Always funny to me when people indirectly try to recruit me to confirm or project their bigotries.

Selective memory is pretty charming. Being sarcastic here.

Examples:

-Because I criticize Islam, people think they can tell me they have no problem bombing the middle east and killing kids..they forget that I have muslim loved ones and my sister was a Muslim. It sure is personal to me.

-Because I am against killing innocent civilians in Palestine, people think I would be fine with any form of anti-Semitism , forgetting that I am also Jewish by heritage, grandmother's. This also sure is personal to me.

-Because I am Jewish, people think I would just roll with Israelis genocidal agendas. Certainly not, and this sure is personal to me.

The list is endless.

I will often look at these matters from a personal perspective. If you want me to take out subjectivity from the equation, then you are incredibly delusional and being subjective yourself. Subjectivity can both inflate the ego and humble it. It is a matter of drawing distinctions, yet remaining consistent in core principles. Not about pure objectivity.

The human element is subjective. Giving it up is giving up your own value.

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SinlessOnslaught · M

Some people think of geopolitics and war like "this ethnicity / country good, this one bad" and have a hard time grasping anything else. And furthermore they think if you belong to a certain group or hold any certain opinion, that explains everything about who you're with. It's common where I'm from. You helped pull me out of that mentality.

Miram · 31-35, F

@SinlessOnslaught

I do think it is about nuances. And I think it is common everywhere. Not just the US. People want simple stances. They don't want depth and high-effort concepts.

SinlessOnslaught · M

@Miram Yes. I've observed that.

TheDeathOCuHullainn

I understand this. Its like I have the right to say anything about the place where I grew up and the people I grew up with. Any outsiders that start badmouthing either are asking for trouble.

Younameit · F

Welcome to this crazy polarized world, where having common sense and not following an agenda is not the norm. “You either follow this or that, nothing in between. ”. “ If you criticize something you are not one of us/you are one of us.” They’ll always try to label you.

StygianKohlrabi · 46-50, M

didn't most of the Jewish community in your country already immigrate to Israel?

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Miram · 31-35, F

@StygianKohlrabi

So you're talking about the 60s.

Yes, plenty of the jewish community were expulsed or left on their own accord, not all to Israel. Mostly expulsed.

In the context of Algeria, that happened because a select few of the jewish community decided to become terrorists to ruin the peace negotiations that were happening between the FLN and France. It is incredibly important to mention that here.

They conducted attacks against civilians to make France think it is the FLN, and the FLN think it is France.

They killed significant number of intellectuals who supported a peace treaty.

The damage was incredibly cascading and the jews who were actually peaceful ended up paying the price, whether they stayed or left. There was a price.

It is not that Iranians treat the jews better, unfortunately, it is that they don't have the same historical memory and likely are far less critical of the government and the status quo in general.

How often do you see Jewish Iranians criticizing Islam? The Iranian government likes people who know how to keep their mouths shut when they should. It doesn't matter their religion.

StygianKohlrabi · 46-50, M

@Miram I'm sure the Iranian Jews are treated crp, since most of them left. yep in many countries they were expelled but then those countries had second thoughts and realized that sending more Jews to Israel didn't exactly align with their anti-Zionist stance. but by then it was too late. that's what I remember hearing about Libya anyways. but they want to have they cake and eat it too... an annoying but still applicable saying.

Miram · 31-35, F

@StygianKohlrabi

They weren't sent to Israel. And most of them didn't initially go to Israel. They went to Europe. It was more stable.

The jews should be able to live anywhere in the world. Just like anyone else.

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