No ignore feature in this forum.
Lol I apologize then. Ignore me Dia. I love one thing though. Someone noticed I defended Muslims as I do Jews.
I thank God for that. I really do.
As much as I have debated you it does not matter on all the issues except that one-the concept that we Muslims and
Jews and anyone else in conflict only asked to be treated with the same standards.
This conflict Dia like all conflicts is about people choosing to revert to simplistic notions of what is right, wrong, good, evil.
We know its far more complex then that but how do we challenge ourselves to talk in non absolute, non adversarial terms?
There are days I read back what I have written to you and say was it too extreme or not? Forums can lend to harsh tones in responses.
For example some times discussing Muslim terrorism turns into anti Muslim bashing no different than it does when discussing Israel but using terms that attack all Jews.
There is no difference between negatively generalizing against all Muslims, Jews, anyone. A lot of people feel that negative generalizes are o.k. if its in support of their particular opinion.
Trudeau did it. He stood up to answer a question on ISIL repatriation policies to Canada, and rather than discuss it intelligently pulled the Islamophobia card. In so doing he may not have thought so but he told Canada, if you question ISIL terrorists coming back to Canada it means you hate Muslims which is precisely the kind of comment that stereotypes, isolates and generates hatred against ALL Muslims. It lumps all Muslims in with ISIL members as being one and the same. It prevents Muslim Canadians speaking out against ISIL repatriation and suggesting they all support the, coming back. I know many Muslims who came here to get away from the extremism of ISIL and its like and like me they have personal experiences with this extremism. They like me know this simplistic notion you can re-educate terrorists and turn them harmless is past insane.
The media missed that one. I haven't heard one media pundit criticize Trudeau for pulling the Islamophobia card on that debate.
Look I have read numerous stories criticizing Israeli state policies. Just start with the Jerusalem Post, or any Jewish newspaper, t.v. show or radio show. Some of the most vibrant powerful attacks against Israeli government initiatives comes from its media. They take no prisoners. The point is when the media does it they don't attack Jews for wanting to live in a Jewish state and they don't attack Palestinians for wanting their own state.
In fact those debaters and writers who openly use the conflicts of the day to either advance a platform to erase the Israeli state or Palestinian state, stick out in the Israeli media. Its here in Canada you find people claiming to understand and speak on behalf of Palestinians or claiming to understand what Israel is and what Zionism is who engage in the double standards.
Double standards can be intentional or unintentional depending on whether the person's opinions are deliberately intended to incite hate (one form of ignorance) or because of lack of understanding of the underlying issues ( another form of ignorance ).
You have experienced it. You get a gut feeling when you think someone is deliberately hateful as opposed to just unintentionally ignorant.