sadness

I suppose at least one notion was to control stereotyping and thence to reduce the actual frequency of bigoted acts of violence etc.  
 
And we should never stereotype, never support prejudice. However, when a nation\'s actual policies result in behaviors that begin to match the bigot\'s stereotype - as is the case with respect to the State of Israel\'s policies then we have real problems. And that is part of Israel\'s problem. It used the charge of anti-Semitism too long to suppress the actual truth about it\'s own behaviors... in a very calculated way that only served to reinforce it\'s cynical and egregious policies. It is very sad for all the actually good people caught up in this mess. Israelis, Palestinians and others.

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