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Source: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-bad-optics-of-fighting-for-your
The Bad Optics of Fighting for Your Life
(Substack) Bari Weiss - I'm scrolling through my phone, looking at the tsunami of lies. It appears that standing up for the right of innocent people to protect themselves from a genocidal terrorist organization has become extremely risky to one's "brand." Lies have replaced truth. Memes have replaced morality. Hashtags have replaced history. More than 1,500 rockets have rained down on Israeli cities. Friends across Israel told me about huddling with their crying children in safe rooms. It's fine, they insisted. But living like this is not fine. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are genocidal terrorist organizations that want to wipe Israel, a country the size of New Jersey that contains the largest Jewish community on Earth, off the map. That is their reason for being. The goal here is the eradication of the Jewish people. That is the bone-chilling truth. That is the core obstacle to peace.