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The genocide in Palestine really brought out the lib in my gf (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Her dad is Jewish, mom isn't, and parents are divorced. The extent of her religion is "we said the prayers on hannukkah." Last night she heard about some right wingers she's barely related to say that Jewish people go to hell. This then led to my gf saying that "the left" also does the same thing.

Is this what the kids are calling "the ick"?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I've got a similar situation. I've heard a couple of times 'its a complicated situation' WHAT'S COMPLICATED ABOUT STANDING AGAINST GENOCIDE???? I'm a little butt hurt about it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

To people completely unfamiliar it can seem that way from media framing. You know nothing about the Middle East, let alone your own politics, and then there’s this big debate about two sides with one you know more about because because the media you’re exposed to pushes them more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

That's a very generous take. In my conversations I'm simplifying as much as possible because the root issues aren't complicated. Reconciliation is going to be incredibly complicated, but we're not there yet. I'm asking people if genocide is bad. What's an appropriate response to genocide? That's getting me really far. Either they out themselves as a ghoul or they start to put it together

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