‘so I am left to assume that Israel should just accept a force trying to launch attacks on civilians with the intent of killing them.’
That’s the type of strawmanning you have frequently denounced over the years, and rightly so. No one has said that, no one is implying it, and I suspect no one thinks it. It’s a sad state of affairs when you and JI can’t simply accept indignation of a few posters on Bru, shared by many around the world, about the Israeli government’s and IDFs actions in response to an inexcusable and horrific act. And yes, I am fully aware of how much you have decried their approach.
I do not detect such from Heath, and his own comments are bound to elicit a reaction, yet the finger wagging for overstepping the line is always one way. He was complaining about the conflict right from the off, even the need for such, whenever I tried to explain what the alternative was, I got no answer, only comments such as above about supporting mass murder. If he wants to make that incendiary charge, then I am not going to just be a sponge and accept it. Also, such incendiary charge is going to elicit an emotional reaction. It goes both ways and isn’t just about me having to react purely and perfectly every damn time, while everyone else gets to make whatever incendiary comment they like.
