By destroying posters of Hamas’ Israeli hostages, America’s left has removed its mask. Their incessant virtue-signaling comes with a demand for virtue-sharing: theirs, and theirs only. Their high-flown phrases of justice and rights carry an implicit message: These are allotted only to them and theirs.
After the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, posters of Hamas’ hostages went up in many public places. The intent was to remind us that there were still victims beyond the many slain and wounded. These were not just numbers but human beings. The posters put faces on victims who now hang suspended like marionettes for their captors to dangle before the world.
Despite the good intent, a sick response has emerged to these attempts to inject humanity into the midst of the inhuman: Many of these posters have been intentionally ripped down and destroyed.
It is important to note what these acts of destruction are not. There is no proactive expression by the destroyers — no declaration of what they are saying, what they stand for, or any show of support for those they prefer to have recognized as victims. Such declarations, however much we might disagree with them, would be their free expressions.
Watch: 🇮🇱🇺🇸 A girl is tearing down the posters of Israeli hostages held at Gaza by Hamas terrorists.
Even if she does not support that, why is she removing it? And similar has been seen in multiple locations. Are there any common directions to do so?
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— Norbert Elikes (@NorbertElikes) November 6, 2023
