The unholy alliance between the Woke Left and Islamism
Unpacking the progressive Left's support for the Hamas terror group.
The Woke Left and the Jihadists of Hamas are an odd pairing, but it is worth paying attention to the things they agree on.
At a glance, it is absurd that Hamas, a Caliphate-seeking Jihadist terror group that rapes teens and butchers babies, is considered part of the mainstream global Left. The list of things that progressives claim to care about, but which are an anathema to Hamas, includes women's rights, reproductive rights, minority rights, gay rights, trans rights, freedom of worship, and everything under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Hamas throws gay people off buildings, so no hyperbole is needed to illustrate their depravity.
It is easy to laugh at groups such as Queers for Palestine, and how it is like chickens for KFC. What is less funny is how well the Jihadists understand how to use the Woke Left. The Left, by contrast, does not understand Jihadism. Hamas has always been clear that it is an Islamist movement, but the Left has convinced itself that Hamas is a Palestinian nationalist one. Hamas is exploiting the Left’s naivety and ignorance.
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