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Why Starbucks Needs to Get One Leg Up On Its Israeli Conflict Messaging · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  All right here on the Alex Garrett podcast network. I'm at a dilemma,
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  folks. I'm ad a dilemma whether to go back to Starbucks, because as
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  the news continues to unfold with this awful attack on Israel, I mean awful
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  attack, Starbucks is trying to do its best to distance itself from its workers
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  and the workers union, the Starbucks Workers Union, who basically said they expressed
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  solidarity with Palestine after Hamas terrorists massacre more than twelve hundred Israelis. This actually
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  target triggered a call to boycott the coffee giant because the controversial post like to
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  tweet by one of its members saying once again free Palestine, meaning meaning that
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  one worker that they supported probably liked the fact that Hamas committed this attack.
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  And though Starbucks is spinning its wheels to distance itself, do we want to
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  face sixteen thousand Baristas now and wonder, hey, do you support what Hamas
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  did in order to free Palestine? Or do you not? It's a question
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  that shouldn't even have to be asked, Okay. And while the union president,
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  Mary Kay Henry did issue a statement to the New York Posts later in
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  the day after the post reached out, which was fairly commendable. She said,
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  the violence in Israel and Palestine is unconscionable. SCU SCIU stands for all
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  who are suffering, strongly condemning anti Semitism, Islamophobia and hate in all forms.
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  I pray for a swift resolution and a future where all in the region
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  can be happy, safe and live with dignity. Pretty good answer. But
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  again, is it worth looking at a barista in the eye as a Jewish
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  person and saying, do you believe in a Jewish person's right to exist?
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  Or do you think the Free Palestine movement should support Hamas Because when you're chanting
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  gas the Jews like many have on the streets of New York and under the
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  guise of free Palestine and protect the innocent, when you, under the guise
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  of protect civilians, basically tell Israel not to defend itself. President Biden,
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  are you truly in support of Israel? I ask that of the Biden administration,
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  because see, here's the situation we now have Israel, who wants the
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  defendant that will probably will go into the ground war, who's actually killed those
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  in charge of this attack, who planned it? Another Hama's commander is dead
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  today, which is great, but underneath it all, underneath the I say,
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  with Israel support that Biden's been saying in the phone calls he's had with
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  the Yahoo apparently they've told him, hey, be careful how you react,
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  don't kill civilians. And we know Hamas does hide behind human shields, right,
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  and we do know that the only way to get to the terrorists is
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  through precision. And that's what I'm praying that Biden administration can do, that
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  Israel can do right now, is precision so that no casualties are lost.
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  I have no issue with the majority of Palestine people that just want to live
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  and exist and not deal with this bull crap. But when you say free
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  Palestine but not condemn Hamas, that's where my problem is. That's where my
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  problem is. And no, I don't think every Barista is for Hamas.
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  I don't believe that, but I would like more Union members to speak up
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  now and talk about supporting Israel condemning Hamas. You may not support Israel,
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  but damn it, condemn Hamas at least condemn Hamas at least anyway. I
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  just amount a dilemma because I don't know what known as the stand is,
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  and I appreciate that Starbucks is trying its best to distance itself, but if
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  that's the case, then fire the people you know are on record as supporting
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  the terror organization known as the Moss. Fire them. Don't just issue statements.
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  Take action, and it'll look better on you than a statement saying we
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  condemn the terrorism. Great Now fire the people who don't, because the attitude
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  of free Palestine once again, that doesn't show me any sympathy towards the Israeli
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  who've been killed and slaughtered and taken hostage. That shows more. Yeah,
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  I'm glad it happened. And if there are people that work at Starbucks that
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  are glad what happened last Friday, if this Saturday happened, they need to
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  be fired at Starbucks. They need to be fired pronto, or you might
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  lose my business. Because see, it's different when you separate yourself from the
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  workers. Take action against the workers that have really been saying once again,
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  free Palestine, because that's not what they actually mean. They mean, and
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  I hate to say this term, they mean to think they should that the
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  Jews should be killed. That's how I feel about it. That's how passionate
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  I am about this and if you agree or disagree or think I should not
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  boycott Starbucks, let me know. Alex at alex GNYC dot com. I'll
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  at ALEXTNYC dot com. Alex at ALEXTNYC dot com. But should Starbucks have
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  a one leg up on their employees? That voice support for Palestine but don't
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  condemn the terrorism. Should they have one leg up on them and fire them?
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  And if they don't farm, how do we the consumer react? I
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  think we boycott if those workers that speak out in favor of a free Palestine
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  but not against the terror and still have a job and an apron tomorrow.
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  No matter how many statements can be issued, it's inexcusable that the tone of
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  free Palestine doesn't just mean free Palestine. And Starbucks better realize that or they
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  will lose customers of all ethnicity. By the way, if they don't take
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  action on the employees speaking out in favor of a free Palestine aka Hamas should
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  do it again type of thing. That's how I feel these people who say
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  free Palestine and say protect the Palestinine people. I believe because by not protecting
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  Israel and not protecting by protecting the Palacian people, they mean don't don't react
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  Israel to the terror you've just had. And then one last thing before I
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  sign off for today on the one like a podcast, one last thing.
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  As you know, I grew up around the United Nations, so when I
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  saw this story of images being projected on the UN here in New York City
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  of kidnap victims. I thought it was a good thing. That's someone post
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  up on the UN who have set on this podcast for to absolutely nothing for
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  Israel. Wake them the f up, Wake them up. The UN should
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  know what's going on that Hamas is isis a group of Israeli Americans. The
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  story, written by Megan Palin, says a group of Israeli Americans has claimed
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  responsibility for the unsolicited series of projections that appeared on the United Nations last week
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  showing children and elderly victims kidnapped by Hamas or waking in. The leader of
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  the group told the Post that about ten families here in New York have ties
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  to Israel. Ten New Yorkers with ties to Israel worked with the hostages families
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  to make the video and showcase it for the world to see. He said,
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  there's a lot of misinformation justifying what happened. The footage features the names
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  and photos of some victims, including a nine month old baby and an elderly
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  woman among the hundred Israeli's kidnapped by Hamas. So I applaud them. Why
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  can't we read the victims' names like we read on nine to eleven. What's
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  the difference here? Why can't we stand in support of Israel? Why can't
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  we say the names? Why? I think we can and we should because
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  the hashtag never forget it feels so applicable here, and the hashtag never again
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  feels so applicable here. Never again should Jews and the Jewish people feel targeted
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  and feel unworried and afraid to walk out of their house. Never again should
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  a Jewish person feel that. And America better stand by those Jews who are
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  really afraid right now and all Jews, of course, and stand by the
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  state of Israel and not tell them to tone it down when they retaliate against
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  Hamas, don't kill civilians. Why are you lecturing israel Is precise? The
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  idea is damn good. I don't know how this slipped through the cracks at
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  all, because the idea is actually more advanced than many people realize. So
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  if I'm Joe Biden, I just sit down and let Israel take care of
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  themselves. Yeah, the supporter is great, but at the end of the
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  day, don't tell them, hey, watch out Forzvilians. You think the
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  Israelis don't know that and I do pray that the two million that don't have
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  heat or water right now, do get that restored or power, do get
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  that restored, because they do need that to exist. While the Israeli forces
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  go in and try and kill these Hamas commanders and they seem like they're doing
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  a precise job with it, Thanks be to God. And then one last
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  note here, I did do a little bit, a bit of a song
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  and hope that it can bring us closer to spiritually being united, spiritual harmony,
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  godly harmony. And I want to play you, And I'm sorry if
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  you don't like the singing, but I want to. I want to play
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  you something from just yesterday. And I'm not a canter, but I felt
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  called to do this, and maybe playing singing this will bring some peace to
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  the world into that region because we need it. Oh come, oh come,
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  email you well and rent some captive e is Omans and lonely a zil
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  here until the Son of godau appeers. Rejoice, rejoice, email you shall
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  come to the Oh we we right ell boom and there you go. I'm
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  Alex Garrett. There's gotta be an upside to all of this. And find
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  out how you can get your own upside in the daily life. With all
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  the links below, you're on the Alex Garrett Podcast Networks edition of One Leg Up.