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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Thursday, October 19, 2023

#ZizekScandal #Ban #analysis #Whats #scandal #surrounding #Slavoj #Žižek


Time News article, "Ban on analysis? What’s behind the scandal surrounding Slavoj Žižek"
Talking about Israel and Hamas’ terror? Nothing seems harder at the moment. The Dutch footballer Anwar El Ghazi, who is under contract with FSV Mainz 05, had to experience this. Because he shared a message on Instagram denying Israel’s right to exist, he was immediately released from playing and training. According to FSV Mainz 05, he “took a position on the conflict in the Middle East in a way that was intolerable for the club.” El Ghazi’s colleague Noussair Mazraoui, who plays for FC Bayern Munich, also has to report to his club management about pro-Palestinian Internet posts when he returns from a game with the Moroccan national team.

Football and politics have always been a broad field. However, one should abandon the idea that young football professionals do not know exactly what they are sending out into the internet world with their quick fingers. Former German national player Mesut Özil and his French colleague Karim Benzema have millions of followers behind them, especially in the Muslim world, who gratefully listen to what they think about the Middle East conflict. A differentiated attitude to Israel’s situation is not included.

Quotes from Breivik, Heydrich and Benjamin

But given this, is it appropriate to speak of a ban on analysis? This is exactly what the Slovenian philosopher did in his speech at the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair and immediately took the committed contradiction of the Hessian anti-Semitism commissioner Uwe Becker during his speech as evidence of such a ban. In the course of his furious lecture, Žižek cited quotes from the Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik and the Nazi criminal Reinhard Heydrich alongside sentences from Walter Benjamin and Moshe Dayan, as if the point was to performatively challenge the ban on analysis.

The literary world is in turmoil, not only because Žižek used the opportunity to let formulas about the freedom of the word collide in an incompatible way. He was assisted by the American philosopher Judith Butler, who rejected a moral condemnation of Hamas in a recent essay. Moral outrage, says Butler, is limited to the present and ignores the horrors of the past 70 years that Palestinians have endured. The lack of empathy for the situation of the people in Israel, which is expressed in Butler’s text, does not exactly indicate a ban on analysis, but rather a neglect of their thinking.
Zizek also recently signed the Westminster Declaration, “Open discourse is the central pillar of a free society”

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not in time of war...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Loose lips sink ships...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Only we have perpetual, unending wars... so, when?

Dean Robenson said...

Hamas is a corrupt, militant Terrorist group that rules Gaza with an Iron Fist, so the big question must be asked, and resolved : If Israel decimates Hamas, and I truley feel that they will,, who will govern Gaza? Who will be the next in line ? What better choice will the have than those slimy, two-faced, Pro-Palestinian Squad that smells up the House of Representatives? The members who routinely Denigrate, Disparage, and who Damage America and Are Openly Anti-america, Anti-israel, and Anti-Semitic?

And, for their Supreme Leader, how about that Big Mouthed Squad Member Rashida Tlaib who is proudly flying a Palestinian Flag right now next to an American Flag right outside the door of her Congressional office. What better choice is there then to have another bunch of IDIOTS doing the job? It seems like they always have all the answers anyway!
And of course the mentally ill, and corrupt Joe Biden, who has the Stupidity to stands in Israel and announces that he’sgiving a $100 million gift of the taxpayer money to Israel’s biggest and closest enemy in the guise of a “humanitarian gift.” Filtered through a notoriously corrupt Pro-Palestinian United Nations and various progressive non-governmental organizations.

We all heard the announcement... “Today, I’m also announcing a $100 million dollar package n funding for humanitarian assistance in both Gaza and the West Bank. This money will support more than 1 million displaced and conflict-affected Palestinians, including emergency needs in Gaza.” as he refuses to freeze 6 Billion dollar gift that he had already given to Iran   Who targets Israel and is the worlds biggest Nation of Terrorists

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Stupid is a Stupid does...

Anonymous said...

As Lem wisely admitted... that central pillar -- it must be hiden. ;-)


\\a $100 million dollar package

If problem can be solved with money -- it's not a problem, it's expenses. ;-)

IMHO said...

Former Hawaii congresswoman and recent departee
of the Democratic Party Tulsi Gabbard compared
President Joe Biden to Adolf Hitler while
campaigning for a Republican Senate candidate on
Sunday.

Gabbard had been speaking at an event for New
Hampshire GOP Senate candidate Don Bolduc when
she said she was “pretty sure” both Biden and Hitler
had good intentions to justify their authoritarian
behavior. The former Democrat also stated she was
sure that authoritarians and dictators throughout
history "all believe they’re doing what’s best,”
according to audio obtained by The Daily Beast.

“Even Hitler thought he was doing what was best
for Germany, right? For the German race," Gabbard
said. "In his own mind, he found a way to justify the
means to meet his end. So when we have people
with that mindset, well, you know we’ve got to do
whatever it takes because, as President Biden said
in that speech in Philadelphia, that those who
supported Trump, those who didn't vote for him are
extremists and a threat to our democracy.
So once again Biden sounded like Hitler!

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Biden's trying to budget another $9B for GAZA now (along w/$14B for Israel). He's "expensing" both sides of the war. The problem is that much like blackmail, the "expenses" never stop.

Anonymous said...

Socialists... they know how to spend, but not how to gain. ;-P

Problem only, that it seems that BOTH of your oarties became one.

Or... that is how it looks like, from afar.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

I say we put the $20B in a pile in the center between Israel and Gaza, and tell them "Winner takes all".

Anonymous said...

Make it couple of trillions. ;-P (this way... or another)

Dean Robenson said...

Joe Biden, who never does ANYTHING right, has reall yScrewed Up again this time. . The idiot gave $6 Billion to Iran, and consequently we now are seeing attacks coming from Iran, and Iran's proxies. Biden who also gave hundreds of Million of $$$ to the Palestinians, has just promised to give them another 100 million..
So, in retrospect, we have the American people and Israel on two different sides. . On one side is Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinians, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Joe Biden.
We, REAL Americans as always, are firmly united with Israel. So, lets call it like it really is, we are actually at war against our "Own" President.
Those people out there who are protesting in favor of the Palistinions. They don’t understand what they had done to Israel that started this war! They can’t be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, remorse, shame, or any patriotism .... And they absolutely do not know what the hell they are doing! They are just following what they were told by their University Professors. .So if you support Biden giving Iran $6 Billion, and Hundreds of Millions of dollars to the Palestinians you're at war against America too.
Leftists just can't avoid deflecting the subject from Biden's idiocy, to Trump. The real Fact is, while Trump was the President, there was peace. Now, 600 Israelis are DEAD, and us Americans ore suffering the consequences.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

By the time that this current fiasco is over, it will have been trillions. And nothing will have changed.

Les Carpenter said...



FJ is obviously as happy as a pig wallowing in sh** believing in his fantasies and delusions. I think simply allowimg him to grow his fantasies and wallow in delusions is compassionate response. Especially as it is so clear just how deep he is into the tRump MAGA cult of conspiracies and delusions.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

That's so kind of you, Les, as you respect my right to have fantasies and delusions different from your own to wallow in. At least I don't suffer from the delusion of reincarnation of eternal spirits.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Karma says that next time you'll return as a pig, an animal sacred to Jews and Moslems.

Anonymous said...

\\ On one side is Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinians, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Joe Biden.

You forgot about Rush'A and liliPut.... and little Xi. ;-P