http://972mag.com/choosing-to-share-privilege-of-voting/64372/ Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://972mag.com/choosing-to-share-privilege-of-voting/64372/comment-page-1/#comment-104683 Greg Pollock Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:50:58 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=64372#comment-104683 oops. "employs," not "imploys." oops. “employs,” not “imploys.”

]]> http://972mag.com/choosing-to-share-privilege-of-voting/64372/comment-page-1/#comment-104682 Greg Pollock Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:49:40 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=64372#comment-104682 "I chose the option of sharing my privilege in a reality of discrimination in order to create a more balanced reality. But together with that, I understood that the right to vote, especially when it is not given to everyone, is not enough to determine a democracy. Citizens, together with their right to vote and especially in our problematic political situation, must also choose other ways of direct action that confront their reality." : The greatest weapon of present Israeli State ideology is that Israel and its citizens are not connected to others in any fundamental sense. Your act makes that untrue in fine. And it is untrue in many, overwhelming ways, as well. The dominate, State active ideology imploys enforced blindness. “I chose the option of sharing my privilege in a reality of discrimination in order to create a more balanced reality. But together with that, I understood that the right to vote, especially when it is not given to everyone, is not enough to determine a democracy. Citizens, together with their right to vote and especially in our problematic political situation, must also choose other ways of direct action that confront their reality.” : The greatest weapon of present Israeli State ideology is that Israel and its citizens are not connected to others in any fundamental sense. Your act makes that untrue in fine. And it is untrue in many, overwhelming ways, as well. The dominate, State active ideology imploys enforced blindness.

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