The NYT published the proclamation of Hitler verbatim without criticizing it

Yes that is how journalism works. It is a report not the op-ed you seem to want it to be. If you want to be told how to feel, as opposed to reports, don’t look to journalism.

Conveniently Godot is not a game and general consumer reviews have no real relevance

To what end?

Apologies, I was busy not being chronically online. Made some noise for you so that you can pass judgement upon me at your leisure.

My opinion is that they are a people, caged. The conditions that they live in are far below what they deserve for being human.

That’s my opinion really: they’re humans, just like all others and they deserve to be treated with dignity and to be loved and to be able to sleep knowing that they are safe. They have been deprived of these things for far, far too long and I believe that is deeply wrong.

What’s your opinion on Palestinians?

Why not? Hell I’m Jewish and I think the Israeli govt is regularly in the wrong and I feel for the people of Israel that could have better lives and those the govt harms. I also think Hamas is evidently wretched and those perpetrating these abhorrent acts deserve everything coming to them.

Unfortunately, while I’m sure Hamas will suffer, the civilians of both Israel and Palestine will once again bear the true cost of this conflict.

Luckily the moon is a quick day-trip away in case we return to sticks and stones.

a god that we worshipped

Would they be wrong? What’s the line between idolization and worship?

As a teacher I’ll say that political ideologies very much do belong in the classroom. How else can you expect a child to learn how to be a part of society and to care for people beyond their own self-interest?

Teaching “political ideology” isn’t telling a class of kids, “you should all be socialists,” it’s giving them a foundation upon which they can build their individual morality.

What is school if not a place to learn from the successes and failures of peoples past?