Comment by Forgeties79

This is the same logic that led to people throughout the 2000’s laying the blame for 9/11 at the feet of all Muslims to such a degree that a then-candidate Trump was elected saying he wanted to institute a “Muslim Ban” 15 years later. You still have people repeating his lie that Muslims in the US were “cheering on the rooftops.” The FBI attempted to bait “terrorists” at US mosques into extreme action and were themselves turned in.

I don’t blame all the Jewish people for the actions of Netanyahu and his government despite the large swaths of support his government enjoys in Israel. It would be unacceptable to express that kind of view - and rightfully so. But that shouldn’t go in one direction and we all have to be capable of not only holding a nuanced opinion but extending a more charitable interpretation to the people we disagree who also likely have equally nuanced views.

Talk to people. Hear them out. We can not assume the caricatures we’ve built in our heads are accurate. I have to remind myself of this constantly when I think about people I disagree with politically and I fail constantly but we man do we have to keep trying or we’re in serious trouble as a society.