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ALPERN AT LARGE - So is L.A. Attorney General George Gascón, arguably the singular worst elected official ever voted in by L.A. County, going to continue to take the side of criminals over law and order…or can he find it in his wretched left-left-left-left wing heart to call out Hamas as the monsters they are?
It’s bad enough that exploding criminal behavior in L.A. has become the new normal on his watch (shout out to you who voted Gascón in: do you LIKE the way all of life’s essentials are behind locked glass doors in our supermarkets?), but…
…when DO lovelies like Gascón, Councilmember Nithya Raman and the other stooges stop proving that THE LEFT IS AGAINST DOING WHATEVER IS RIGHT?
It’s bad enough that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), a left-wing movement that’s exploded in our nation and, like their National Socialists of Germany before them (also known as Nazis), is promoting racism, racial division, and chaos in our cities.
But to have a Los Angeles D.A. who’s supposed to promote law and order, George Gascón, staying mum about Hamas raping, torturing, maiming, and slaughtering children, civilians, and seniors…well, that’s pretty tough.
Not just “our hearts go out to Israelis”, but “Hamas is EVIL”.
Certainly the DSA votes like a bloc to promote a left-wing hell that’s turning L.A. into S.F., Chicago, Portland, and Philadelphia—so maybe we’re to blame for not getting out a more balanced vote.
Actually, we are. But I digress.
But if public figures like Gascón, who’s supposed to CONDEMN crime and terrorism and cruelty, but who instead ENABLE all that, will INSTEAD stand shoulder to shoulder with all the other modern-day National Socialists/Democratic Socialists…then what should we expect?
Hence the screaming and anger from the many officers and prosecutors who Gascón has undermined, and who are demanding our D.A. decry what’s gone on over on the other side of the world…
…because that sort of nightmare in Israel may be coming here. No conspiracy theory, but rather a reasonable fear in our modern, smaller, internationally connected world.
The LA-DSA has re-tweeted the national DSA attack tweet that “DSA is steadfast in expressing our solidarity with Palestine. Today’s events are a direct result of Israel’s apartheid regime—a regime that receives billions in funding from the United States. End the Violence. End the Occupation. Free Palestine”.
And because Gascón is a darling of the DSA, we may all conclude that it’s not appropriate to use that ridiculous left-wing line of “silence is violence”…but Gascón’s silence IS deafening.
As with Mayor Adams of New York (hardly a right-winger), and increasing numbers of moderate and liberal Americans, the demand that these dreadful acts of past and ongoing acts of Jew-Hatred be responded to and condemned must be articulated loud and clear by political leaders and law enforcement.
Because there IS a concern that it could happen here, and Jews and non-Jews alike ARE really wondering if L.A. or New York is next.
And we can all sympathize for the Gazans caught in the middle of the violence and yet boldly declare as one voice that Hamas is the evil, Nazi-like entity of our time.
Israel and Israelis did NOT deserve this, and to say they did is just a new form of Jew-hatred we’ve seen for centuries.
Say it loud and say it proud, and say it again and again, D.A. Gascón: Hamas is EVIL. Jews and non-Jews throughout the world are rightfully horrified and appalled.
And if not for your political career, D.A. Gascón, then say this for the benefit of your own human soul:
L.A. stands with those who have been barbarized and will not at all tolerate anything close to enabling or carrying out terrorism in the City of the Angels.
(Kenneth S. Alpern, M.D, is a dermatologist who has served in clinics in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties, and is a proud husband and father. He was active for 20 years on the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC) as a Board Member focused on Planning and Transportation, and helped lead the grassroots efforts of the Expo Line as well as connecting LAX to MetroRail. His latest project is his fictional online book entitled The Unforgotten Tales of Middle-Earth, and can be reached at [email protected]. The views expressed in this article are solely those of Dr. Alpern.)
