It was a matter of ‘conscience’: Authors speak out about their protest against PEN America
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Published 2024-04-27
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All Comments (21)
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Do hope Velshi will not be censored by the MSNBC corporation as they recently did and fired another excellent commentator.
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Thank you, MSNBC, for having these people on. Kudos to Velshi for his good work. The world can't unsee what is happening!
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I like keeping up with these kind of important stories. We need to pay attention as difficult as it is. 💙
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Velshi is to be commended for the program.
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Brave and principled authors 🙏
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I'm stunned, Ali. I actually heard the word "genocide". I chewed out CNN earlier for one appalling segment, and called it out as well as MSNBC at the same time for spinelessly refusing to use the word. Next big question that must be answered: Why has there been a fascist response to the protesting students, to the protesting of genocide, as though Trump Was Still In Office?
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James Frankie Thomas, you nailed it friend, CONGRATS! Great job Ali & Ghassan.
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When I first saw this piece I was not a Velshi fan. I am now! I think you did a fair and objective job covering a controversial topic. Kudos!
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As James points out, facts are facts and no amount of prevaricating will alter them. Tolerance of others’ views is fine as long as those views do not support - or sidestep - atrocities. At a certain point, “tolerance” becomes abuse.
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I can think of any number of thoughtful, moral, conscientious people who disagree with James Frankie Thomas. Her absolute certainty in the correctness of her own position (that it is the logical equivalent of saying the sky is blue and that anyone who disagrees with her is not a serious person) makes me think that she would benefit from spending a little more time outside her political bubble. I, for one, very much appreciated PEN America's mature and well-considered stance on this.
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James Frankie Thomas. I salute you! More people should be brave enough make their decisions like you: whether or not your conscience will will be OK with them, and whether you'll be able to look at yourself in the mirror. 90% of our Republican politicians will fail this acid test, I'm sure. Those are 37 years well worth living!
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Agree with james
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Genocide is the attempted eradication of a race of people. The UN has said Israel is committing human rights violations but not genocide. As a benchmark during our war we turned a blind eye to Russia’s atrocities in Chechnya. But that was not genocide.
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Looking at those bits of bodies in the rubble, what kind of expertise do you need to know that that’s wrong?
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Velshi they will come for you like they came for Mehdi. I don’t wanna see ya off the air but keep speaking the truth!
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To keep silent or to say we don't know (without trying to educate oneself) about the brutal genocide Israel is doing to the Palestinians is to be complicit. Violence will never bring true peace.
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Velshi has never showcased a book that is actually banned.
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Hail Byzantium!
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Your nightmares will stop you from getting that sleep.
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It’s not a genocide. As horrible and horrific it is, and Israel is in the wrong, it’s not a genocide. We have seen genocides and they are even worse.
