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Jewish Grandmother's avatar

Thank you for looking deeply into this phenomenon. Sadly, bias and prejudice have always been and will always be with us. All of us, no matter which end of the spectrum we inhabit. Humanity could have used the wifi revolution to become more aware of and concerned about the plight of others, but no. This is human beings we’re talking about. Every one of us is insecure and lonely, feels annoyed by our lives and threatened by ‘the other’. Tribalism will always be a thing. It just happens to be more deadly when it joins with fundamentalist Islam and media frenzy. Speaking personally, I am keeping my sanity by avoiding most news and picking small battles and setting small goals that I have a modest chance of winning. One battle at a time. One day at a time.

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TD Craig's avatar

We may judge the worth of a culture by how it treats the Jews. In my opinion, we can also judge the strength of a culture on the same basis. For what people in history have contributed so much to human endeavour in such a wide range of fields? In this context, preferring a bunch of cruel, backward Islamists over the people of Israel is the very definition of insanity. Intelligent reasons for such a bias are not easily found.

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