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Opinion: Cynicism masquerades as insight, but at heart, it’s a defence of disengagement

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Jane McQuitty: Rick Bell’s recent column is classic entry in a long-standing tradition: the takedown of public expression of discontent.

She says in these dismissives, the heroic figure is always the one who does not protest, she says.

But disapproval of protesters is unconscionable when it targets a painful subject: Gaza .

McQuitit: Why ridicule those who gathered in solidarity with a population enduring mass death and destruction.

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