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Old 09-24-2011, 07:35 AM   #9
Daradon
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Ok, I googled as you said, and I actually got what seems to be the opposite.

'Hedy Fry is the Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre and a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism.'

http://www.cjpac.ca/en/2009/06/hedy-...anti-semitism/

Now I obviously know politicians often say one thing and do another, but it seems like there could be several different stories or interpretations here. Just because the first declaration was signed doesn't mean the leap you are making is correct. There could be plenty of explanations, especially if she is talking about the dangerous rise of anti-semitism in 09. I would have to do more research, but the first things I find don't seem to suggest an anti-Israel bias or an anti-Israel bias coming from a feminist.

As for Code Pink, they're feminists that are anti-war. Obviously they are one of those fringe groups that use shock and ignorant messages to get their point across and probably know little about specific situations, and one can't really agree with them for that. But they're not for the destruction of the State of Israel, they have problems with the human rights violations that have happened there. A position that is taken by many others.

I have never read any feminist literature that called for the destruction of the State of Israel. They have other problems to be concerned about. And lots of the literature I have read does focus on issues like women in the third world or the problems with Sharia law, so they would be concerned about problems in countries where human rights abuses are rampant.

While Code Pink may be anti-Israel, (and I think they are just anti-war really, and get angry about any type of conflict) focusing on one group to label a whole is like focusing on that wacky group that protests military and gay funerals with signs that say 'God Hates Fags' and saying Christians are hateful and intolerant.
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