(Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X).
While I’m at it, I might as well post that graduate student’s ridiculous Valentine’s Day column in The Daily Tar Heel, “Know This, Future Ex-Boyfriends of Mine”:
Friends who know me weren’t surprised to learn that my Zionist boyfriend and I broke up last summer shortly after Israel began dropping bombs on Lebanese children. But the friends who really knew me were surprised to learn that I had even dated a Zionist to begin with.
In my defense, I thought he was just Jewish when it all began – a progressive one who was white but had tendencies for black supremacy. Politically, we aligned well, so I figured that he’d automatically agree with my stance on Israel-Palestine. (If you don’t already know: It’s Israel’s fault more than it is the Palestinians’ – don’t believe the hype.)
But my new progressive boyfriend, who was supposed to help me save the world, would stop short at any criticism of the Israeli government’s racist, oppressive policies. And what’s worse, he would sometimes defend them by saying things like that the land was up for grabs because the Palestinians never had an official state to begin with.
Man, you really think you know your white Jewish boyfriend with tendencies for black supremacy. …
It just keeps going on like that. One looks hopefully for some sign that this is a bizarre parody, but one isn’t there.
