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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Repugnant.

However, I have no problem with anyone doing whatever he or she likes to Hamas apologists. And there are lots of Hamas apologists out there.

The pro-Palestinians will argue that the Israeli attack kills the innocent. That’s a fair argument. The Hamas apologists will argue the extreme violence was necessitated because the Gazans had no other way to fight back. The former should be engaged. The latter should be ignored, and if they should refuse to be ignored, have their teeth scattered about the pavement on which they stand.

If you apologize for Hamas, I have a right to escalate. You’re a degenerate fool. And you should suffer physical damage.

ETA: But if I should force one of those lovely little college student justice warriors to choke on that flag because he’s blocked my ingress to a public building, that’s on me. I should be prosecuted. I’ll be in violation of a principle - free speech - observed by Israel and the US, which renders us, and all other Enlightenment-informed cultures, superior to the rest of the world.

I’ll happily pay the fine, take the misdemeanor.

You may want to look around a little in recent press reports before making too strong statements about free speech in Israel.