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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]jimfields33
(19,382 posts)14. This should be national news
        on every news program. This is as low as you can go. Name those girls who disrespected the other team. Ensure they are known by colleges and future employers.
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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