UK: Author Pledges to Use BBC Royalties to Fund Banned Palestine Action

UK: Author Pledges to Use BBC Royalties to Fund Banned Palestine Action
Above: Sally Rooney in Edinburgh, Scotland on Aug. 22, 2017.  Image copyright: Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images

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Left narrative

Rooney’s open support for Palestine Action is an act of moral bravery. At a time when governments enable atrocities in Gaza, she chooses to put principle before comfort, using her platform to challenge injustice rather than profit from silence. Far from reckless, her stand reflects courage and conscience. History will remember her integrity when it recalls today’s failures of leadership.

Right narrative

Rooney’s actions are nothing more than performative attention-seeking. Through their clumsy response to Palestine Action's behavior, the government has opened the door for veiled antisemites to cosplay at social justice for the sake of publicity and relevancy. As ever, the left resorts to virtue-signaling while offering no serious solutions to the world's most complex crises.

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