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[Stop The Hate UK @StopTheHate_UK]

Statement from Stop The Hate UK
Bandcamp has removed Boy George’s latest track, “We Will Dance Again,” after he endured a vicious campaign of abuse for standing with Israel and with the Jewish people.

Bandcamp now has one choice: explain itself or restore the song.

If the track breached a genuine technical rule, publish the rule, the evidence and the record of consistent enforcement. Show that other comparable releases have been treated in exactly the same way.

If Bandcamp cannot do that, then this looks like what it is: ideological censorship dressed up as moderation.
Boy George has been targeted because he refused to bend the knee. He honoured the victims of Nova. He stood with Jews when much of the cultural establishment chose cowardice, silence or open hostility. Now a platform that boasts of defending independent artists has apparently decided that solidarity with Jews is one form of independence it cannot tolerate.

That is disgraceful.

Bandcamp cannot host endless anti-Israel propaganda, indulge the language of “resistance” and then suddenly discover its principles when an artist mourns murdered Jews. Selective enforcement is not neutrality. It is discrimination.

Stop The Hate UK demands:
1-the immediate publication of the full reason for the track’s removal;
2-evidence that Bandcamp’s rules are applied consistently;
3-restoration of the song unless a clear and legitimate breach can be proved;
4-a public assurance that artists will not be punished for supporting Israel or standing against antisemitism.

Boy George has shown more courage than the platform attempting to silence him.
Bandcamp should restore the track, answer the public and stop hiding behind corporate evasions.
Until it does, its claim to support independent music is worthless.

[Sarah Abv @Sarahsa09309757]

Si vous n’êtes pas juif mais que vous vous êtes tenu aux côtés d’Israël et du peuple juif depuis le début de cette guerre brutale, que Dieu vous bénisse. Vous êtes une véritable bénédiction. Merci du fond du cœur. Israël n’est pas seul.

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@985TheSportsHub @FelgerAndMazz @TonyMassarotti This was the easiest prediction ever. 100% Mazz was going to be meh about it. 🤣

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@Ken_Rosenthal @Britt_Ghiroli @jcalvinmeyer Looks like a bag of balls to me. A lot of ponies, no horses there.

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

The paradox of tolerance:

First, you must allow an intolerant ideology into your tolerant society.

Next, you must be grateful the ideology did not kill you for not tolerating it.

Now, your society is dominated by the intolerant.

Don’t worry. They’ll have security for you.

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@MelGibso1 I'm allergic to Muslims.

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@MelGibso1 Absolutely

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@pactimetrader @ImMeme0 @_iamblakeley @BurgerKing Your masters cuck

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

At this point if you still claim Israel is committing genocide in Gaza you are either stupid and ignorant or antisemitic.

The antisemitic version usually means applying a double standard on the definition of genocide and the laws of war just to delegitimize Israel’s existence or right to pursue legitimate goals in a war it did not start or/and dehumanize every IDF soldier as a monster.

I have tried to argue basic definitions. Genocide requires intent to destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such, in whole or in part. The evidence does not show that intent toward the people in Gaza. What it shows is the opposite. Israel has taken extraordinary steps, often at real cost and risk, to prevent civilian harm while fighting an enemy that hides among them, uses hospitals and schools as bases, and treats its own people as props in an evil grand political strategy of martyrdom to eliminate all jews on the planet.

In the middle of the fighting Israel has let in huge amounts of food, hundreds of thousands of tons, sometimes more than the world food specialists said was needed. Water lines from Israel have stayed open, three of them supplying tens of thousands of cubic meters a day. They have coordinated repairs, kept desalination plants running by sending fuel and even electricity to key ones, and allowed generators so water systems, hospitals and bakeries can keep working. Medical supplies and equipment have poured in by the tens of thousands of tons. Field hospitals coordinated. Patients have been evacuated for treatment outside. When polio showed up for the first time in decades Israel halted fighting every day and worked with WHO and UNICEF on a mass vaccination campaigns. Over a million doses given. That is not how you try to wipe out a people.

Then look at the misinformation machine. Almost every big claim about Israel deliberately targeting journalists or medical staff or children falls apart, and a lot of the time it falls apart because of what Hamas itself admits, sometimes before anyone even finishes basic fact checking. The “journalists” killed for example. Plenty of the names on those lists later show up in Hamas or Islamic Jihad martyr posts as actual operatives or commanders. Dual roles are common in Gaza’s information space. Same with medical workers. People mourned as nurses or doctors get claimed later by the terror groups as fighters. Hospitals have been used as command centers and weapons storage over and over. Hamas officials have even said it out loud at times. Manuals found on how to use the hospitals as Hamas military sites.

The casualty numbers and the “they are targeting children” stories. The Hamas health ministry figures get treated like gospel, yet their own underlying data and later admissions undercut every trending statistic. Combatants get left out or reclassified. Claims of IDF snipers or drones hunting kids usually fail basic reality of sci-fi sniper drones that don’t exist or injury patterns coming out of the same hospitals.

These stories do not need years of investigation to collapse. Often Hamas’s own words or the available evidence do the job within days or weeks. But the first maximalist version is what spreads and sticks and then gets used to accuse the whole country of Israel and its army of genocidal intent.

It is not illegal or wrong to target and destroy your enemy in a war, especially one that started with a massacre, held hostages, and fights from inside the civilian population it claims to protect. Gaza is an awful war with awful conditions, conditions shaped heavily by Hamas’s tactics. That does not make it genocide. The aid that kept flowing, the vaccination campaigns, the water and power facilitation, and the way the propaganda claims kept falling apart all point the other direction. If you ignore all of that and still yell genocide the explanations left are ignorance or a double standard aimed only at Israel. But this entire stupid campaign every war in history is a genocide.

If you actually want to engage in the debate of "intent" or actions in Gaza, see earlier writings:

"I’m a War Scholar. There Is No Genocide in Gaza," https://t.co/G7Iy9Ki3g5

"Israel Is Not Committing Genocide: Exposing the Distortion of Law and Truth," with @Ostrov_A
https://t.co/0RWFtOUd8H

"Israel's Aid to Gaza Is Historically Unprecedented," https://t.co/QMLuWDGDDs

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@belindaj007 @amramleifer @BoyGeorge They don't care. As long as they're able to accuse Jews of their actions they will never care.

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@PaulaCScot @amramleifer @RogerGalligan @BoyGeorge Stop killing Jewish women and children. Stop the rape of Jewish women. Stop the beheadings. Stop taking hostages. Stop the terrorism and there would be zero issues in Gaza. But nope you guys attack innocent civilians kidnap murder and then hide behind your children. Cowards

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"The children of Jacob salute you, sir. You are a man with convictions, and you will never be forgotten." "High quality human" these are facts. Bless you @BoyGeorge

[Amram Leifer @amramleifer]

The @BoyGeorge story is becoming more important than he himself probably realizes. This comes from the fact that he puts at the center of the debate something that no one else had: simple human decency.

His song is not, contrary to commentators, a pro-Israel song. In fact, the word "Israel" does not appear at all in the song: it is the Jews that George stands for. This is the reaction of a man who sees a group of innocent people being unjustly scapegoated, and who decides that he will not let this pass.

This is incredibly brave. Here is a man who became world famous at nineteen years old, had a life of creativity and great fun, is reasonably wealthy - and yet, is ready to risk it all as old age starts to creep in. And I mean all: he has the supreme elegance of not mentioning it, but we all know that he has made himself a target.

And why? To be loyal to his friends.

Others who have the same opinions, like Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr, could have done it. They did not, and no one will blame them. But Boy George did, and that immediately sets him apart as a high quality human.

It also has a contagious effect. For the first time since October 7, simple voices of human decency are rising from everywhere, overwhelming by their numbers the hate troll factories of the antisemites. The huge, silent mass of decent people - most of them Gentiles - has found a voice, because a single man had the guts to stand up.

The children of Jacob salute you, sir. You are a man with convictions, and you will never be forgotten.

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

Notice how the pro-trans side is the ACTUAL violent, crass, & insulting ones, while the pro-Sophie Cunningham side is peaceful, articulate, & loving? 🤔

It’s insane to see people protesting a woman & her supporters that simply want to keep women’s sports female…

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It always costs something to stand up for what's right. @BoyGeorge is paying that cost. Mad respect.

[Boy George @BoyGeorge]

In Buddhism we understand that every action comes with a consequence. Due to my decision to stand up for my Jewish friends I am losing a few people from my life. Today I parted company with Tony Pontius who has run my record label BGP for a number of years. I wanted to release 'We Will Dance Again' but he was unequivocal and said 'I want nothing to do with this song' and I responded 'ok, we are done'.
When someone is gutless it really does not hurt to say goodbye. My faith in humanity will not diminish and the truth will always win.

I will release it!

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Always loved her

[Eve Barlow @Eve_Barlow]

Boy George is an iconic British superstar.

This week he put out a song to show solidarity with the Jewish people post October 7. It is called We Will Dance Again.

As a result, he has been libelled by almost all British media as “pro genocide”.

He has had to withdraw from his West End role in Jesus Christ Superstar.

He has lost his label manager.

You think Jews are all controlling and protected by institutional power?
This is what has happened to a British ICON in a matter of DAYS.

You don’t know what bravery is until you fight Jew hate and antizionism.

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All they ever do is lie and kill and torture. True evil

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: At least 18 of the identified doctors, nurses, and hospital employees in Gaza who the media has been touting nonstop as being killed by Israel were all active members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Never been less surprised in my life.

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

Dear @BoyGeorge. Please know you are loved and you are appreciated - not only by your Jewish friends - but by all who see music as a bridge for peace and bringing people together! 💕 🙏 🎵

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Over 200 celebrities are calling for the release of convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences for orchestrating attacks that killed innocent Israelis and a Greek monk during the Second Intifada.

The diverse range of celebrities who signed the “Free Marwan” petition includes Paul Simon, Hannah Einbinder, Ilana Glazer, Miriam Margolyes, Mark Ruffalo, Ian McKellen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Josh O’Connor, Annie Lennox, Sting, Brian Eno and author Margaret Atwood.

The same voices who were silent when Jewish babies were taken hostage and murdered in cold blood now advocate for the freedom of a convicted murderer.

Stop pretending it’s about human rights. It never was.

[Baba Banaras™ @RealBababanaras]

Over 50K Iranian including women & girls hv been killed by Islamic regime in last 6 months for demanding freedom, equality & dignity in Iran

Have you seen any outrage among "All Eyes on Gaza" gang?

Remember, alliance of radical Islamists & leftists are biggest enemy of humanity