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Two Truths and
Sadofascism By Gianluigi Gugliermetto 10/3/2025 |
Some people disparage the Global Sumud Flotilla, calling their enterprise “foolish” or “wanton”—while in my mind, they mark a very high point in the moral history of humanity. |
The prime minister of Israel has declared that the deadly attack in Manchester was caused by “weakness” in the face of terrorism—as if he did not drop bombs on civilians for two years, killing many thousands. The Israeli minister Katz has |
“‘Shameful’: Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Vessels & Detains 400+, But More Boats Are Now Heading to Gaza.” Democracy Now! anchor Amy Goodman speaks with Flotilla activists. |
just declared that those civilians who will not leave Gaza City in the next few hours will be treated as terrorists, i.e., summarily executed—even though many Gazans have no means to leave, and this amounts to planning the worst mass murder of modern times. It is particularly obscene, in my view, that Tony Blair
is tasked with the rebuilding of Gaza City, after its inhabitants are washed away. A journalist asked: “How significant is it that Tony Blair is involved in the plans for Gaza?” A Palestinian woman—who is my hero now—answered: “It’s because Satan was unavailable.” |
Described as "one of the most promising theological statements of our time” (Christian Century), Beyond God the Father by Mary Daly "calls for nothing short of the overthrow of patriarchy itself” (Village Voice). | We live in the age of the death of truth and the triumph of opinion. Yet in front of the tragedy of Palestine, there seems to be just two diametrically opposed truths. How to understand this? Perhaps Mary Daly was right: patriarchy is our one problem, as a species, and it’s quite intractable. Those who earnestly believe that Netanyahu is not a terrorist and a war criminal, that Tony Blair is a nice guy, that Katz is a legitimate democratic actor, and that the Flotilla people are just
a bunch of fools or are paid by Hamas, are not just wrong. They are |
captives of the patriarchal way of thinking, which is deeply afraid of feelings and pain. I am not talking about those many actors on the political scene who are in bad faith, including those named in this DM, but about the crowds who follow them. Netanyahu, Blair, Trump, Katz, and so many others of their kind and level of power we could call—following Daly—“active agents of sadofascism”. But they would have no power at all if large enough masses did not agree with them. And who are these people?
I would call them “passive agents of sadofacism”. People who have little power—like most of us—but are either locked inside their little unfeeling worlds or are lashing out all the time on the people around them. |
Powerful necrophilic men all over—and a few patriarchally identified women—pontificate and make victims. But many common people don’t see that they are being lied to. Why? Because if they opened their eyes, they would have to feel the pain of others, and they |
Novara Media interviews Israeli settlerist Daniella Weiss, exposing the conflicts at
the root of UK sanctions against her extremist actions. |
fear (unconsciously) that they would be submerged. Maybe in fact they would be submerged, as they have built no inner defenses whatsoever. Such is the level of complication that we are given to confront. Including bearing the weight of being “awake” for no particular merit of ours—perhaps just a
good upbringing or a fortunate encounter—except the stubborn decision to answer “yes” to life. Sandro Pertini, the president of Italy in the 1980s, used to say: Fascism is not a political opinion, it is a crime. Sadofascism presents itself as a true opinion—for example, Israel has the right to defend itself!—but
functions as the legitimization of many horrendous crimes. |
Mehdi Hasan of Zeteo cites the many genocide experts in agreement that what’s happening in Gaza is a genocide per the legal definition, under the Genocide Convention. | Of course, every person, and every group of people whatsoever, has the right to defend themselves. But what the sentence “Israel has the right to defend itself” means is: 60,000 Palestinian lives and counting are a good price to pay to preserve a sadofascist state of affairs—in this case,
Israeli supremacy. |
It is a truly complex situation, the one we are facing at the turn of the first quarter of this century, because it involves the shadow sides of entire human masses, but at least we have the tools to understand it. |
Banner Image: Ruins of Beit Lahia, in the Gaza Strip, destroyed by Israeli bombardments, February 23, 2025. Wikimedia Commons. |
Queries for Contemplation Do you find the notion of “sadofascism” useful? Or how
would you explain the diametrical opposition of two truths? |
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