Israelis have been much more open about dehumanizing their enemies since last October, arguing outright that they are “not human beings” in many cases. I feel sad for them because they do not see how dehumanizing others is eating away at their own humanity, and that this is probably the very intention of their opponents.
I talked with an Israel man a few days ago.
He tried getting some sort of sympathy by showing videos of the iron dome protecting him from rocket attacks.
He did not even know the story behind the pagers; how they were already being made in 2022.
He also tried convincing me that killing a few civilians is perfectly fine if it can kill “a thing like a hezbollah person”.
Israelis have to do the most strenuous mental gymnastics to justify the existence of their awful regime.
Israelis have been much more open about dehumanizing their enemies since last October, arguing outright that they are “not human beings” in many cases. I feel sad for them because they do not see how dehumanizing others is eating away at their own humanity, and that this is probably the very intention of their opponents.