I so identify with this experience. I have been in a long online conversation with a dear friend who adamantly believes that Israel has a "greater responsibility" than Hamas for ending the conflict, that Joe Biden is supporting genocide because he hasn't made a ceasefire happen with a snap of his fingers and, yes, that the stories of rapes and other sexual violence during the 10/7 attacks are "false propaganda."
But I also know that there is not a single anti-semitic bone in his entire body. Our conversations are civil, and he does respond positively when provided with substantial evidence not coming from the 99.9% of MSM that he deeply distrusts. He is currently reviewing the UN Meeting notes I sent him from yesterday's presentation by the U.N. Commissioner on Sexual Violence about her mission to Israel to investigate charges of Hamas' sexual violence. And so far, he appears to be taking her and her credentials very seriously.
Will he come around? I don't know, but to me it is besides the point. If there ever is to be peace it wil start with people who have strong opinions on both sides of the conflict being able to talk to each other, not at each other. Anything we do to further that today, even one person at a time, matters.
I so identify with this experience. I have been in a long online conversation with a dear friend who adamantly believes that Israel has a "greater responsibility" than Hamas for ending the conflict, that Joe Biden is supporting genocide because he hasn't made a ceasefire happen with a snap of his fingers and, yes, that the stories of rapes and other sexual violence during the 10/7 attacks are "false propaganda."
But I also know that there is not a single anti-semitic bone in his entire body. Our conversations are civil, and he does respond positively when provided with substantial evidence not coming from the 99.9% of MSM that he deeply distrusts. He is currently reviewing the UN Meeting notes I sent him from yesterday's presentation by the U.N. Commissioner on Sexual Violence about her mission to Israel to investigate charges of Hamas' sexual violence. And so far, he appears to be taking her and her credentials very seriously.
Will he come around? I don't know, but to me it is besides the point. If there ever is to be peace it wil start with people who have strong opinions on both sides of the conflict being able to talk to each other, not at each other. Anything we do to further that today, even one person at a time, matters.