A reminder to think before you speak - Israel and Palestine edition

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27. I disagree. I haven't used that term but I don't see why it would be against "JEWS" as you say.

It is strictly about Israel and specifically what the state of Israel is doing NOW. Officially. (Not, like Putin, an action they deny while actually doing it anyway.)

Most of us non-Jews in the US have MANY Jewish friends, among which opinions vary quite widely as to what is going on in I/P. I don't bring up the topic but I see snippets on facebook pages and also know from previous discussions, who stands where (in general) with regards to Israel's treatment of Palestinians. If I took the extremes of my Jewish friends and put them in a room together and forced them to discuss this topic (trust me, I wouldn't) they would be at each other's throats as much as DUers are over this topic, each calling the other (or at least the other's views) such things as "evil" and "bent on the destruction of Israel".

As to relating the current horrors being visited on the people of Gaza:

1. I agree with the OP. It is not helpful to invoke Godwin's law, ever.
2. That said, to AN INDIVIDUAL in Gaza, who is doing NOTHING but trying to live their life in a place in which they were born and FROM WHICH THEY CANNOT ESCAPE (this is an extremely key point), the terror and growing hatred must be akin to what went was experienced by a victim of any of history's genocides, slaughters, annihilations, whatever you want to call them: Rwanda, Cambodia, Armenia, Native Americans ... and Jews whenever they have been singled out (including The Era That Shall Not Be Named)... and even as I type, all those just trying to live their lives but being caught in the middle now in Syria, Egypt, Iraq (try being a Christian in Mosul lately? I bet Jews aren't doing so well there either), and so on ... many places I and probably most of us at DU don't even know about.

Terror is terror.

Please don't automatically assume the worst of other DUers who disagree with you. Just because someone is upset with what Netanyahu is doing and uses strong rhetoric to express it, doesn't mean they hate all Jews. Why would they? Plenty of Jews are also upset with what Netanyahu is doing.