Truly shocking to see how she was treated. If she was wrong, as one person, they were worse as an angry, mocking, disrespectful & undignified chorus as she expressed herself. Why does her suffering not matter & theirs does? Grown adults who failed to see the irony of their behavior as they attempted to bully her for expressing her pain. I agree that the manner with which she expressed herself was not ideal, but who are we to tell the victim how to respond to their oppressor? Even if you don’t agree with her perspective, as a Lebanese woman, of course she will speak out against those who are murdering her people! Weaponize one’s own suffering to hurt others is an injustice like no other. I understand their pain. But as we learned in KG, 2 wrongs don’t make a right. Shame on these community members and non-community members for laughing and degrading her as she spoke with respect & restraint.
She called the vast majority of Jews around the world who believe Jews should have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland "scum." That's not showing respect at all.
@@lynne229respectfully disagree. i understood it to be disruptive & inappropriate. If you want to elevate the conversation then the behavior has to promote that. By that logic, Stephanie’s emotional response to the bombing of her country was more than justified.
I appreciate that. And many people opposing her acknowledged the suffering that she and her people have experienced. But she did not do the same in return - and Jews are suffering too. What she did do was call us scum. The “laughable” part was when she condemned labeling because it prevents discourse. I would call name-calling, like “scum,” extreme labeling. She had no intention of fostering discourse. What would you do if Gov. Whitmer, for example, called all Lebanese people scum? How would you feel, as a resident of Michigan? I, and most who spoke, are pro freedom of speech. But just because she can say it, does not mean it’s a good idea. If she wanted to post on her social media her disagreement with the Israeli government and Netanyahu - fine. Many Jews and Israelis - Zionists - would agree with her. Calling us, her constituents who voted her into office, scum is not the way to go about it. That’s what she should have apologized for.
Almost the entire room was local area people (many from Bloomfield Township) standing against this Trustee calling a vast majority of Jews around the world "scum." Most Jews believe that the Jewish people should have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. That's what Zionism means. An elected official calling Zionists "scum" is wrong and deserves official censure. I noticed Stephanie's few supporters in the room were not all from Bloomfield Township either. I distinctly remember hearing at least one of them say they were from Waterford. What Ms. Fakih said effects more than just Bloomfield Township. So people from outside the city who are impacted by her statement have every right to speak out.
Exactly, they brought people from outside because they published it in their paper (sorry I misunderstood your comment the first time around). The real and honest and humane people stand with what Steph said
@@Salgalpen-e9e so zionism means stealing someone's land and massacring them and displacing them? hmm, it seems normal humans have every right to be concerned.
@@Salgalpen-e9e tsionism means stealing people's lands and displacing them and doing the things we've been seeing on TV for over 75 years? Hmm, so everyone is right to be concerned about this, and it must be stopped
Stephanie Fakih thank you for being our voice in a room full of bullies. A true American hero you are this is the United States of America not the United States of Israel. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
The one calling her colleagues and constituents "the scum of the earth," doubling down when asked to apologize, and calling on her supporters to show up at the Township meeting that's supposed to be about city business rather than about her was the bully.
@@Salgalpen-e9e Why would anyone apologize to those people? You realize they're have the same ideology as the one in germany about 80 years ago, correct? She's just being honest, and calling them out on their behavior, just as you've seen hundreds of millions of people do around the globe. Actually, it was the other party who called their minions to show up and play victim, as we've come to expect from them all these years.
I stand with Stephanie
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Truly shocking to see how she was treated. If she was wrong, as one person, they were worse as an angry, mocking, disrespectful & undignified chorus as she expressed herself. Why does her suffering not matter & theirs does? Grown adults who failed to see the irony of their behavior as they attempted to bully her for expressing her pain. I agree that the manner with which she expressed herself was not ideal, but who are we to tell the victim how to respond to their oppressor?
Even if you don’t agree with her perspective, as a Lebanese woman, of course she will speak out against those who are murdering her people! Weaponize one’s own suffering to hurt others is an injustice like no other. I understand their pain. But as we learned in KG, 2 wrongs don’t make a right. Shame on these community members and non-community members for laughing and degrading her as she spoke with respect & restraint.
I think you misunderstood the “laughter.” It sounded like shock at the hypocrisy of what she was saying.
She called the vast majority of Jews around the world who believe Jews should have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland "scum." That's not showing respect at all.
@@lynne229respectfully disagree. i understood it to be disruptive & inappropriate. If you want to elevate the conversation then the behavior has to promote that. By that logic, Stephanie’s emotional response to the bombing of her country was more than justified.
@@lynne229 she speaks the truth
I appreciate that. And many people opposing her acknowledged the suffering that she and her people have experienced. But she did not do the same in return - and Jews are suffering too. What she did do was call us scum. The “laughable” part was when she condemned labeling because it prevents discourse. I would call name-calling, like “scum,” extreme labeling. She had no intention of fostering discourse.
What would you do if Gov. Whitmer, for example, called all Lebanese people scum? How would you feel, as a resident of Michigan?
I, and most who spoke, are pro freedom of speech. But just because she can say it, does not mean it’s a good idea. If she wanted to post on her social media her disagreement with the Israeli government and Netanyahu - fine. Many Jews and Israelis - Zionists - would agree with her. Calling us, her constituents who voted her into office, scum is not the way to go about it. That’s what she should have apologized for.
I stand with Stephanie!
tell us you're an anti-Semite without telling us
@@Tom-bb5gdwe’re Semites though
@@neeeeeeeeeeeeem
An antisemite is a Jew-hater. That's what the person who coined the word meant by it, and that's all it has ever meant.
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I stand with stephanie.
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90% of the audience don’t live in Bloomfield Township. They had to recruit people to come speak against her.
Almost the entire room was local area people (many from Bloomfield Township) standing against this Trustee calling a vast majority of Jews around the world "scum."
Most Jews believe that the Jewish people should have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. That's what Zionism means. An elected official calling Zionists "scum" is wrong and deserves official censure.
I noticed Stephanie's few supporters in the room were not all from Bloomfield Township either. I distinctly remember hearing at least one of them say they were from Waterford.
What Ms. Fakih said effects more than just Bloomfield Township. So people from outside the city who are impacted by her statement have every right to speak out.
Exactly, they brought people from outside because they published it in their paper (sorry I misunderstood your comment the first time around). The real and honest and humane people stand with what Steph said
@@Salgalpen-e9e so zionism means stealing someone's land and massacring them and displacing them? hmm, it seems normal humans have every right to be concerned.
@@Salgalpen-e9e tsionism means stealing people's lands and displacing them and doing the things we've been seeing on TV for over 75 years? Hmm, so everyone is right to be concerned about this, and it must be stopped
@@Salgalpen-e9e Steph spoke the truth, we all know it, and so do you.
Why has the Township monetized the videos. Where is that in the budget line items?
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that happens automatically on RUclips after a certain number of hits.
Stephanie Fakih thank you for being our voice in a room full of bullies. A true American hero you are this is the United States of America not the United States of Israel. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Please keep pushing for the US to stop funding the little colonialist base in the ME
The one calling her colleagues and constituents "the scum of the earth," doubling down when asked to apologize, and calling on her supporters to show up at the Township meeting that's supposed to be about city business rather than about her was the bully.
@@Salgalpen-e9e Why would anyone apologize to those people? You realize they're have the same ideology as the one in germany about 80 years ago, correct? She's just being honest, and calling them out on their behavior, just as you've seen hundreds of millions of people do around the globe. Actually, it was the other party who called their minions to show up and play victim, as we've come to expect from them all these years.
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Fakih should step down! This kind of hate cannot be tolerated.
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She's a brave woman standing against hate
@@zhamed9587 With hate is Israel! I should file a complaint against her LICENCE!
Fakih is absolutely the most annoying speaker I have ever heard.
The brave and honorable people have spoken for Palestine. History will remember.
no such thing as palestine
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Censor her!
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She's very brave
I stand with Stephanie!
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