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Redleg

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8. Your own statement suggests lack of understanding of the totality of the history of the region

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 10, 2023, 12:54 PM

Oct 2023

Killing Jews may be one motivation, but I think this ignores other potential motives for direct action. It seems to me that a lot of people see this situation in simplistic terms. It's an easy thing to ascribe such motives to a whole group of people but that doesn't make it the only correct viewpoint.

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