Queers Against Israeli Apartheid vs. Rob Ford

[Musicofthissphere]

These gays are completely stupid. They should reign in their anti-Semitic and Anti-Christian HATE FEST if they want public funding

[tuberobotto]

Finally a good man with a good sense and respectability. Hurray for Rob Ford! Queers against israeli apartheid, get your facts right! You're doing the human race a great disservice, Israel IS NOT an apartheid state. You have been lied to by your islamic arab lovers!

[arievanscholten]

Heartwarming to see queers and radical Islam work together..cough cough, go to Iran, they look up your email that they stole, they find any argument what so ever to first arrest you and after 5 years in prison rapped, tortured, they will kill you like a dog, hang your left foot at a pole and stone you to death, thats the reality.....sleep well, world ZZzzzz

[eremselle]

a question to the queer community. which is the only country in the middle east where the gay community can have a gay parade?

[maryjmayhem]

so queers against South African apartheid would be funded i imagine? how is being against Israeli aparthied being anti semetic? apartheid is apartheid and it's WRONG no matter what group is instating it. the jews and the supporters of israel seem to have quite a bit of trouble learning the lessons taught to them by Hitler about religious persecution. the palestinians were there first, israel was created by churchill with a magic marker and a map with no thought given to the people of the region

[tuberobotto]

@maryjmayhem Wow! And you dug that info of yours from where? From your queer ass? Haller! You're doing the queers a grave injustice by making erroneous statements like these which are obviously unlearned! You probably don't even know what apartheid means! You also don't even know what your parade's history is. You probably don't even know that those you call palestinians will readily gang rape you, hang you upside down, spit at you then kill you and cut you to pieces. So good luck with that!

[maryjmayhem]

so GET ALONG OR GET OUT!

[kynismos]

Why do they get funding anyway? I

[markus310773]

I've been to Tel Aviv with my boyfriend and had a fabulous time. I would not dare hold hands with him in any other Middle Eastern country. By singling out Israel I sense an anti-Semitic bias.

[rbairos1]

@fhqwgads420 You know that's not the point I'm making at all. Saudi Arabia is also an ally and there are no pride protests against them, nor against middle eastern areas that implement sharia law, etc. Not once have I stated people should not protest against Israel's foreign policy if thats their concern. I am asking where are their voices when it comes to the horrors perpetrated by the non western nations around them? That's my question. It's never been answered.

[fhqwgads420]

@rbairos1

Why don't you look at my other videos? I covered the Libya solidarity rally.

As for Saudi Arabia, that is definitely an elephant in the room when it comes to Middle East and I would personally like to see much more activism about it.

[rbairos1]

Would it be appropriate for the Toronto Christmas parade to host a float entitled 'stop the Muslim massacre of women?'. The issue with qaia is that it's such a disingenuously anti western political group. If human rights were their primary concern they would be calling the middle east to task over their prolonged sustained attack on women, non Muslims. Sorry but they're story is not credible.

[fhqwgads420]

@rbairos1

see, this is the thing, many people still see Pride as a protest march, which is what it initially was. Now it has gotten to the point where a group that has an actual controversial political viewpoint is ostracized and shunned, and some feel this is a departure from the roots and spirit of the annual event.

[rbairos1]

@fhqwgads420 Pride is about celebrating, and protesting prejudice against peaceful individuals. There are many bonafide apartheids in the world today, especially in the middle east: Apartheids on Christians, Women, Non-Muslims, and other groups of Muslims, and especially gay people. Why are there no protests voicing outrage on these much larger often century-old injustices?

[rbairos1]

The answer to my question is simple: Because those injustices, no matter how great or pervasive, are committed by people with anti-western philosophy. QAIA are like a female police officer beating the crap out of a jewish purse snatcher completely indifferent to the muslim gang rape occurring in the alley. Their focus on Isreal is a *complete* double standard to the daily horrors that occur in neighbouring nations, under complete protection of those countries laws and culture.

[fhqwgads420]

@rbairos1 Just because there are other bigger injustices, doesn't mean they can't talk about ones being committed by countries that are nice to their own citizens. If anything it makes more sense to protest because it means something coming from an ally country. Saying one country is doing deplorable things doesn't mean it is the only country in the world doing deplorable things. People from that country talk about the injustices they know.

[Creativenewsnvideos]

@rbairos1 'stop the Muslim massacre of women?'. WTF do some research nothing is further from the truth!

Islam uplifts women and has done so since it came into existence!

[rbairos1]

@Creativenewsnvideos You're joking right? With a statement like that I honestly can't tell!

[fhqwgads420]

@imyy4upeople1

I have no idea what you're talking about. Even if you used proper English grammar I would still be confused as to what you are trying to communicate.

[fhqwgads420]

@imyy4upeople1

I think there should be more tolerance for nudity and less for slandering the gay community as "endorsing pedophilia"

[fhqwgads420]

everybody knows Hamas are bad guys. What doesn't get talked about is how Palestinians are victimized by the state of Israel as well.

[fitasafiddle123]

Rob Ford=Slob Ford

[fitasafiddle123]

@imyy4upeople1 Rob Ford aka SLOB Ford is rotten....how he won is beyond me. He is a HUGE (litterally) homophobe and he is using the politics of Pride to hide is ass-hole-ism and red neck homophobia.

It will catch up with him, wait and see!

[PRAYERSTAND]

Good for ROB FORD

[knockz13]

Good For Rob Ford.

[JohnnyRock2000]

Toronto's 150,000 Jews have a lot of say within Toronto, and don't have a lot of time for those that are against the oppression and slaughter of Arabs in Palestine.

[alskyification]

nice to hear he will cut funding to this group. They should focus on gay rights in Palestine instead.

[habby06]

you didn't seem to have someone from the opposing side.

you should do more research...

[fhqwgads420]

@habby06 which side didn't I represent?

I wasn't trying to make an exhaustive argument, just a brief mention of the issue.

[habby06]

@fhqwgads420 Well it wasn't a very balanced report... there are always two sides to every story and you only sought out one.

[fhqwgads420]

@habby06 I didn't seek out any sides. I just found two experts in Middle East Studies and gay rights. One of them said this group is irrelevant and just an excuse to bash Israel, the other said Pride is a protest so they should be allowed too. Maybe you feel like the latter had more screen time and better points? That wasn't my intention. If I had more time to shoot it, I probably would have found a Jewish expert with better points.