Good for you and all, but aren’t you interested in the acting? the way the lines are delivered?

Don’t forget about the Bowling Green massacre.

Ok, stick with that and lose support. It’s very sad when the people of Gaza need our support against the extremists running Israel right now, but people like you keep screwing them over by going just as extreme the other way.

You are making yourself sound stupid, no offense.
It’s not what I said at all. You can scream at strawmen if it makes you feel better, of course. But if people like you would pay a bit more attention to nuance, this world might be a lot better place. But you do you.

Yes we should boycott Israel to stop what they’re doing now to civilians. That doesn’t mean Israel has no right to exist or that Jews should be persecuted now. There were a lot of bad thangs that happened on many sides related to, and after wwii. Just like there were a lot of bad things that happened in the Americas to establish what are recognized countries now. And the same pretty much anywhere if you go back in history long enough. When you conflate the issues of Israel’s existence with Israel’s current policies in Gaza, you weaken your call to stop the human rights abuses in Gaza right now. Stay focused!

Seriously, that’s what you got out of that? Are you trolling - or just blinded by hate? Or is it a language thing? I can try to rephrase for you if you’re honestly having trouble with non monosyllabic words.

I mean you did. But whatever. Yes I’ve seen Fox News because I like to see what others are seeing. I like to see other perspectives. It’s obvious within seconds when watching Fox that it’s a right wing propaganda mill, and it’s so cringy it’s hard to believe people actually watch it and take it seriously. I usually avoid video media like that altogether as I find it so cringey - it’s much more efficient to scan the web pages of the different spin sources to see what they’re doing. I don’t understand your point about not thinking it’s possible to form an opinion without it - what watching Fox?. I would think it’s quite easy to form opinions about Fox whether you watch it or not, but it’s a more informed opinion if you do. Whether that’s worth the pain in this case, is arguable.

Let’s get this tech to Ukraine asap.

And that’s where reading comprehension is so important. I would hope no video would make you agree with genocide - as I already said! I would also hope that some of the more radical anti-Israelis might be convinced tho that genociding the Jewish people would also be bad.

Maybe you misunderstand? Yes, I think people should understand the history of the trail of tears.

People can stay ignorant if they want, I guess.
It’s so funny that just because I voice an opinion that people being exposed to opposing view points might not be such a bad idea that you think I’m a fox viewer maga moron? Do we on the left really need to blindly all have the same monolithic opinion on everything?

Are the students not allowed to critique or study it?

I think the idea is that they already have the blind anti-Israel mentality just like you and seemingly most of the people on Lemmy have. You can’t even talk about it without swearing!

Forcing is the bad part, yes. But requiring for academic purposes can be acceptable. Know thy enemy; knowledge is power.

Well I’ve observed myself doing it. Not a huge sample size, I grant you, but I don’t thing I’m that abnormal.

Well, I won’t work tomorrow. But on Monday it will be under a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.

I would think people might want to think for themselves.

Probably not, but it might be a useful read if only the arm yourself better to defend against such ideologies.

Is it propaganda? I would think it’s good for everyone to take in the perspective of everyone. You can disagree and poke holes in their arguments, or challenge items presented as facts. Why does it hurt to see someone else’s perspective, unless you’re worried that your own agenda might get challenged? There is a lot of bias and closed echo chambers (on all sides). I’m not trying to defend Israel’s actions in Gaza over the last few years, or their other human rights violations, but there is so much silencing of any opinion that contradicts the popular narrative that the pendulum can easily swing too far. There are people calling for the destruction of Israel and the genocide of Jews. Some folk need to understand the history of Israel (the good and the bad) before blindly jumping deep into the Hamas fueled propaganda. I don’t think any video is going to make any sane people think Israel’s actions are ok. But more moderate discussions after seeing other perspectives would probably be more productive than blind hate.

Looks like the Houthi made an oopsie. But sure, let’s say it was Israel anyway!

"The vessel was subsequently stopped by Houthi boats and the crew were held hostage aboard the ship”