook if they got the opportunity. But treason is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Well? Is Hamas not our enemy? Is supporting Hamas not an act of treason? Can someone explain why not?

What I like about this formulation is that I actually think there are quite a lot of people who make valid points about the poor decisions of our foreign policy and the poor decisions of Israel. But those type of valid arguments get completely drowned out by the vast number of people who simply want the US and Israel and the whole Western system to fail. Treason is a serious crime. Why don't we charge people with it more? It might make our political discourse a whole lot more fruitful. We need to get rid of the fringes because they glom on and take over. So yes, many people will think I'm crazy for suggesting locking up my political enemies. But that's exactly what I'm saying: these are the political enemies of civilization and a few thrown in jail will make the rest go back into hiding and working customer service jobs like they should be. 

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