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TIL that at age 17, in 1980, Jodie Foster already had a decent handle on why some in the US are so thick about the situation in Palestine

JODIE: The reason it has been difficult for the United States to understand the Palestinian side is not only because of the media but because colonialism is in our history. We can’t face the fact that colonialism is wrong and that it steps on a lot of toes and hurts a lot of people.

aramis87 ,

Jodie Foster has an IQ of like 132, and graduated from Yale.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

She also caused the attempted assassination of a president.

stoly ,

If you mean that she’s also a victim, then yes.

zaph ,

caused

Seek help.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

On March 30, 1981, then President of the United States Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as he was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton. Hinckley believed the attack would impress actress Jodie Foster, with whom he had developed an erotomanicobsession after viewing her in the 1976 film Taxi Driver.

(Full article link.)

kn33 ,

If it wasn’t her, it’d be someone else. She didn’t cause shit. That dude’s mental illness did.

zaph ,

Do you think I don’t know the story? Again, seek help.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

I wasn’t the one who caused the situation, I wasn’t even born yet.

Why are you angry at me?

octopus_ink OP ,

True, but it’s not like intelligence (nor attendance of a prestigious university) guarantees empathy or critical thinking skills.

mozz ,
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BOB: Well, when you have TIME magazine do a cover story on Palestinian rights you see that the perception of the problem is changing.

Any fuckin day now

would_be_appreciated ,

He’s referring to this cover from April 14, 1980: content.time.com/time/…/1101800414_400.jpgThe full article is here: time.com/archive/6857830/key-to-a-wider-peace/

It’s not hard-hitting journalism by any means, but it recognizes the idea that maybe not everybody loves the idea of Israel wiping out the Palestinians. That’s progress to some degree for US mass media 44 years ago.

someguy3 ,

It’s a generational thing. And religious thing too (which is also a generational thing).

metaStatic ,

BOB: If you go to Mexico or Morocco they offer you their brothers and sisters left and right for two dollars.

I have 2 dollars ...

can ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/8cfc77da-7b35-4d9c-b65d-3cfbde540913.jpeg

dhhyfddehhfyy4673 ,

It's more basic than that even. It's the fact that most people know fuck all about any history. Specifically here, there's more than a century's worth of history on Zionism (and colonialism is indeed relevant) that people know almost nothing about.

SteveFromMySpace ,

That take is based as fuck for 1980

ArbitraryValue ,

It’s funny because I have the opposite impression. Some Americans feel guilty after studying American history. (Why feel guilty? You’re not the ones responsible.) These Americans seek to absolve themselves of that perceived guilt by identifying something far away that matches the “white vs non white” pattern that they’re looking for, so that they can feel righteous by condemning it without actually having to change how they live their own lives.

Carrolade ,

Less about guilt, more of a sorrow and trying to make the future better than the past, instead of the same or worse. I’ve never met anyone that claimed to feel guilt, or looked like they were experiencing it or anything though.

Andrzej ,

The thing is when you’re the global hegemon there’s no such thing as ‘far away’

Maeve ,

Jodie Foster has always been one of my favorite actresses. This is another plus for her ethical character.

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