newenglanddeac2
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yeesh, looks like I haven’t missed much in the last 3 years.
It’s as hateful and incorrect to suggest that some who is against Hamas actions and supporting Israel is a facist nutjob.i think it’s been hateful and incorrect for people, posters on this thread included, to dismiss the protestors of this war as just “leftists” and “arabs”. There are prominent Jews and Israeli citizens protesting this war and demanding peace - a ceasefire. Families of the hostages, families and victims of the Hamas massacre are calling for peace and being attacked for it, American Jews are protesting, losing their jobs, and getting arrested calling for peace. It’s not acceptable to erase the diversity of the protestors for the convenience of a pro war argument.
Can you imagine the parents of a hostage being called collaborators and traitors for speaking against Netanyahu? That’s where we are at right now.
I think where we fundamentally disagree on the topic is in what i perceive from you as assignment of blame. What I read from your posts is that you blame the Israeli government for the whole thing, either directly or indirectly. And it feels like your posts are intent on proving that out. I believe both Israel and Hamas bear full responsibility here.windy - We’re never going to be able to have an honest respectful debate about this topic when you insist upon dishonestly reducing viewpoints to “pro hamas” or “pro Israel” and falsely implying that i’ve called you a fascist.
I’ll reiterate for emphasis - my post was about the diversity of the movement for peace and ceasefire, and recognizing the many brave Jewish and Israeli people who are protesting this war.
And Israel will continue their violent oppressionI do not understand why anyone thinks a ceasefire would solve anything. It would just give Hamas time to regroup until they do it again. At the risk of sounding overly pessimistic, this will end when one side destroys the other.