Progressive Stupidty

gwb-trading said:
Many leading figures worldwide are stepping up to clearly state the terrorism by Hamas is unacceptable and those who do not condemn it are part of the problem. Mealy mouth statements from progressives about "both sides" are unacceptable when it comes to rape.

Sheryl Sandberg demands condemnation of sexual violence against Jewish women by Hamas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sh...-women-by-hamas-says-politics-are-blinding-us

Sheryl Sandberg told Fox News Digital that "politics are blinding us to something that is completely obvious"—condemning Hamas for rape and other sexual violence committed against Jewish women on Oct. 7.

Sandberg, the founder of "Lean In" and former chief operating officer of Facebook, spoke to Fox News Digital on the sidelines of an event hosted by Israel at the United Nations headquarters on Monday.

The event, hosted by Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan, featured an address from Sandberg, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a video address by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and testimonials from Israeli police officers, and others about the brutality of Hamas’ attacks and to "expose the horrors and shocking acts of sexual violence committed" against women on Oct. 7.

"For a really long time, sexual violence was just a part of war, and we fought long and hard to get women listened to," Sandberg told Fox News Digital, pointing to the "Me Too" movement and more.

"And in this moment, politics are blinding us to something that is completely obvious—no matter what side of anything you are on," Sandberg told Fox News Digital. "You need to be able to say that rape is unacceptable and sexual violence is unacceptable." She added, "If we don’t stand against this, we lose our humanity."

Israeli officers on Monday shared their experiences in recovering women’s bodies after the massacre on Oct. 7, showing girls with broken pelvises; women and girls without clothing on covered in blood; women and girls’ bodies with shooting wounds targeted at sexual organs; breast amputations; naked women and girls’ in showers with their hands tied behind their backs; additional amputation of genitalia and more.

Sandberg and activists at the event at the United Nations called out women’s organizations for being silent on the issue—with Sandberg saying, "Silence is complicity."

Gillibrand during the event said it makes her "sick" that women's groups have been "silent."

"I think they’re not going to be quiet anymore," Sandberg told Fox News Digital after the event. "I hope they’re not going to be quiet anymore.

"I call on everyone to speak out," Sandberg said, echoing her remarks during the event. "And if the world isn’t listening to us, we’re just gonna have to speak louder.

"In wartime situations, you know, there is so much that is unclear," she explained. "But it is very clear now what happened, and I think everyone can see the evidence and hear the evidence."

Sandberg told Fox News Digital she hopes that the event Monday "is a turning point for the United Nations and for women’s organizations to speak out."

"We have to be united against rape," she said.

Sandberg told Fox News Digital that she "grew up like a lot of American Jews did with the stories of what it was for my great-grandparents in Europe before the Holocaust."

"You always thought it could never happen here," she said. "I think this is intergenerational trauma for Jews—the trauma of believing that antisemitism is still out there is still rampant, and we need to be against it. We need to be against antisemitism. We need to be against Islamophobia. We need to be against racism," she said. "We can't allow hatred to stand against anyone."

More than 700 ambassadors and diplomats, representatives of UN agencies, Jewish organizations, and civil society organizations attended the event Monday.

Erdan told Fox News Digital that he "initiated the event because of the disgraceful silence of UN women."

"We saw how women organizations worldwide abandoned Israeli women who were raped, brutalized, and were mutilated," Erdan said. "It's something that is unthinkable, and we will fight and be their voices."

He added: "If women's organizations are applying double standards and ignore the rape of Israeli women, then there are courageous leaders and women who will help us to make their voices heard."

Erdan said that the stories of Israeli women "will not be silenced."

"The truth will prevail and justice will be brought," he said.
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Maybe the IDF should not undermine the documentation of those horrors:

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Women’s rights groups in Israel have warned of significant failings in preserving forensic evidence that could have shone a light on the scale of sexual violence committed against women and girls in last month’s Hamas attacks.

A major worry for Israeli women’s rights groups is that it also appears that very little, if any, investigative work was done to document sexual violence before bodies were returned to their families for funerals, meaning that the gender-based nature of some of the violence has largely gone under the radar in Israeli and international media.

Tal Hochman, a government relations officer at the Israel Women’s Network, said: “Most of the women who were raped were then killed, and we will never understand the full picture, because either bodies were burned too badly or the victims were buried and the forensic evidence buried too. No samples were taken.

“Women are not believed when they report sexual violence even in normal times, and now that chance for justice and dignity has been lost. There are some survivors we are working with or are being treated privately. We also have no idea about what is happening to women currently being held by Hamas in Gaza,” she said.

A report published by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth suggested that much evidence from the scenes of the attacks that hit more than 20 different locations across southern Israel had not been properly photographed, preserved or forensically examined before bodies were buried, partly because the investigations were carried out by four different organisations without coordination. It also alleged that people were allowed to return to the sites too early, potentially damaging evidence.

The lack of a synchronised collection system could mean that a full accounting of the violence would never be reached, and could hinder attempts at justice in international legal forums, the paper said, referencing by way of comparison the painstaking work undertaken by the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office in documenting Russian war crimes.
 
Mercor said:
15000 have been killed .....she thinks that is to many....what is the number where she thinks its not to many
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Even Hillary Clinton has a few words for the progressive nutcase terrorist supporting fringe.

Hillary Clinton calls out Hamas apologists for 'closing their eyes and hearts'
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/december-4-israel-hamas-war

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Hamas supporters on Monday for overlooking the terrorist group's sex crimes against Israeli women.

Speaking at a United Nations meeting via remote video, Clinton called it "outrageous" to ignore the reports of sexual assaults.

"Organizations, governments and individuals who are committed to a better future for women and girls have a responsibility to condemn all violence against women," Clinton said. "It is outrageous just that some who claim to stand for justice are closing their eyes and their hearts to the victims of Hamas."

The former U.S. official noted that "women on both sides of the current conflict in the Middle East have long worked for a just and lasting peace."

"I have grieved with Israeli women who have lost loved ones to terrorist attacks, but refuse to believe that peace is impossible," Clinton continued. "I have talked and listened to Palestinian women who have suffered greatly from the conflicts of the past decades, yet dream of a peaceful future and a state of their own."
 
This is why our education system is a failure. Facts about gender and biology matter. Just because a male thinks they are a female does not mean they can get pregnant. Maybe the school district needs to asked to provide proof -- show us a biological male who has become pregnant. Just a single example. Certainly that is the type of proof a court would require.

Seattle high schooler marked incorrect on quiz for saying only women can get pregnant
https://nypost.com/2023/12/12/news/...g-only-women-can-get-pregnant-on-quiz-report/

A Seattle high schooler was marked incorrect on a history quiz when he stated that only women can get pregnant, according to a report.

The 10th-grade student at Chief Sealth International High School reportedly failed the true-false quiz titled “Understanding Gender vs. Sex” in his Ethnic Studies World History class, his mother told the conservative radio show The Jason Rantz Show Sunday.

The student labeled two statements “true” — The first that “All men have penises” and the second that “Only women can get pregnant.”

He was marked incorrect for both and failed the “knowledge check” quiz as a result, said his mother, who asked to be anonymous so that her son doesn’t get penalized.

“I keep trying to wrap my head around how it is legal to teach inaccurate information and force students to answer against their beliefs or receive negative scores,” she told the KTTH radio show.

Other questions on the quiz — which was administered about two weeks ago — asked students about pronoun usage and gender as a construct, according to the talk show.

The mom who said she felt “frustration and anger” over the quiz also said her son, who is white, is often berated by teachers at the school who have reportedly accused him of being racist and “a product of the patriarchy that teaches young boys not to care about anything,” according to the Rantz show.

Seattle Public Schools said the quiz was meant to promote inclusion and was in line with lessons taught in the Ethnic Studies class.

A course description states that students would be “investigating… the global economy, society, and culture.”

“[Seattle Public Schools] remains committed to fostering inclusive environments that encourage the exploration of contemporary issues, particularly the examination of power systems such as racism and patriarchy,” a spokesperson for the district told The Post in a statement. “This dedication extends to providing a space for thoughtful exploration and dialogue on these issues.”

The district also noted the failing quiz grade will not affect the student’s overall grade in the class.

The student’s mother said her son was expressing his own beliefs with his quiz answers.

She told the Rantz show she is “proud of him because he refused to answer against his beliefs (which are medically and scientifically accurate, or at least used to be).”
 
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