Why do Baizuo ignore Hamas’ atrocity on October 7th

Just see the website URL，which is “The China you should know”. Well, here is a Chinese guy’s opinion of Western Extreme Left you should know.

“Baizuo” does not broadly refer to white leftists as its literal meaning and Wikipedia description might suggest. This Mainland China originated term specifically denotes white individuals who oppose any Western values or traditional concepts, indiscriminately favor people of color regardless of facts, and show no interest in the direction of human civilization’s development or societal progress yet consider themselves Saviors. Simply put, “Baizuo” represents an extremist faction within the white left. The term is pejorative, akin to calling a thoughtless person “donkey”。 If white persons treated a black person with such disdain, they would be labeled as “racist” today. However, people of color treating whites this way seems acceptable, especially to Baizuo. Incidentally, I am yellow.

On October 7, 2023, the atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel were horrendous. However, in response to this utterly inhumane act of brutality, the Baizuos appear to disregard the catastrophic suffering inflicted on the victims and their families. They even seem to condone, or actively participate in, rhetoric and actions aimed at the genocide of Jewish people.

I saw a video clip explaining why the Baizuo hate Israel. On the surface, it doesn’t make sense. Israel is a Liberal democracy. It extends full rights to women and gays and to its many Arab citizens. Though Israel is flawed, but compared to most countries, not to mention its neighbors, it is a civil rights paradise. The reason of Baizuos’ hatred of Israel is that Baizuos are not guided by moral compass, they are guided by three other compasses: Power, Race and Wealthy Class.

If a group is weak, they are good; if strong, they are bad;

If a group is non-white, they are good; if white, they are bad;

If a group is poor, they are good; if rich, they are bad.

In comparing to the average Palestinian, Israel is perceived as strong, white and rich. Besides, Israel is part of Western civilization, so Israel is evil — in Baizuo’s eyes.

Underneath those compasses of behavior, what is the underlying ideological foundation?

I speculate there are three elements. One is the influence of the nonviolent civil disobedience movement; secondly, the longstanding prejudice against Jews in Christian society; and the most significant factor is the chronic flaws and deficiencies common in the thinking of Western intellectuals.

The contemporary nonviolent civil disobedience movement has three main leaders: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr. They all advocated for equality and dignity for their people through nonviolent means, calling for peaceful coexistence and tolerance among different races. What’s more crucial is, that their opponents were part of the Anglo-Saxon culture, a civilized culture with moral boundaries. On the other side, the main members of the nonviolent movement were well-acquainted with this civilization and only faced its dark aspects.

Hamas, however, is different. The civilization it currently operates in has a significant gap compares to more advanced civilization.

Despite the significant impact of these three spiritual leaders, the current state of the societies and nations they fought for is mixed. India still struggles with its caste system, affecting many young women; South Africa has rapidly declined from a developed nation to a poor African country; and in the United States, the Black people community faces not only wealth disparity but also the profound impact of fragmented family life, with many young people not knowing their fathers, which has a huge negative impact on teenagers.

The current famous individuals of Baizuo, mostly teenagers during the Martin Luther King Jr. era and the anti-Vietnam War movement, were undoubtedly deeply influenced by these events. However, they seem to have missed the true human values and courage of these leaders, retaining only a superficial understanding of “nonviolence”, mistaking tolerance of wrongdoing for genuine tolerance and “love.” The rise of delinquency in the Black American community and so called “zero-dollar shopping” in the U.S. are closely linked to this misinterpreted “love” by the Baizuos.

Despite those, their adherence to nonviolence is arguably the only aspect of their ideology with any semblance of justice.

The long-standing discrimination against Jews in Christian society can be traced back to the New Testament, specifically in the way the Gospel of John, written by a Jewish author, uses the term “Jews” to criticize religious adversaries, such as “the Jews again picked up stones to stone him” . During the height of Church power in the Middle Ages, Jews, deprived of land ownership and public office, turned to trade or servitude.

Even though most Baizuos do not believe in God, the atmosphere of their upbringing inevitably predisposes them to have prejudices against Jews.

Although the two elements mentioned above reflect the cultural influences Baizuo have been subjected to since childhood, it is not difficult for a Westerner to recognize and correct them. However, the ideological malaise and shortcomings of those public intellectuals are extremely difficult to change and have a significant negative impact.

Contemporary thinker Thomas Sowell presented a series of viewpoints in his work “Intellectuals and Society,” conducting an in-depth analysis of the role and impact of intellectuals in society.

He thinks that intellectuals typically hold higher social status and influence in society, playing significant roles in fields such as culture, education, media, and politics. However, he also pointed out that this social status could lead intellectuals to become detached from actual life and economic realities. Intellectuals often tend to embrace specific ideologies or political viewpoints that can influence their perspectives on social and policy issues. Many intellectuals become overly theoretical and overlook practical considerations, resulting in their recommendations being unrealistic. Baizuo’s behavior standards: Power, Race and Class are classic examples.

However, the ideologies and viewpoints of intellectuals can have profound effects on society, particularly in Western policy-making and the formation of public opinion. In reality, the knowledge possessed by these intellectuals is often limited to their specific fields of expertise and may not be applicable to broader social and political issues. Many Baizuo-intellectuals who have gained attention are primarily known for their expertise in fields outside their own disciplines.

The earlier thinker Hayek in his work “The Fatal Conceit” although not explicitly mentioning intellectuals, many of his views involve intellectuals, and his views have some similarity to Thomas Sowell’s views on intellectuals. Both thinkers emphasize the problem of intellectuals being overly confident and conceited. Hayek points out in “The Fatal Conceit” that people often underestimate their own ignorance, while Sowell in “Intellectuals and Society” focuses on the arrogance and conceit of intellectuals in matters outside their professional field.

The earlier French writer Gustave Le Bon in his work “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind” mentions so-called experts have little difference in their judgment outside their professional field from ordinary people:

“These juries demonstrate, first of all, very clearly that the intellectual level of its members always remains very mediocre. We see that, when they are asked to express an opinion on a not completely technical matter, their intellect is no longer of any use. A jury constituted of scholars or artists in no way, in ordinary questions, differs noticeably from a jury composed of bricklayers or grocers.”

But at the current stage, due to the fact that Western public intellectuals can express their opinions on any matter without being responsible for any consequences, with a similar human weakness to the crow that enjoys showing off with the meat in beak, many Western public intellectuals have become Baizuo.

The above is an analysis of the underlying ideological consciousness displayed by Baizuo. In fact, this is not the first time they have exhibited such ugliness. When Ukraine experienced a severe famine, George Bernard Shaw chose not to believe it; during the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda visited North Vietnam and criticized captured American pilots as butchers. These hypocritical individuals consistently employ double standards when it comes to human rights issues.