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In reply to the discussion: I don't understand why people are just blind to Israeli terrorism and instead focus on just Muslim terrorism. [View all]Biophilic
(6,675 posts)7. I believe there is still a tremendous amount of guilt about what happened in WWII.
I was born in 46. I grew up with the stories, true and fiction, the books, the movies etc. That morphed into the world needing to make amends by making sure the Jewish people had a safe haven. Sort of allowing the world to work off its guilt. Like most things human we seem to have pushed this story to its ridiculous conclusion; that we, as a world, must allow the state of Israel to do whatever it wants to protect itself.
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I don't understand why people are just blind to Israeli terrorism and instead focus on just Muslim terrorism. [View all]
Eko
20 hrs ago
OP
Yes we have many Jewish groups in Pittsburgh and I have several friends and neighbors of the Jewish faith
FakeNoose
15 hrs ago
#36
We need to be careful not to conflate Jews as a people with the state of Israel
Orrex
15 hrs ago
#29
Orrex doesn't act in good faith - it has nothing to do with the issue at hand
jfz9580m
3 hrs ago
#61
"Conversion by the sword" is a misconception/trope used against Muslims since the Middle Ages.
AloeVera
18 hrs ago
#16
I believe there is still a tremendous amount of guilt about what happened in WWII.
Biophilic
19 hrs ago
#7
All I can do is agree with you. It's honestly a mystery. And Christianity never looks good.
Biophilic
11 hrs ago
#53
As I stated in my post these are the myths I grew up with. Myths! Not truths.
Biophilic
15 hrs ago
#43
Many decades of conditioning, propaganda and manipulation have brought us here.
OGBuzz
18 hrs ago
#10
Bigotry, willful ignorance, cognitive dissonance, disingenuousness, motivated reasoning, etc.
RockRaven
15 hrs ago
#30
Before the massacre, thousands of Palestinians were being held w/o charges,
questionseverything
11 hrs ago
#54
There are pictures, there's victim testimony, there's ashamed Isreal guards testimony
questionseverything
9 hrs ago
#57