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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
One thing that has become apparent to me through all this is that because of old colonial and racist habits, Israel is held to a higher standard than other countries in the region. People are asking Israel to practice restraint congruent with what Western democracies expect, but when Arabs go in and complete a massacre of Israeli civilians, the narrative is about how angry the Gazans must be and we can't expect restraint from people so angry. Really, from a wider perspective, Israel should be honored that some people hold them to a higher standard, but Arabs should be insulted because those same people don't see them as moral equals.
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The bigotry of low expectations.
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Of course Israel should behave with far more restraint and compassion than Hamas or Egypt.’
Why
of course? How do you really feel about a culture or community when you have no expectation that they behave in a civilized manner?