Have you noticed the evolving definition of words, their abandonment, and the rise of yet another definition. The newer definition is far more friendly to the new definer than before. Exciting, don't you think? Who ever thought the dictionary and the thesaurus would be at the forefront of our exciting times, champions of the evolving, or actually devolving, society.
At times the situation is so dynamic that one cannot sleep, cannot rest peacefully in bed as one anticipates the exciting changes of the day to come, the cutting edge of societal reform. Lordy, lordy, what might they be? Woke. Colonization. Capital oppression and repression. Have and have-nots. Islamophobia. Defense and offense. Separation of Church and State. Religious interference. Truth itself. Evangelicalism. Whew!! Hard to keep a steady heartbeat in the face of this over the top excitement and change. Gotta' take a breather.
Words now mesh with viewpoints. Civil rights have morphed into words denying civil rights. Attention to truth and definition of sense bow before the utility of word and its newly declared proper definition and usage. Whatever works, right? In this day of dwindling resources why waste anything, in particular the hot air emanating from the blowhards, the newly minted and crowned Websters and Rogets. Definitely exciting times.
One calling for the release of hostages now 'dying' so conveniently, after 100 days of tortured captivity. Where a rape leads to a pregnancy, forced marriage, and a child lost forever to a grieving family. Forever. The acceptable definition of inhumanity and war crime, dependent upon changed definitions emerging so quickly, so obviously perverted, that it is nigh unto impossible to keep track of them. When defense of a nation's citizens is deemed genocide. When 'contextual' becomes the go to excuse for crimes against humanity, for instigating a horrid state of affairs. When victim is deemed oppressor. When a brutal attack on civilians becomes a war crime against the invaders, who call it a good day when thousands are killed, mutilated, abused, ripped out of life or from families and nation.
How to explain to our frightened kids, our elders, so terrified that the worst so fully portrayed on screens, will not take place in their own circumscribed world. Deny? Really? When that same child of even modest brain power reads a paper reporting on the latest bombing, shooting, invasion, the rampage of violence at their synagogue, a home for prayer, the calls for peace common in the liturgy. In fact, and in truth, how do we assure ourselves that our once upon a time refuge, finally, a safe haven, has now turned on us, savagely, rabidly, with blame falling upon us, while the savages of society shred that certainty. Besiege and invade hospitals. Interfere with the lives of so many. Challenges society to speak up, and society is silent, afraid to do so lest they and their families become active targets. As these clearly murderous hate filed rabid creatures are to become the next generation to assume political power. In our lifetime, our lifetime. OUR lifetime. Think about that. Then cry. Then understand the fear of your kids. Then act! Speak out. Defend yourself and your own. Do not remove yourself from the equation, for you are, by default, part of it.
For the confused, do not conflate Jew hatred with Islamophobia. Take a look at the data and count. Use true numbers and mathematical rules and know which word describes daily life for so many. Know why these terms are linked together, wrongly, yet so often, so believed and a sop to those who claim grievances - of their own making. Ever so much fun to reanimate, with violent overtones, the old tropes of blood libel, communism and capitalism at the same times, of societal paralysis and extremism, at the evil desires and leers directed at your womenfolk.
Finally, understand the truth of the Israel-Hamas War: The Jewish settlements in the Gaza Envelope were generally small villages, with many leftists, who engaged with their neighbors, employing them, befriending them, taking them to medical care- while all the while these false friends were planning violence, to swamp them, to shed their blood, to envelope them in violence of such degree that it would shock the world. For about three whole minutes. Merely some more Jews slaughtered for the crime of being Jewish.
The viciousness was compounded as the attack came on a double holiday early morning, when folks were sleeping, defenseless, not expecting attack, for these were neighbors, friends.
All civilians were treated equally, all targets to be destroyed one way or another, to be humiliated, tortured, debased, raped, burned, to serve the proper role of Jews - to be slaughtered at will. If not killed, then drag them over the border to serve as a hostage, to blackmail Israel, a nation which values its people, who has gone to the ends of the world to rescue them over and over again.
Those dead bodies, just grab them too, as they are also coins of the realm to these criminally insane members of Hamas.
These animals cloaked in human skin attacked first.
They placed their armies and arms, their tunnel entrances and exits in civilian areas, buildings, hospitals, children's rooms, wherever they pleased for the lives of others were of no import to them. Merely to serve the nefarious ambitions of Hamas leaders.
Hence the new definition of waging war -one cannot kill a single enemy in that defense, for then it becomes a war crime, proof of a desired genocide.
All the fault of the invaded, the one whose integrity was abused, destroyed, ignored as clouds of blood and screams of agony rent the sky. How dare they try to defend themselves and hurt civilians - placed in situations of danger by their own muck a mucks. So smug as the world took them at their words of falsehood, their crocodile tears, while nary an emaciated, dehydrated dried up naked and/or filthy person to be seen in the pictures of Gaza, while awaiting the imminent finally arriving miraculous 'two days' before disaster, which never has arrived, over 50 delays with no end in sight.
Wow!! A marvel of modern times.
Yitzy, sweet boy, yesterday I spent quite a bit of time thinking of you, looking at pictures and cried. Silently down here on earth, but hopefully rent the heavens, awoke that Person with whom I have several bones to pick.
I hope you are well up there. I hope you have indeed made contact with the family awaitng, to greet you, to envelope you into their cloud of love.
Miss you so much.
Hugs and kisses forever. Always.
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