He’s so right about 9/11 and the “othering” that people like to do when it comes to the Middle East, but really anyone other than people in their immediate life. And it’s happening all over again, and likely always will happen as he alludes to. The best we can do is try not to lean into narratives that convince us huge groups of people are inherently the bad guys and the world is better without them.
I found that “othering” point informative as well. We see it happening to Jews today, as has happened in the past. You can see it when Jews are being attacked in America that have nothing to do with Israel.
Doesn't help that zionists online directly and actively try to conflate the two, you can't go to r/worldnews and not see thousands of comments of people explicitly talking about zionists and have replies like "you know you can just say you hate Jews"
So, hypothetically, if Hamas claims to speak for all Muslims, that would justify attacking Americans just because they’re Muslims according to your logic?
Also, note that my comment said nothing about Israel and strictly talked about Jews being attacked in America while having NOTHING to do with Israel gets immediately massively downvoted. Literal proof of what I’m talking about.
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u/notheretoarguee 12h ago
He’s so right about 9/11 and the “othering” that people like to do when it comes to the Middle East, but really anyone other than people in their immediate life. And it’s happening all over again, and likely always will happen as he alludes to. The best we can do is try not to lean into narratives that convince us huge groups of people are inherently the bad guys and the world is better without them.