Yeeaaaah, this was me, up until around 2023. I totally ate up the “it’s complicated”, “ancient religious conflict”, “they’ve been fighting forever” bullshit. Now I’m one of those annoying people who talks about Israel and Palestine to my partner every chance I get. You can tell it still makes people uncomfortable to talk about, probably because some actually think it’s antisemitic to talk about, but way more people nod and agree with me then before. Even people my parents age, you know the low-key Islamaphobic af libs type, are saying, “I don’t know why we’re so ride or die for Israel. What do they do for us?” when I bring some up insane act they did or war they randomly stated.
I might even test this change of opinion by mentioning anti-Israel stuff in my most moderate-lib-filled group chats that I dare didn’t bring it up before and see what happens.
Yeeaaaah, this was me, up until around 2023. I totally ate up the “it’s complicated”, “ancient religious conflict”, “they’ve been fighting forever” bullshit. Now I’m one of those annoying people who talks about Israel and Palestine to my partner every chance I get. You can tell it still makes people uncomfortable to talk about, probably because some actually think it’s antisemitic to talk about, but way more people nod and agree with me then before. Even people my parents age, you know the low-key Islamaphobic af libs type, are saying, “I don’t know why we’re so ride or die for Israel. What do they do for us?” when I bring some up insane act they did or war they randomly stated.
I might even test this change of opinion by mentioning anti-Israel stuff in my most moderate-lib-filled group chats that I dare didn’t bring it up before and see what happens.