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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is saying the death of Paul Kessler is not tragic. However, it looks like it happened after some type of altercation or dispute at the rally. He was not singled out and targeted.

I think previous PPs were just pointing out that these three men, along with the boy who was killed and his mom who was stabbed as well as the Stanford student hit by a car, were all attacked while they were just living their regular lives. And that is concerning.[/quote]

Not exactly like the six year old boy. These were men walking around in keffiyahs. This is absolutely a tragic hate crime. Just should note that they were openly walking around in Palestinian scarves that have been frequently worn lately as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism. Again, that is not a crime and what happened was awful. But wouldn’t equate that to a six year old who makes no political statement.[/quote]

Maybe they were wearing a keffiyah, which is a scarf commonly worn by Palestinians, because they're Palestinian? I'm 99% sure they had worn a keffiyah prior to Oct. 7. Should they have to stop wearing one because someone could view it as a political statement?

What about a star of David necklace? Or a kippah? Should someone who worn those previously stop wearing them because it can be viewed as a political statement?

I understand what you are saying. But I don't agree. They were out for a walk after attending an 8 year olds birthday party, not making a political statement.[/quote]

I agree- I said it was absolutely wrong and a hate crime.

It’s different than a kippah or a Star of David or taqiya etc, which are all religious symbols. The Palestinian scarf is a symbol of nationalism and that movement has many non-peaceful associations. And at this moment in time, it is an inflammatory and very intentional accessory. I also wouldn’t advise Israeli supporters to walk around wearing a tee shirt with an Israeli flag on it, precisely because it is a statement due to current events and also because there are a lot of nuts out there.

All of that said, they obviously didn’t deserve this. The man waving an Israeli flag didn’t deserve his death either. Neither did the six year old boy and neither did the tons of kids on college campuses facing antisemitism. [/quote]

Do you understand that there are degrees of wrongdoing? Feeling that you have to hide from fellow students in a library is quite a stretch from being confronted on the street by a dead-eyed stranger and then being shot in cold blood.

They are all not "the same" type of undeserved experiences.[/quote]

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