Useful idiots keep parroting provably false Israeli talking points. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me …
“The Italians having a proverb,” wrote the 17th century British courtier Anthony Weldon, “‘He that deceives me once, its his fault; but if twice, its my fault.’”
Today, we commonly summarize that old Italian proverb as: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”
Timeline on repeat:
• Israel commits massacre
Mehdi Hasan is the editor-in-chief of Zeteo and a Guardian US columnist
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