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Originally Posted by Beninho
You used an anecdotal story about a Jewish person you know to try and claim Israel and Jews want to commit genocide. Several posters have done this using a token Jewish friend to try and make an example of how Jews think. If someone did the opposite and referenced their Palestinian or Muslim friend as an example that Muslims want to genocide Jews they would be labeled Islamophobic. No one cares about your Jewish sister in law. Is she the spokesperson for every Jew and Israeli? Does she lead a political party in Israel? Does she have any power whatsoever? No. So who cares
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This is a well made point. I will maistain that the perspectives of individuals is still significant as ideas never exist in a vacuum.
Still I should have stressed that's hers is one of millions of perspectives. And that others no doubt believe very differently.