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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Obviously since this is the third thread after a couple of thousand posts, some people are passionate about the Gaza War. I just wonder if it is the same people posing over and over or this thread attracts the majority of people on this site. I went to Israel 30 years ago with high hopes that as a nonbeliever there would be some type of spiritual epiphany or at least feeling since three major monotheistic religions have roots there. Instead I found some much tension and a feeling of heaviness from everyone from all three religions. (Loved going to Egypt and Jordan on the same trip due to all the amazing ruins). Since then I just am not interested at all in what happens there. I really wonder what percent of Americans just really don't care much about the plight of anyone in Israel/Palestine and are more focused on other things? Am I an outlier and most Americans are passionate one way or the other?[/quote] The loss of life is tragic but I don’t spend much mental energy on it and don’t have much of an opinion. [b]I’m kind of mystified the way my peers have taken up this cause. [/b]People in the Middle East have been blowing each other up my entire life. This feels like nothing new. [/quote] I can tell you why your peers all of a sudden have taken up the cause. Because there's nothing else making the news cycle and all the other "causes" have burned out. Putting on a cowardly mask and chanting "Free Palestine" is just the latest version of Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and Aid to Ukraine. It's all virtue-signaling from a group that before 10/7 couldn't even find Gaza on a map. For some, it's rooted in antisemitism (evil first-world Jews). For others, they're just bored. I'm sure they just replaced their fading "Black Lives Matter" sign with a "Free Palestine" one. Once this war leaves the news cycle, your peers will move on to some other cause.[/quote]
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