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yardwork

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19. If I were that friend, I'd sure be doing so.

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 02:39 PM

Aug 2025

Friends don't tell one another "you don't care about Palestinian children" and then bring up the Holocaust as a gotcha.

It's hard to imagine a more offensive statement. In my opinion.

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A friend accused me of being Anti-Semitic for my condemnation of Netanyahu and the rightwing parties in Israel [View all] Chasstev365 Aug 2025 OP

Been there. choie Aug 2025 #1

Oh, dear... : ( electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #43

I live in NYC too, in Manhattan. choie Aug 2025 #50

👋 In The Bronx... electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #51

Meh malaise Aug 2025 #2

So do you think Israel should exist as a Jewish state? lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #12

Three words: TWO-STATE SOLUTION. hlthe2b Aug 2025 #15

and that is how it was created. A Jewish state and an Arab State. My question still remains, is Israel a lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #16

YOU need to learn some history. Israel WAS indeed created as a country in 1948. A Palestinian state was NEVER hlthe2b Aug 2025 #17

Excuse me. Where did I say a Palestinian state was created? I specifically said the partition was divided into lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #26

Technically true, but that was not your insinuation. hlthe2b Aug 2025 #31

"What you say is true, but I'm going to dispute it anyway." lapucelle Aug 2025 #35

Here is a better timeline. Eko Aug 2025 #39

Same three words malaise Aug 2025 #22

Do you know what Zionism is? Hint, it is NOT being against a two-state solution. lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #27

Are you for real? choie Aug 2025 #65

Really. yardwork Aug 2025 #3

I totally disagree with your assessment! Chasstev365 Aug 2025 #5

I'm sure you do. yardwork Aug 2025 #7

Could you explain the logic? Yardwork explained their logic EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #29

I agree Kali999 Aug 2025 #4

Hmmm..... Mossfern Aug 2025 #9

But their cousin works at the 92 St Y. For years. yardwork Aug 2025 #10

I'm rural Kali999 Aug 2025 #42

It's possible to research the history of the area Mossfern Aug 2025 #46

And there are many Jews who are not Zionists. choie Aug 2025 #66

because genocide is so pro-semitic mike_c Aug 2025 #6

agreed -- saying that it is illegal to kill civilian children and bomb food lines does not make you anti-Semitic JT45242 Aug 2025 #8

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Woah! Mossfern Aug 2025 #32

Netanyahu and his supporters choie Aug 2025 #67

I can't recall ever being called antisemitic. yardwork Aug 2025 #33

You're correct. Shouldn't be too hard to find a better friend. (nt) Paladin Aug 2025 #11

Every now and then, one needs to take inventory and re-count one's friends. Occasionally, one turns missing. eppur_se_muova Aug 2025 #14

I've broken off ties with "friends" who went with trump. Paladin Aug 2025 #41

If I were that friend, I'd sure be doing so. yardwork Aug 2025 #19

Gee, where have I experienced that recently?... Just ask them how that is different from accusing an hlthe2b Aug 2025 #13

That's a tired insult they use since they have no substantive defense for the evil they promote iemanja Aug 2025 #18

Accusing others of not caring about dying children is a grave insult. yardwork Aug 2025 #21

I edited my post to directly disagree with you iemanja Aug 2025 #23

I'm honored. yardwork Aug 2025 #24

Post removed Post removed Aug 2025 #25

Accusing others of not caring about dying children is a grave insult. choie Aug 2025 #68

Rec. Rec Rec malaise Aug 2025 #28

The discussion wasn't about Mossfern Aug 2025 #37

Wrong - killing and injuring tens of thousands of kids is not defending yourself womanofthehills Aug 2025 #69

Hamas is killing all those children Mossfern Aug 2025 #70

your friend was just regurgitating RW talking points Nigrum Cattus Aug 2025 #30

I see that often... Mike Nelson Aug 2025 #34

I used to be a Zionist Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #36

Same happened to me. I unfriended that person. Autumn Aug 2025 #38

The only thing that I can say on this subject Dan Aug 2025 #40

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What does the fact that she happened to be Jewish have to do with it? Mossfern Aug 2025 #47

No you aren't, and why I am throughly disgusted with what seems to have become all to prevalent here, and I think it lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #55

If you go Mossfern Aug 2025 #62

The fact that she was Jewish has nothing to do with anything. What the fuck is this shit here. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #60

The implication is that the Jewish nurse deliberately withheld care. yardwork Aug 2025 #61

hmmm Kali999 Aug 2025 #45

The second time today Mossfern Aug 2025 #48

Netanyahu is a terrorist. He needs to be dealt with the way we used to deal with terrorists. Initech Aug 2025 #49

A thousand recommendations Picaro Aug 2025 #52

But telling someone Mossfern Aug 2025 #71

Lest We Forget: For years, NutJobYahoo propped up Hama$ MrWowWow Aug 2025 #53

I guess I am too. DiverDave Aug 2025 #54

Israel's recent actions have done great harm to Jewish people. David__77 Aug 2025 #56

I'm sure that most people who care about Israel fear the rise of anti-semitism around the world... AntiFascist Aug 2025 #57

I don't see anything you said as anti semitic fujiyamasan Aug 2025 #58

drives me up the wall. netanfuckyou is damaging israel AND jews. pansypoo53219 Aug 2025 #59

As Democrats, I feel it is our duty to condemn the Far Right Extremists who have seized control over Israel Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #63

I don't have time to find it now but Mandy Patinkin has made a statement about this Iris Aug 2025 #64