Side by side placement of ukranian flag and palestinian flag

So if instead of the Palestinian flag, he had brought out the Israeli flag and a muslim person didn't clap or cheer for it... would you call them entitled and petulant?

If Jewish people tell us it's a problem, then we need to listen to them.
I'm shocked by the increase in antisemitism in the UK. If we don't stand up to it, question it, challenge it, then it will continue, and get worse.

That it's a "non-story" to you @queenofarles yet is a pretty horrifying story to many Jewish people says quite a lot to be honest.

the Audience member sounded so entitled and petulant as well as the

No he didn't. He just didn't stand up to give the ovation demanded of the audience. And then when he was picked on to explain why, he gave his reason.

No surprise at some of the contortions on this thread though.

From the information we have the audience member had a problem with the Palestinian flag and was then told to get out. It is being implied that he was thrown out because he was Jewish. I'm asking for more information before determining whether what happened was antisemitic or not. What's wrong with that?

You can't imagine why a Jewish person sitting in a crowd of people clapping and/or cheering for the Palestinian flag would feel threatened?

It’s a Palestinian flag what’s so threatening about it? It’s the legal flag of Palestine . not Hamas ,

And why was the issue just with one flag but not the other?

“The young man, who we discovered soon after was Israeli, replied: ‘I enjoyed your show until you brought out the Palestinian Authority flag.’”
The audience member claimed Currie told the man: “Get out of my show. Get the fuck out of here. Fuck off, get the fuck out of here.”

the Audience member sounded so entitled and petulant as well as the comedian , both were dickheads .
A non story , people desperately trying to blow out of proportions.

Do you always wait for more information? Like, are you waiting for the court to decide there is in fact a genocide going on before you start calling what's happening in Gaza a genocide? Or do you only wait for all the facts when it suits your particular narrative of choice?

Edited to explain that I'm only using that as an example because you've been calling it a genocide throughout this thread and others

You reached this conclusion based on what then?

Since you're waiting for all the facts

I mean, the facts have been provided in the form of a third party who made the original complaint. It's all there in the link I shared.

I don’t know the reason he was hounded out. It may have been neither of those reasons. That’s why I’m waiting for more information to see what was said before forming a judgement either way.

@inkworks273 Ah ok. That's entirely reasonable, to get facts before jumping in

Exactly what was said on both sides.

No. If the person was just quietly sitting there then I agree that is wrong. That’s why I said I would wait for more information before forming an opinion.

So what were you saying when you said "If the person was hounded out because he was Jewish then that is abhorrent. On the other hand, if he was hounded out because he is a genocide supporter then I’d say that’s fair enough."

Which of those two reasons is the reason he was hounded out according to the article?

@inkworks273 What further information do you need before forming your opinion?

And also call out people who are just sitting and not joining in, according to you?

They weren't "making a fuss"

The so called comedian asked him directly why he wasn't standing up for the Palestinians flag and he answered because he was Israeli

Cue the sheep in the crowd turning on him

That's according to the original complaint, not from the man they all rounded on, but from an observer who was disgusted and left

why are Palestinians terrorists?

Jesus Christ. Yes we absolutely should call out people who support genocide.

Not standing and clapping is the opposite of making a fuss.

Definitely should not happen in a civilised society which is why, as I am aware, he is being investigated for his actions.

What if someone supports the Israeli military and doesn’t believe that it’s genocide? Should we harass people who disagree with us even if they do support genocide? Is that what happens in a civilised democracy?

Yeah I mean this is literally what totalitarian states do: force people to salute/applaud/stand for a flag or symbol. That’s why images of Nazi Germany of full of people doing the hitler salute.

Imo excuse there is no excuse, ever, for:

singling someone out due to their religion, nationality, ethnicity, political opinions and then

inciting a mob to shout at that person until he is driven from the venue.

It is particularly awful when that person is Jewish because of the general persecution they face, but it’s still bad even if it’s just someone disagreeing with you politically. We live in a pluralistic democracy, we can’t persecute people for disagreeing with us.

@inkworks273 I understand why people do, but my honest opinion is that of course, in a diverse society, this causes problems. Everyone who lives in the UK should only get behind the British flag, because that is what unites us. It is fine to disagree with military action - and I understand that war may be inaccurate for this situation, just unsure what else to call it - but I think we need peace and unity here in Britain, not to import the full force of partisan feeling here.