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Jerry Seinfeld is interrupted onstage by pro-Palestinian protesters — again (www.latimes.com)

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Jerry Seinfeld’s week of difficult appearances continues, this time in Virginia.

As soon as Seinfeld took the stage for a stand-up comedy set at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk on Saturday night, a man in the audience jumped up and yelled, “Free Gaza,” TMZ reported. The audience immediately began booing the heckler and chanting “Jerry! Jerry!” as another bystander wrestled the protester into a headlock.

Security escorted the man out of the building, but the show was interrupted by other protesters eight times throughout its 90-minute run.

The controversy around Seinfeld’s views stems from his vocal support of Israel — which he visited following the Oct. 7 attacks — and his wife’s $5,000 donation to a GoFundMe for pro-Israel counterprotesters at UCLA after a late April protest turned violent.

Seinfeld didn’t seem bothered by the interruptions, telling the crowd not to boo the man because he had a right to protest.

“This is exciting. I like this,” the comic said as the original protester was escorted out of the venue. “I like a little Jew hate to spice up the show.”

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

A besieged populations support of a military operation that had a lower percentage of civilian deaths by at least two, possibly three, orders of magnitude compared to Israels actions over the last 7 months is a far cry from asking people if they support the slaughter of every Israeli, and you know it.

By that same level of evidence and logic, a higher percentage of Israelis want the entire slaughter of the Gazan population.

I will also point out that there is a secondary form of justice for Palestinian people in the west bank and East Jerusalem then there are for the settlers. Palestinian children frequently get arrested (read kidnapped) and sentenced by a military tribunal with no evidence. Whereas the settlers use the IDF as armed guards while they try to ethnically cleanse villages from the west bank, and if they do get arrested they have a jury trial with standards of evidence. To me, those 15,000 Palestinian prisoners are not prisoners, but hostages.

Prisoner vs hostage
Arrest vs kidnap
Support for a military action vs desire for genocide

It's all in the words you use, isn't it?

Thanks for revealing yourself as a subtle genocide defender. I really was curious which one you were.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I really was curious which one you were.

I'm glad you were able to make the situation so black and white.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It really is.

Any country that intentionally withholds food, medicine, and potable water from a population it considers undesirable is a government intentionally committing genocide.

Is genocide ever justified is a yes or no question. Only one answer makes you a monster

You lied about the results of a survey to imply something the survey didn't ask in order to slander a population being genocided.

Furthermore, you defended that lie with a self-righteous tirade rather than acknowledging your lie.

It's rather beside the point but there are multiple surveys of the Gazan population that asks the questions you lied about and came out with a much different conclusion.