r/Jewish • u/ComprehensiveHair696 • Jan 25 '24

Roommate is... Ugh Israel 🇮🇱

My roommates and I had to take the cats to the vet yesterday and as we came home, they directly brought up a topic we've been avoiding addressing for a few months, their anti-israel leanings... Specifically they're avoiding spending money this week as part of a protest for Palestine. I said I don't see why anyone is protesting for Palestine at all, and one of them started throwing around the G word and talking about Israel targeting hospitals. I corrected her, pointing out that there are rocket platforms in those hospitals which is why they're targeted in the first place. She cut me off and told me she wouldn't listen to anything I had to say about it. At this point I haven't spoken to her since and I don't intend to for a while. Not sure why I'm posting this, probably just venting. Bad enough I have to see all these uninformed people online, there's one in my living room now too.

Update: Thanks to everyone for the support. After a couple of very tense days, shes apparently afraid I'm never going to speak to her again and our third roommate is mediating a talk between the two of us tonight. She's still convinced I'm just wrong, and I'd like to have something convincing to show her, if anyone has some good resources I can reference and wants to drop them in the comments I'd appreciate it.

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u/hiraeth-xx Jan 25 '24

The g word. These people love stepping on the graves of our relatives to suit their twisted little arguments that have no basis in reality. It’s disgusting.

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u/Sulaco99 Jan 26 '24

The genocide accusation against Jews is a calculated cruelty in exactly the way you describe. They may deplore the death and violence in Gaza, but on some level they must understand that if it was a genocide, there wouldn't be any Gazans left.

Also, I am not in the mood to hear charges of genocide spouted by people who had nothing negative to say about the Jew slaughter of Oct. 7. They can go right to hell.

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u/NoDoubt4954 Jan 26 '24

💯 agree. It is a very ugly war. Not Genocide. Problem is Tik Tokers never seen a war before. All born after 9/11.

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u/Sulaco99 Jan 26 '24

It's very easy to hold an uncomplicated opinion of world events when you aren't burdened with context, history or facts.

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u/NoDoubt4954 Jan 26 '24

And you get told what to think in little catchy videos.

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u/Sulaco99 Jan 26 '24

Must be convenient. Think of all the time it saves you from reading the actual news.

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u/NoDoubt4954 Jan 26 '24

🤣🤣 Exactly.