https://stevesalaita.com/the-importance-of-being-flippant/
"[El-Kurd] was there to talk about Palestine, not to validate tired acts of Zionist projection. ... Maybe he was saying that he truly, sincerely doesn’t give a fuck about the approval of white Americans. And maybe, just maybe, there was an element of requital in his answer: here, have a bit of that anxiety you force us to endure every waking moment."