Death, metaphorically speaking

The confected outrage of the likes of Starmer and Streeting, and others who want the BBC to be prosecuted for broadcasting a segment of the Glastonbury festival wherein a singer of no significance (in my opinion) got the crowd chanting ‘death to the IDF’ is in stark contrast to the lack of real outrage at what the IDF is responsible for. A very benign interpretation of the chant might suggest the crowd wanted the IDF disbanded, not that its members should be slaughtered. On the other hand it may not have been so benign. Either way the crowd clearly would like to see the IDF stop carrying out Israel’s genocidal attacks on Palestinians. Isn’t that something we’d all like to see? Well no, the UK government has just won legal approval to continue selling arms to Israel and continues to support Israel’s genocide in other ways. Meanwhile the Beeb is getting it in the neck from the usual sources who would like to chant (no doubt about it) ‘Death to the BBC!’ And if they did would we have to assume that they literally wanted all who work in the BBC dead? Of course not.