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I disagree. I'm reminded of the position people took with apartheid South Africa. People condemned and boycotted SA due to the extreme problems there. That di
by LightG 5y ago
I disagree.
I'm reminded of the position people took with apartheid South Africa. People condemned and boycotted SA due to the extreme problems there.
That didn't mean that they were hypocrites then because so many other terrible problems existed then around the world and many continue to this day. It was a particular inflammatory problem that captured the mindshare at that time.
Using antisemitism as the go-to reason here seems like a cop-out.
Fully expect and welcome downvotes for this comment.
- stevespang 5y agoIsrael is EVIL. This needs to be stopped. Prostitution of foreign women is legal and ongoing in Israel. Jewish women are not allowed in synagogues (discrimination and gender separation).
- raxxorrax 5y agoThat is a shallow way to look at conflicts if you think the issues are comparable. Some things are, but the overall conflict is not. In the middle east the threat to Israel is of existential nature, even if that changed to the better in recent years.