• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I have family in Israel and have been there several times. I liked it there. I liked how all the signs were trilingual and the food was excessively good. I don’t however approve of the Israeli government or how they’ve gone about this conflict.

    Does this make me a bad person in other peoples eyes?

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      5 months ago

      Timing matters. I have family in Austria. I like a lot of things about Austria and I also don’t approve of a lot of things the government does and did.

      If someone were to have voiced that sentiment loudly in 1942, they’d probably be an asshole.

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        5 months ago

        So from your definition, me having family there and having some positive sentiment about some things I experienced there quantifies me as an asshole.

        I find the prejudgment interesting. I used to only get this from right wingers for being Jewish but now I get it from both ends haha. Take care!

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          5 months ago

          Your post completely ignore my first and main sentence.

          It’s the timing that makes you an asshole, not your sentiment.

          Israel is currently engaging in genocide. I know it. The UN knows it. Dogs know it.

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            5 months ago

            Good… good . Fight about another country. Split apart. The imperfect are unclean. Give no quarter.

            The left will never unify and the right will win.