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Eblana debate - Replies to Richard Boyd Barrett



Replies to Richard Boyd Barrett and others

A debate on Israel was held at the Eblana Forum, Dun Laoghaire, in October 2022.
I spoke for the Ireland Israel Alliance, against Richard Boyd Barrett.
Audience members also got to speak.

  

Not a good debate



The video of the complete debate, both sides, including questions from the floor.


  

Richard Boyd Barrett (part one)

1987 stories:

Gaza:

More things:
  

Richard Boyd Barrett (part two)

  

Audience questions

Some of the audience cannot be heard. Others can.
  


The one thing we never got a clear answer on:
Has anyone in PBP (or allied groups) ever, in all the years since 2005, called on Gazans to stop resistance?
Ever? I have never heard it. I did not hear it at the debate.
Above, I ask online and (of course) got no reply.



I did a meme about the likes of Richard Boyd Barrett.
Made here.


  

Richard Boyd Barrett (part three)

  


Boyd Barrett says Palestinians should continue along the path of 80 years of pointless "resistance" that has worked so well for them, and one day they will win and the Israeli state will be "dismantled".
Cartoon from Moshik Gulst.



Max Nordau sums up Richard Boyd Barrett's insane plan to destroy Israel.


  

Other pro-Israel responses to Boyd Barrett

  

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Blocked on X by the regressive left and Islamists: I love debate. I love ideas. But the Western left and their friends the Islamic right do not return the favour. Their response to opposing ideas, whether expressed politely or robustly, is often to block. See Who blocks me on X.

I like debate. But I do have rules. See Who I block on X.

Twitter is broken, 2016 to 2022: I am on X (formerly Twitter) at markhumphrys. Twitter was a great place for debate before 2016. You could meet everyone in the world, and argue about ideas. Starting in 2016, Twitter became increasingly broken. It became full of reporting and bans and censorship. In 2019, Twitter even started shadowbanning me for no reason that was ever explained, or could be appealed. By 2022, everyone was looking for a better place to debate.

Twitter is saved, 2022: In 2022 Elon Musk bought Twitter and started to end the censorship. It looks great so far. Twitter (renamed to X) seems to be saved.

Campaigns to silence me: I now have no less than two entries on the Banned List at Academics for Academic Freedom. This is a list of "individuals who were banned from speaking at universities in the UK and Ireland, or faced campaigns to silence them, or sack them for their views." The two campaigns to silence me were the BLM protests in 2021 (unsuccessful) and the Israel debate in 2024 (partially successful, in that it drove the debate off campus).