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The image of the kid is beyond politics. It is a growing, dynamic culture of hate and death. I'd like to think there is some instinctive survival element that regulates violent behavior, finds balance, but its short circuited here with the justification of death/violence for survival. And the problem I have with Arabic culture keeps going back to sexism and the oppression of women. Not just extremists, but the majority. Now, I tend to think that gender differences/ rationales can be too simplistic and too quickly tossed down, but we need some powerful maternal life-affirming love to rise up against this self destructive patriarchy. It has to be a leader from within. Sexism is the main reason why my sympathies align more with Israel, although I am not blind to their atrocities.
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