"Queers for Palestine?". Maher mentioned them in his "New Rules" in search of sanity

[LostOne4Ever]

13. The article I was referring to was the one by Queer Majority

Nor was I claiming Maher was the author said article. I specifically said “Maher and the author of the article” to show they aren’t the same person.

The very title refers to a new rules segment on Maher’s show so I felt it necessary to reply to that as well.

I did not defame Israel as everything I said is factual and its reputation is not been harmed. Rather what i did was point out that it is not perfect on lgbt rights and its treatment of lgbt Palestinians has been anything but exemplary. Especially from the point of view of LGBT Palestinians.


I read the entire article before commenting.

SOME Muslims are anti-lgbt. Not all. There are many who are allies. Just like many Christians are anti-lgbt but some are allies. This is another problem with the types of articles like the one you linked, they can be used to promote Islamophobia.

I specifically used the term “statistically” to avoid the association of Muslim= anti-lgbt bigotry.

Muslims are not the enemy. Palestinians are not the enemy. Bigotry appropriating religion to support massacring innocent people is the enemy. While how to respond to that bigotry is a complicated issue the solution is not more bigotry.

Yes, gays, like others, should follow their desire to condemn anyone they want, but to support Palestine which, these days, mean brutal, sadistic Hamas is a bit bizarre.

No supporting Palestine does not mean supporting Hamas. No more so than saying that opposing Dubya’s War and supporting the Iraqi people was supporting Hussein or Bin Laden.

People can refer to “support Palestine” to mean they oppose the massive civilian casualties caused by the military action or the treatment they have received from the government of Israel. It can mean thinking that the people should have the right to a state. That does not mean one supports Hammas. No more than saying that Florida deserves to have their own state government means supporting DeSantis.

Supporting the innocent people getting killed there and the right to a state is what is meant by saying things like Queers for Palestine by most supporters.

This is a bad faith argument meant to divide the lgbt community here. We can not afford to allow ourselves to be divided at this time. Dems HAVE to win and keep winning the White House/ congress until the Supreme Court is returned to some sense of balance.

Otherwise we are risking Project 2025 just so that you can cheer leader your side in the I/P conflict. I am NOT going to engage any further if that is your goal. There is an entire I/P group for that.