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Originally Posted by Oberon
Personally I have no problem with them, I don't see some sort of giant conspiracy like Alex does, no more than I see a giant Muslim conspiracy like Skybird does.
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Yup, I think that's the issue. I have a lot of trouble with one-sided, "us vs. them" views of the whole situation, and I'm annoyed with the constant "you're either with the good guys or you're with the bad guys on this" that the propenents of these views seem to bombard me with. Please stop setting people into square boxes where there is an obviously complex, multi-dimensional issue. It is possible to be positive towards the Jewish peoples and support a state of Israel, while at the same time acknowledging problems that it poses some problems to regional peace and recognizing arguments from the other side as well. Support for Israel and the Israelis doesn't automatically make one a Zionist; support for Palestinian rights and urging for responsibility on Iran doesn't make one a terrorist-loving hippie either.
It's "us vs. them" thinking that got us into this mess in the first place. I like how people assume that it's going to magically fix it.