New York Times contributor Ta-Nehisi Coates, who is the subject of a big controversy at CBS News, has just admitted that if he lived in Gaza he could see himself taking part in a Hamas-style massacre like we saw on October 7th.
Here’s the video:
Ta-Nehisi Coates suggests he’s not above taking part in an October 7-style attack:
“And I grow up under that oppression and that poverty and the wall comes down. Am I also strong enough or even constructed in such a way where I say this is too far, I don’t know that I am.” pic.twitter.com/KTXALjCyM2— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) October 10, 2024
I don’t care how oppressed you think you are, to commit atrocities against civilians like Hamas did is absolutely evil and there is nothing redeeming about it whatsoever. We’re talking about putting-babies-in-ovens-and-cooking-them-to-death kind of evil.
This guy is a complete scumbag and yet this is who CBS News is defending in a controversy that started at the end of September.
That controversy is over CBS News host Tony Dokoupil asking legitimate question of Coates after reading his book, questions about the truth versus the bull**** pro-Palestinian narrative that Coates is pushing:
Tony Dokoupil is a hero. Can’t believe @cbs censored him. Good thing its owner Shari Redstone its owner who is fair and hugely pro-Israel condemned her executives for persecuting his excellent interview. @ta_nehisi_coates_ is a completely ignoramus on Israel@and Jeremy publicly… pic.twitter.com/N1Ypn8tjn1
— Rabbi Shmuley (@RabbiShmuley) October 10, 2024
This controversy is similar to ones that we have seen at the New York Times after someone is allowed to express an unpopular opinion in leftist circles. Employees at CBS News became outraged that Dokoupil would are ask such questions of Coates and that has led to disagreements even among executives at the top over the legitimacy of those questions.
I was pulling for Dokoupil until it came out that he tearfully expressed regrets about his questions. He caved so I’m done with it.
