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Maria's avatar

Loved this thoughtful post (gee, when I can't sleep I'm only stewing on homework assignments my son hasn't done, how I should have treated the rude guy at the airport, or what I'm going to say to my client tomorrow - you write a perfectly worded treatise on the elements of effective debate and perspective taking! :-) ou are a master at parsing through the emotionally charged rhetoric of a situation and bringing us back into rational balance. This particular issue has caused me angst about speaking out because of all the reasons you cite. I am trying to do a lot of listening and learning and sharing of voices as I can. But I don't know if I'm considering enough perspectives. I don't know all the history (but am learning through all of this), I don't always know where to gather the best data or source material. I also can't answer the question you ask: How far back do we go? But I try to stick to voicing what I know to be true, as you said. That is....every human deserves to live with dignity and in peace. That we need to protect and support our Jewish friends and neighbors right now AND be there for any Palestinians who have suffered/are suffering. Both/and. I hope and pray for a ceasefire to end all the violence. And that no terrorist group should avoid accountability for the horrors they've inflicted, nor should we assume that terrorist extremists speak for all the people they claim to represent. Thank you so much for this thought provoking post.

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Neil Kramer's avatar

Yes.

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