Post #2994208

2026-05-03 21:18 UTC

@7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social The one thing I posted in the past that I remember clearly being removed with no explanation was an excerpt of commentary by a Jewish American commentator whose work I value very much.This was not long after the Hamas attacks in Israel, and when I heard nothing back by way of explanation about why that posting had been removed, I told myself that many people's feelings about what had just happened were understandably raw. /1

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@wdlindsy@toad.social 2026-05-03 21:23

@7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social At the same time, I was receiving comments here in my feed that I can only describe as bullying, by people who wanted to shut down all conversation about the history of Israeli-Palestinian interaction that lies behind the ongoing turmoil and violence in that region. For a while, I decided just not to post anything at all about that subject, though I think it needs careful, honest discussion. /2

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@burly@olifant.social 2026-05-03 21:36

@wdlindsy@toad.social I should clarify, I mean the narrative that Israeli Palestinian relations are based on some thousand year ecclesiastical "fight" of Abrahamic faiths. I find this destructive idea is so much more prevalent then one would think, and is consistently used at the end of conversations to sweep the entire uncomfortable conversation under a rug.

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