“I was a bit struck last week when I saw that they opened the pulpit up to Genocide Joe… How dare you use this Sacred Space, how dare you use this beloved pulpit, how dare you use this sacred tradition, how dare you use the words of Jesus who overturned the tables in the temple, who was committed to overturning a Roman government, who was committed to speaking out against injustice… The moral atrocity that took place wasn't some disruptive protesters, it was the fact that you allowed the leader of the most violent and bloody Empire in modern history to stand in this place and represent a tradition that he ain't got nothing to do with.”
— Marc Lamont Hill
I’m not going to say much. I simply want to recognize Marc Lamont Hill for being the ONLY major media figure with the courage and righteousness to come out and call the Gazan tragedy what it is: Genocide. That is unless Anderson Cooper or Stephen Colbert or AOC has stood up and said the same thing, which hasn’t happened.
Netanyahu was clever, using the election to have a massacre nearly every day since Harris was nominated. Normal Finkelstein said the Israelis did this knowing that the media would focus on the election, and they did, as Israel-Hamas went to number three in terms of importance. But what other media figure of Marc’s stature has had the balls to stand up and give it to you straight? You pay a price for righteousness. Marc lost his job at CNN. He chose compassion and honesty over duplicity and corruption.
Unfortunately, in this dystopian hellscape, where people vote for genocide, tax breaks for billionaires, and union busting, they frown on the type of integrity and courage that it takes to do what Marc did. They discourage it even in the workplace now — truth has nothing to do with anything and in fact, telling the truth is probably the fastest way to get fired, as Marc’s experience illustrates.
But it’s allowed here on my blog. On January 22, 2024, you were a rock star, Marc. This is just a snippet, but it’s been decades since I’ve heard a political speech that genuinely moved me like this. I rarely feel anything during political speeches, but I was moved by this. I encourage you to watch the whole thing and share it. It’s on YouTube and almost everywhere else, and if this doesn't make you want to get involved, nothing will.