But if humanist principles spur total revulsion toward the terrorist crimes in Israel, they also demand restraint in Gaza.

Spoiler alert: there won’t be, and the libs will continue to downplay it, if not outright support it.

No cause, righteous or otherwise, excuses the killing of children

Gonna reference back to this.

“At the strategic level, it would be much more helpful if there was a large group of American leftists who had the moral credibility to say, ‘We are horrified by the murder of innocent people by Hamas and we want the United States to put maximum pressure on Israel to not to commit atrocities in Gaza,’” said Leifer.

Which would do exactly jack shit. This is the lib equivalent of when conservatives gives oh so very sincere and not at all manipulative “advice” as to how Democrats can better win elections. They want a left that’s complacent fits neatly into the liberal order, doesn’t threaten it, maybe produces a few leaders that can be subsumed into the DC blob. I’m glad these left wing and Palestinian organizations aren’t giving a shit about what the respectability libs are demanding of them because they realize it’s a no-win situation.

Moreover, what they’re asking for is precisely what has been done for decades now and it got nothing done. The IDF continued to slaughter Palestinians, settlers continued to steal land. Rich irony in her denouncing the left for being ineffectual while convincing herself that anyone in a position of power gives a shit about the NY Times op-ed page.

The left has always attracted certain people who relish the struggle against oppression primarily for the way it licenses their own cruelty

We also shouldn’t underestimate the role of antisemitism in warping people’s moral sentiments.

And there it is, the old cliche of the antisemitic left, despite that being an overwhelmingly right wing phenomenon. (Also, a concern that goes out the window for libs when it comes to Ukraine).

The biggest load of bullshit in all of this is it’s coming out of the NY fucking Times, the rag that gleefully published Judith Miller’s lies about Iraqi WMDs to justify invading Iraq and killing millions, including countless children. And god knows how many drone bombing operations since then. As usual, the morality of the horrors of war is, for them, is dependent upon it being committed by the institutions of liberalism, whereas they demand that for everyone else it’s a black and white absolute.