@SharonEllis
That is a very unfair characterization of my response, and of me. I would like to reply.
I'm interested that you think it was inevitable that people in the UK would celebrate the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, an attack that shocked even quite hard headed people in its gratuitous brutality.
Of course it is inevitable, as some people are dicks. The majority did not celebrate. They, like most decent humans, were horrified.
I have to say, I didn't think it was inevitable that people who support Palestine would celebrate this attack so openly & with so much joy.
Nor did I. But, I repeat, they are a minority.
And faux innocence about algorithms
I am not faux anything; I am a grown woman, and I am express my thoughts in a straight forward, reasonable manner. However, if you claim that you only saw celebrations that dreadful Oct day, and that your social media feeds were silent, and that the contrast between the scale of social media condemnation for the George Floyd killing vs silence after the Hamas attack was huge, then yes, I ask again what your algorithm is doing. * *
Implicit in your argument is the idea that the majority of the world joined in celebration of the Hamas attack, which is simply not true and my position can be argued with evidence. This thread is arguing, with evidence, that the Irish are being unfairly characterized by Israel.
So, fine, be blase about it but please don't tell us that hatred of Jewish people, and turning a blind eye to it, doesn't have a bearing on the ongoing response to the conflict.
I still do not accept your framing of the argument. I do not agree that dismay and horror at the conduct of this Israeli government and the IDF in Gaza translates into hatred of Jews in or out of Israel.
Not only, I think it is manipulative to force team those two positions.
@SharonEllis it does seem, from this thread, that you really want to believe that everybody hates Jews and Israel. No matter what anyone says, you seem to want to hold that belief.
So I will leave you to it, all the while feeling terrible for that burden you carry.
Shabbat Shalom.