Recent content by Erik Alberto

Post in thread 'Skimming Stones' https://www.infjs.com/threads/skimming-stones.39387/post-1477735 These are the highlighted portions of the full post… I find myself moving toward a place of real uncertainty [about Gaza]. something big is obviously going on—something unthinkably horrible. How...

Well, yes @aeon, I must concede; you have me there. I must agree. Ok, lets try again… On being a critical consumer of information (a reminder to myself): Or, truer still… On being a critical consumer of information (a reminder to whatever is reading this) 🤣 Damn, may we never take for...

On establishing credibility (a reminder to myself):

I looked up the men in those videos. Former Royal Marines commando David McIntosh has my attention. Former U.S. Army Special Forces/Green Beret Anthony Aguilar (the 2nd one), it is worth noting, apparently claimed to see a boy killed who was later found alive. His former employer also made...

I watched the first one in its entirety. It was a lot. Then I wanted be sure that I had an understanding of what the second one was about and if it ran parallel to the first in content. That explains it—I didn’t get that far. Damn, that’s a chilling image 😐😔

Im sorry, Misty, I’m unsure what you mean—

😮 wtf.

@meowzician— Your contribution here feels to me, as valuable and important. I’m glad you decided to share your perspective. Regards.

Damn, it’s excellent; glad you posted. Very dynamic. It’s getting added to my VERY GOOD SONGS playlist on Spotify. Never heard of these guys. Look forward to exploring their discography.

Ok, I hear you. And I will try not to be a dick. 🙂 Cheers.

Yes, I wanted to see you take accountability for your framing of the Jews in your original post. That’s it. I wasn’t trying to paint you as anything. I think a conversation about the genocide in Gaza should be centered around Israel, the country, and not the Jewish people. You are passionately...

@Akar No, we should not just watch what is happening. I personally didn’t know that thousands upon thousands of Palestinians were being killed by Israel until last week. I was shocked, disgusted. I was and am so grieved to find out about what is going on in Israel right now. I have shed tears...

From what I saw, there is nothing antisemetic about these videos. No, you are not an antisemite for posting these videos.

They seem to me to share Jewish ancestry, culture, history, and religion. They are very traditional Jews who are anti-Zionist. Anti-Zionist ≠ antisemitic. Therefore, being anti-Zionist does not, in itself, make them antisemitic

When we speak of racism we are talking about hostility, prejudice, beliefs, stereotypes, systems, or discrimination against a group of people with perceived ancestral/racial characteristics. Antisemitism can be a form of racism, but it also includes hostility, prejudice, beliefs, stereotypes...