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In reply to the discussion: 'I support Hamas, you f-king Jew': Antisemitism ends NY girl's hoops game [View all]
multigraincracker
(34,322 posts)15. All athletics should be removed from schools.
It tends to promote tribalism and hate.
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'I support Hamas, you f-king Jew': Antisemitism ends NY girl's hoops game [View all]
Mosby
Jan 2024
OP
They should have kicked off all those antisemites out of the game, and the place where the game was being played.
JohnSJ
Jan 2024
#3
But you know they won't. Ya' know...good people on both sides and all that. n/t
CincyDem
Jan 2024
#5
Looks like that is exactly what they are doing. See the article I linked in post #53
Scrivener7
Jan 2024
#64
Why are they chanting "Free Palestine" at a high school basketball game in America?
AZSkiffyGeek
Jan 2024
#22
I am okay with that. I don't expect people who so strongly believe Palestinians shouldn't be free to the point
RAB910
Jan 2024
#23
"Free Palestine" is not an offensive statement. "Fucking Jews" *is* an offensive statement.
Ocelot II
Jan 2024
#25
Saying "free Palestine" is "anti-Semetic" or a curse is as equally immoral as shouting "fucking Jews"
RAB910
Jan 2024
#27
There is NOTHING "false" about calling out hate-filled bigotry toward Palestinians that is so bad
RAB910
Jan 2024
#31
So "you fucking Jew" is just fine as long as it's accompanied with a statement of support for Hamas.
Ocelot II
Jan 2024
#35
Interesting that they are coming to the Jewish group to tell them they are the real bigots nt
AZSkiffyGeek
Jan 2024
#37
Huh, what? Hate doen't run that deep for most people. What needs to be eliminated are private religious schools of all
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#28
When you say "athletics", that also means P.E. class which growing kids need. Some won't get any exercise any other
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#40
Many students' scholarships are granted to exceptional athletes. For some, that is the only way to get into college. You
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#46
No, that is clearly not what I'm saying. Maybe that was want you wanted to hear? I'd said, rather than eliminating
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#39
Please, follow the thread, okay? My response, if you had followed along, was in response to 'all school sports being
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#48
vs. a parochial school, not a different secular public school. Doesn't make it right, but it is a distinction. nt
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#63
OMG! You didn't even read the article in question?? "and The Leffell School, a private Jewish school in Hartsdale. "
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#67
Nope. Not in Roosevelt High School in Yonkers. Mostly kids of color, low to middle income.
Scrivener7
Jan 2024
#54
Teenagers are prone to hopping on bandwagons and getting riled up over issues
Ocelot II
Jan 2024
#42
I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. I see a lot of hijabs on the students when I drive by the school, and
Scrivener7
Jan 2024
#56
I'm pretty confident the chanters were not "concerned" with the Palestinian people.
Lunabell
Jan 2024
#58
The article I quoted in a post below says the offending students were a small group.
Scrivener7
Jan 2024
#59
As I said above, when I drive by the school I see many students in hijabs. So there is every possibility the students
Scrivener7
Jan 2024
#82
Sickening--children abusing other children about a war they have nothing to do with
Timeflyer
Jan 2024
#33