Types of people who don’t want to discuss the Gaza War
While talking on twitter or commenting in blogs, I had met so many types of people. With quite a few I had a very intelligent talk. With some I found many points where we agree, with others I found no common ground but the conversation forced me to double check my facts and had me deal honestly with not very simple questions.
However, too many people I’ve met were just ignorant, misinformed, closed minded or just purely violent. Some of them were siding with Israel, but most of them were against it. I even got messages asking me to “die already, jew pig!” or hinted-threats like “Have you got your call up papers yet? I hear Gaza is cold, dark and unfriendly…”
When I talk with people holding the opposing side I seek intelligent, in-depth discussion. Just shouting my truth on the other side won’t get us anywhere and too many people doing it, anyway. Serious discussions are not that common.
All in all, here is a short and not-at-all-full dictionary of the types of people one can meet while trying to seriously discuss the Gaza conflict, and who sometimes interfere with having in-depth discussions between people.
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Since again I had to answer quite some serious questions on twitter, I’m posting my opinion on the ground operation here. Any of you who read my previous posts and talked with me on twitter already know more or less where I stand, but I’ll write this as a reference.