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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3427830,00.html

Rightist fury a myth


Are rightist reactions as 'furious' as journalists tend to describe them?

Uri Orbach Published:  07.20.07, 16:08 / Israel Opinion 




Incoming President Shimon Peres already said in an interview to some foreign network that we should get rid of the Territories, and newspapers reported about "rightist fury" in response to the statement.

 

I happened to be part of the rightist camp that day and wondered where this fury they were reporting was to be found. Does any response by rightist Knesset Members Zvi Hendel and Uri Ariel constitute "rightist fury?"

 

If there is fury, let it appear immediately. Fury is made up of raging protests, road-blocking, loud rallies and whistles. Rightist fury is something akin to the response of Beitar Jerusalem soccer fans when a referee disqualifies a goal. Now that's fury.

 

During that same morning this week, following Peres' statements, I was wandering around the Right and found no fury. Perhaps I found rightist chuckling, forgiveness, some giggling, and even some nose-picking (the right nostril, of course) in wake of Peres' declaration. But you call that fury?!

 

The answer to the question of when the Right is furious is not at all related to Peres' words. The truth is we are not talking about any fury, but rather, a journalist reflex. For them, the Right is always associated with fury and emotions while the Left is associated with logic and level-headedness.

 

Right and fury are like a bride and groom, Max and Moritz, Lindenstrauss and Olmert (no, that's not a good example.)

 

Google survey

Try the following trick and have some fun with it: I entered the phrase "rightist fury" into Google's Hebrew search and within a quarter of a second, 640 mentions appeared. There is almost no issue where fury is not attributed to the Right, ranging from construction of the security fence, to halts in fence construction, to head lice. Rightist fury, the settlers are furious, the religious community is furious, and so on and so forth.

 

Then, I entered the phrase "Leftist fury". Whoops! Only 167 mentions. As it turns out, the Left is only furious 25 percent of the times the Right is furious. Then I continued with this amusing game and searched the phrase "criticism on the Right." After all, criticism is a more moderate and solid expression.

 

The phrase "criticism on the Right" appeared online 123 times. And what about "criticism on the Left?" 297 mentions in Google – 250 percent more than on the Right.

 

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There's a quick conclusion that can be drawn from this non-scientific Internet survey. When rightists issue criticism it is quite easy to define it as "fury," while when the Left is furious on occasion, it would obviously be simpler to note that the Left is "issuing criticism."

 

Indeed, sometimes the Right too is furious. But believe me, at the beginning of this week, after Shimon Peres said we should be getting rid of the Territories, there was no fury. There was rightist yawning and rightist boredom. I even counted six responses that can be characterized as "nodding of the head on the Right" and a "damn, him again?!" declaration on the right. But fury?!
 

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1.  Max u. Moritz??? 
M. Hartley  ,  Atlanta, US   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
2.  We don't care 
Aharon    (07.20.07)
 
 
 
3.  All rightists are evil Outlaw the right now 
Mordechai    (07.20.07)
 
 
 
4.  Let you in on a secret: They use the Big Lie technique  (End)
Ilan  ,  Ariel   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
5.  huh?  (End)
David  ,  Los Angeles   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
6.  Journalistic Politics 
C McCoy  ,  Canada   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
7.  That is exactly the problem 
Howard K  ,  NYC   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
8.  Leftists = THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY 
Jack Sparling  ,  Madrid, Spain   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
9.  Has it never occurred to Uri Orbach 
David  ,  Los Angeles   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
10.  THE LEFT WING IN Israel CONTROLS MEDIA,COURTS,BANKS. 
MIKE HAMEN  ,  USA   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
11.  To # 3 
ralphsrant1  ,  USA   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
12.  To #3 Freedom of Speech 
ralphsrant1  ,  USA   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
13.  Furious Rightists 
Rod  ,  Fargo N.Dakota U.S.A   (07.20.07)
 
 
  
     
 
Furious rightists http://jtf.org/forum_english/index.php
 

 Rod ,     Fargo N.Dakota U.S.A     (07.20.07)   
 
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14.  Orbach's fury 
Shmulik  ,  Kiryat-Tivon   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
15.  I would like, we of the right to be associated 
Aleph'  ,  Ramat Dung   (07.20.07)
 
 
 
16.  So why is the Right always _telling_ us they're furious? 
Karen R  ,  USA   (07.20.07)
 
 

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