The Fast Rise And Quiet Fade Of Pro-Palestine Activism

Western activism is dying not with a bang, but with a whimper—where did all the Pro-Palestinian voices go? Over the last 2 years, city streets and campuses erupted in protest, hashtags painted monuments and social feeds, but today, the silence is deafening. The collective outrage has evaporated, revealing the hollow core of moral outrage culture: fleeting attention, click-bait priorities, and confusion between volume and true victory. If we cared yesterday, why have we moved on so quickly? It’s time to confront how activism has become more noise than substance, addicted to the next trending moment rather than lasting change.

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SPEAKER_01 0:02

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rom Mass Protests To Silence

SPEAKER_01 0:22

I want you to think about something with me for just a moment. Cast your mind back in time to the fall of 2023. Yep. The first half of 2024. Remember the images? Thousands upon thousands of people flocking in the streets of London, New York, Sydney, Paris, and every major western city. How about the university campuses turned into encampments? Don't you remember all those matching tents? The hashtags were everywhere. Free Palestine was sprayed, painted on monuments, chanted in subway stations, projected into the buildings. It felt like you were plunged into a media rat fest. But like a civilization turned at the point like the entire moral architecture was the West was being rewritten and turned into some, I don't know, mid-century, 1700 shit. But if you look around today, where did everyone go? This is the question worth sitting with because it's the answers that something's profound, not just about the pro-Palestinian movement, but specifically, but not about the nature of activism in the modern West, about lifespan, moral outrage, culture, addiction to the next thing. And what the deeper structural rot in the left movement is confuse volumes with victories and specialties with substance. So let's dig in. Let me be clear at the outset, humanitarian situations in Gaza remain devastating. Civilian suffering is real. And any serious person, regardless of where they sit on this political side, should be able to acknowledge that. That's what I'm you know in interroging today with David. And you know, whether you're a you know, Palestinians are suffering, the Israelis are being bombarded and attacked and murdered and massacred as civilians and not active uh army members. What the movement is claimed to speak about and the suffering the West hasn't forgotten. Deflation, David, you know, progressive politics is more broadly what semen.

SPEAKER_00 2:49

Oh god, okay, okay,

ower Influence And Clickbait Activism

SPEAKER_00 2:51

all right. Here we go. He he got me right there, and he like he threw the ball. Look, you know what was interesting, and you know, Stuart, uh you unfortunately we missed you on Monday. And one of my comments I made on Monday was so what are we doing here about all this so-called activism? And I put three pillars on the table here. You know, one is about power, and one is about, you know, political power, and that's why we have so much hate in the in this racism and especially the anti-Semitism. And the second pillar I called it was just about influence and agenda bait, you know, the whole, you know, do I don't influence you like the media is doing? And the final thing, Stuart, was click baiting. It was all about getting more clicks. Now, what I found interesting, Stuart, about that was I was going to ignore the Oscars. I was just because I was like, oh, nobody watches it, it's a piece of garbage of a thing. But you know, it slipped into my feed, and all of a sudden, my you know, people are telling are asking me, so what do you think of Javier Bardem, who wins an Oscar and goes on stage and says, No to war in free Palestine? I said he's a fucking moron. He's trying to bring back to the table something that people are recognizing that was a complete falsehood, and that was that this whole ideology of trying to do this whole free Palestine, the Gaza, blah, blah, blah, is a political movement, not a real movement. It's not a peace movement because the same people who were on the streets yelling to save the lives of the LGBT communities and the women and all this stuff are doing zero for the Iranians. And there's a real threat in Iran. So when you have people like Javir Bardan, who does that and accuses Trump and Netanyahu of creating an illegal war, and then you've got the voice of Hindri Rajab, the film team, who appears with pin with pins, and there's red carpet activism. And I mean, even at the beginning, Story, if you watch the beginning and I caught just clips of the beginning, you've Conan O'Brien who says, Oh, by the way, this show is going to get political, and if you're looking for an alternative show, Kid Rock has an alternative show. And it was a cute shot at that at the cross the bow. But what it proves is that Hollywood is full of shit, and everybody's finally recognizing that. We want entertainment, we don't want activism from these celebrities who are full of it. Because, you know, actually, the funny thing, there's a beautiful picture after they leave the audio, after they leave it, the garbage that they left all over the place, that's your your green activism. But that's not the point of all this. The point of all this is to go is where's the pro Pali movement? Where have they gone, Joe DiMaggio? Where are they gone? Because you know, the funniest thing, Stuart, about all this is that for almost for over two years, we were told that you had to, you know, support Palestine because that was the only movement that mattered in the round the world. You know where they went, Stuart? Where school? They went back to work, they're not getting paid to go back onto the streets. Notice very, very notice, notice, notice how quiet it has gone on many streets. Even Al-Qhud's Day, which by the way, Al-Khuds was an Iranian creation. This Al-Khuds Day. Al-Qhuds is the Muzz is the Arabic name that they give to Jerusalem. So if you go to a restaurant called Al-Khuds, you will only know where they stand because they won't call it Jerusalem. They will call it Al-Khuds as in defiance that Jews have, you know, are the protectorate of Jerusalem. Now it's interesting, Stuart. I'm going to side note this to all those who who think that Israel is captured Jerusalem and it's a illegal and all that, like the some of the UN bullshit that they're saying. But if it wasn't for Jews right now, there would be no place for Christians and Muslims and others to pray properly. Just interesting how that works out. But what I'm getting at is that the pro-Pauli movement that played with propaganda for over two years, got the media on board, got politicians on board, and whatever, it's gone very, very quiet. We're supposed to be a phase two of this of this Gaza peace movement. And as soon as the Iranian war started, nobody cared. And on now, going back to that Al-Qud's day, as there's this Iranian, this whole idea of pro-Iranian movement, right? There was all about supporting the Iranian regime. All you heard you heard in the chanting was free, free birthday, you know, all that stupid crap. And no one's paying attention, no one is caring. But they used it, Stuart, what the pro-Pali movement has really become, and this is where the power is, is the movement to further anti-Semitism. It's not about freeing, and Stuart and I have been preaching about this since October 8th, 2023. It has not been about supporting the Palestinians and giving them a state. It's about defanging Israel. It's about you know demoralizing Jews, it's about furthering anti-Semitism, blankly using anti-Semitism as Zionism, as no, no, it's not racism. It's all wrapped into one beautiful bow. And people are starting to notice this, Stuart, that really the movement to help these Palestinians was nothing but a smokescreen, and nothing but a way to get you to believe that the Jews are all guilty of everything. And Stuart, on Monday, I when I ranted about this, the reaction I got from people was, oh yeah, not from Jews, but from non-Jews who stood on the sidelines and went, no, no, no, this is not a big deal. They're recognizing now it is a big deal that they let this go too long and they should have kiboshed it back in October of 2023. And so to have these fake Hollywood activists, these virtue signalers, these clickbaiters, these people, and you know, Stuart, I'm gonna tell you something. Kabir Bardem got up there, won an Oscar, and could have gotten a phenomenal applause. And he apparently didn't wasn't enough for him to win an Oscar. Apparently it wasn't. But when you say free Palestine with a bunch of morons in the room who give you a loud applause, it reminds me of going to a concert, Stuart, and who I said, hey, so good to be, fill in the blanks, you know, your name of your city, and everybody cheers and everybody's crazy about it, and it makes everybody feel good, and that's what you got it there. But not one Palestinian was helped when Javier Bardem stood on that stage and said, Free Palestine. The movement is on life support at best, Stuart, and we should call it for what it is. Filled with racist, filled with racism, and filled with hate. It isn't a peace movement, people. Get over it.

SPEAKER_01 9:18

Wow, that was a mouthful.

unding Dried Up And Streets Cleared

SPEAKER_01 9:21

But you know, I think that there's see no one in the street anymore, Dave. It's because the money is run out. That's what I said at the beginning. The money's gone.

SPEAKER_00 9:31

What money is foundation, Stuart?

SPEAKER_01 9:33

Soros, Soros, Soros is deciding to uh spend his money elsewhere. The Rothschilds aren't writing the check. Uh, the poison ivies have lost some of their funding. Uh, the professors are there. You know, uh, communist Mandami is literally about to drop another bomb on New Yorkers. I mean, uh, the Jews of New York understand that they're not welcome there anymore. I think that the virtual signaling is anti-Semitism. And I feel very sorry for those that are challenged in Palestine, uh, in Gaza, because that's what I'll call it. I feel bad for those pedestrians in Iran that don't support Hezbollah or the former late Ayatollah and the Mulas and that want to be free of this insanity. I feel sorry for them all over the world. But at the end of the day, David, they have the right to have their own stuff. And if they don't, then we haven't helped them. So as much as it is to go in and redo stuff, I would much rather have let them implode on their own. But unfortunately, time did not permit. So, you know, here we are. You know, rules for me, not for thee, over and over and over and over again. Don't discuss about the bombs being shipped into Israel and landing in in pedestrian houses and buildings and infrastructure that is non-military base. However, when we strategically take out a known terrorist that's known to have murdered Westerners, Easterners, Middle Easterners, there's an issue. Blame the country that literally is there to save the world. You know, it's like you're trying to do something. And every time you do the right thing, it's it just can't be right. It has to be wrong.

SPEAKER_00 11:38

100%. 100%. And and I tell you, I'll I'll give you I'll give you the what you said about the money running out is exactly what I what I've been saying, you know, for to a lot of people. The protesters who had all the money who were getting paid to go out on the street, who all looked identical, same placards. And by the way, Stuart, I don't I don't know if you guys know this, but for all of these protests, there are websites nowadays. You could download the posters, you can download the information, and there's money to be had there too. So this whole fake activism that they were going after was a cash count. It was all about that. It was never

irtue Signals Versus Real Help

SPEAKER_00 12:15

about helping Palestinians.

SPEAKER_01 12:16

No, and you know what? None of them got helped, none of them, not a single one. Millions, hundreds of millions of dollars flowed from the Arab world to fuel and fire the campus riots, wouldn't it then better serve feeding the people that are starving?

SPEAKER_00 12:35

It's so fun because last night that was a conversation we had here. We're we're paying for hate, but we're not paying for good. So if you really were paying for good, you politicians, you virtual virtue singlers in Hollywood, where are you to help financially, morally? You know, listen, if you wanted to feed a family in Gaza that is unfortunately Hamas took away their food, and Hamas took away all their rights and all that kind of stuff. What are you doing to help them? Just putting on a pin, you think that's really good to get anywhere?

SPEAKER_01 13:08

Well, I mean, David, you wore a necklace with a chip that's probably sitting on the right of your desk. I mean, sometimes it does make a difference. No, but I'm saying is the difference yelling and screaming hate in the street doesn't do anything. It's where I was going. Let me finish. That's where I was trying to go. You see, when you when you quietly stand with a movement, yes, wearing a pin, wearing a a tag around your neck to show support for what you believe in versus calling someone a fucking whatever. Listen that's the difference between the Western normal versus the unnormal. And there is normal, they're calling them I'm calling them names because there's no other way to do it.

SPEAKER_00 13:54

But you know, you you you said to me I wore the the badge, but I wore the badge as part of a package, trying to do the rant here, spreading the the right messaging, working with people, educating people. It wasn't just the hate fest, and uh, and I'll tell you something. If you go through all of the rants that we you and I have done, and there's a lot, and if you if you if you look through that, in the that over almost a thousand rants that Stuart and I have done, oh actually, it's more than a thousand that we've done together. The the simple thing is this we do not sit here and say to you that we don't fill this with hate. What is interpreted by our statements uh is that oh, we're we're hateful, we're full of hate. That because we don't agree with you, we're hateful people. I can disagree with you. But what I never said was death to Palestinians, what we've never said was death to anyone. What we've said was we'd love, I mean, listen, would I like to see the Hayatollah eliminated? Absolutely, because there's no other way to get rid of this dude, okay, and these these mulas and these people who want to promote terrorism. But when you're pushing a movement that promotes terrorism, and that's what Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis were doing, basically paid for by Iran, and you're standing on stage and go, Oh, we need a ceasefire. You're a bunch of fucking morons looking for clicks, you have no clue what you're talking about, and you know something? You would rather someone die on the streets of the United States from a terrorist attack. That's what you'd rather do than to stand on the side of morality and go, we need to erade eradicate hate. You'd rather promote it, and that's what your pins are doing. If you were really truly freeing Palestine, you wouldn't be wearing red hands, you would not be wearing stuff that promotes this hate. But you guys all want the same thing: the applause, the clicks.

ropaganda Headlines And Final Wrap

SPEAKER_01 15:48

You know, I yeah, it's funny, and I was going through some of the rather interesting messages, and one was caught me a little off guard. A guy named Terry Agon, guy I went to Riverdale with. And this guy was saying how Israel is the colonist, is near Israel is the one who's the aggressor, Israel is, and I'm thinking to myself, going, where what fucking planet are and then it reminded me, oh shit, he's in Montreal. He's got what? CBC and CTV. And what other news does he have? He doesn't, he's in a shell, he's a turtle. You know, do I think the guy's a moron? Well, maybe he smoked a little too much drugs in the pit in Riverdale. I don't know. But nevertheless, the guy went off the rocker with these rude, but again, do I blame the guy, David? I don't blame, I blame the institutions that he's already.

SPEAKER_00 16:42

I disagree with you. I I'm you know, the what these pro pallies did was play the propaganda game, and they were really good at it. But you know what the problem is? You know what the problem is? The people like your Riverdale friend there did the same thing like so many other people do. What's the headline and then run away? What's the click and then run away? Because when you're only watching a 15-second clip and you're going, ah, there's the answer to all the problems. Really, what are you doing? And the pro pallies took advantage of you. The pro pallies took advantage of your your your your lack of desire to seek out the truth, but also, Mr. Riverdale, you clearly learnt nothing going to Riverdale. And I know this school, you clearly learnt nothing. That when you sit there and you blame one side for any problem, then you are ignoring certain things. We've said it on this rant, and the that is Israel perfectly right in everything she does? No. But to say that everything that's wrong in the Middle East is Israel's problem, ask UAE, ask Bahrain, ask Saudi Arabia, ask Oman, ask Qatar today. Was it really Israel's fault that they're getting bombed by Iran? And the answer is no, they will tell you, but you're not going to take the time to look for it. You'd rather listen to the pro pallies who are gonna put the shit in your head. Guess what? That they succeeded at. But if you had half a brain, as Stuart likes to always say, then and you did a little bit of homework, you'd see you're wrong. But maybe you'd rather think you'd be you'd rather be a sheep, like what the pro pallies wanted to do. And by the way, where are the sheep today being slaughtered? Wrap it up, buddy.

SPEAKER_01 18:27

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