The Times of Israel posted an article titled "When Genocide Is Permissible."

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170. Some of the posts on this thread make me ill.

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As a human being, I deplore the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza -- they make me sick. I think Netanyahu and his cronies should be ousted forthwith and charged with war crimes. I think the US should stop funding this insanity immediately.

As a Jewish woman, some of the posts in this thread have also made me sick to my stomach. Particularly the ones which state or strongly imply:
-- Jews in general/lots of Jews support the genocide of the Palestinian people (posts #27, #37, #99, #149)
-- Jews are acting like Nazi's/WWII Germans (#39, #43, #67, #91, #114)
-- Jews have a history of enslaving and killing off people so why is anyone surprised that they're doing it again (#96, #129, #134, #136, #161)
-- Jews think 'never again' only applies to them (#9, #32, #113, #160)
-- Jews are barbarians (#134)

We Jewish folk share a religion, and/or a cultural heritage -- we don't have some bizarre hive mind that makes us all think alike or agree with everything the Israeli government does. Jewish individuals are INDIVIDUALS first and foremost. And those posts I pointed out seem to have lost track of that.

When did painting an entire group in such a negative way become acceptable at DU?

I've been here well over a year and this is the first time I've thought 'I don't feel safe here right now.'

Wtf, DU?