It really does escalate in the comments section quickly doesn't it? They basically just seem to be echo cambers for hate speech. I was reading Beth Gibbons from Portishead's facebook yesterday, Adrian Utley was auctioning off a synthesizer or amp or something to help fund medical supplies and services in Gaza, Beth posted a link and was immediately condemned as an anti-Semite who condoned the murder of Jews.
With Israel they actually employ people to put these narratives online and within most of their embassies there will be a number of people who monitor media and will immediately organise a letter writing campaign and challenges to any overseeing media authority if editorials or articles appear that are detrimental to the interests of the Israeli state. In some ways you can look at this as clever state craft on the other hand it is completely cynical and morally repugnant. I think some of the people on the far right have started to adopt these techniques, the plan is to control the media cycle and push their hot button ideas, that are illogical but if repeated enough cut to the core of peoples existing prejudices.
With Israel they actually employ people to put these narratives online and within most of their embassies there will be a number of people who monitor media and will immediately organise a letter writing campaign and challenges to any overseeing media authority if editorials or articles appear that are detrimental to the interests of the Israeli state. In some ways you can look at this as clever state craft on the other hand it is completely cynical and morally repugnant. I think some of the people on the far right have started to adopt these techniques, the plan is to control the media cycle and push their hot button ideas, that are illogical but if repeated enough cut to the core of peoples existing prejudices.
