tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post1254822369598879843..comments2023-09-30T08:07:26.165-04:00Comments on Mystical Politics: McKinney, BurstonRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-13182545155841471932009-07-10T00:12:21.121-04:002009-07-10T00:12:21.121-04:00It's not clear to me that Kuznetsov was being ...It's not clear to me that Kuznetsov was being self-critical; I think he was just being honest about Russian community's beliefs. That comment about political correctness is not limited to the Russian immigrant community in Israel, btw. It is parroted throughout the rest of Israel, Eastern and even Western Europe. <br /><br />It is something that may seem strange to the majority of Americans, but that is how it is viewed outside of the US: political correctness is viewed as a capitulation to minorities. And insofar as it is a capitulation, non-Americans seem to view it as wrong (as long as the minority in question is not related to that group of foreigners).<br /><br />I had conversations about it with non-Russian relatives from Israel, and I also have talked about it with French-born French people.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215743256868691632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-84465096814645146472009-07-09T23:58:12.887-04:002009-07-09T23:58:12.887-04:00As I understand the issues involved, McKinney beca...As I understand the issues involved, McKinney became subject to Israeli deportation laws once she landed in jail as someone who was on Israeli soil illegally. What happens with other foreigners who are suspected of coming to Israel as illegal aliens or who overstay their visa and get into jail, they have a choice of signing the papers and being deported or appearing in front of a judge within several days and being deported after that hearing. From what I understand she refused to sign that paper. I don't know if she refused to sign it as a matter of principle of signing an Israeli document or whether she refused to sign it because it probably contained some line saying "I have entered Israel illegally or illegally remained in its territory," she did not respond publicly to the statement of the Israel Consulate for her region, so we don't quite know her reasoning.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215743256868691632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-50709716678031539242009-07-07T09:42:02.055-04:002009-07-07T09:42:02.055-04:00Oy, that was an unpleasant article in Haaretz. Bu...Oy, that was an unpleasant article in Haaretz. But I was having trouble understanding who was being direct and who was being ironic: I hope Edward Kuznetsov was being self-critical, at least.Dan Kirk-Davidoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075093733207975757noreply@blogger.com