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This I actually agree with. Most people who agree with me on this are very weird where I live -- like almost exclusively the bad kind of christians. But do you think weirdness is a good basis for opinions?
Hey man, I talk to everyone, including IDF soldiers due to where I live. (popular holiday spot for Israelis) I do think that it's worth reflecting upon why the people you meet irl with whom you agree seem like the wrong kind of religious zealots. I grew up crazy evangelical. Zealotry was all that I ever knew. Speaking ill of Israel never ever even crossed my mind until I was probably in my late 20s, that's how strong the religious indoctrination and constant media propaganda is in the US. I was in a Southern Baptist Death Cult. They loved Israel, and the things that they said about Muslims I don't want to repeat here, I'm sure it wasn't an isolated case but the most loving grannies would let hellfire out of their eyes when the pastor was talking about the enemies of Israel. Religion is just too effective at manipulating one's idea of right and wrong. Part of the reason I left is because I saw people who were clearly lost in darkness exulted to high positions in my church. It was some bs, and I was a teen so I had the inclination to rebel against BS. Thank God.
I don't think weirdness is a good basis for opinions, I'm very weird in my way.
But as I said, if most of the people that you meet in real life who share your views on this give you the heebee jeebees, it's at least worth entertaining the idea that your view has been fed to you by online narratives pushed by someone with an agenda.
That's why it is so important to talk to real people. I know, it can be hard. I'm autistic and grew up way tf out in the sticks, like horror movie out in the sticks.
And, until I left and began meeting and talking with more people, I didn't know that I was kinda racist, but I was. Because everyone I knew was, I didn't know that it wasn't normal.
So I guess keep talking, you know what is good and you know what is wrong. We are bombarded with media vying for our attention and opinions, but deep down, you know. Stay true to that.
Truth to be told, the people who actually share my view are the ones who never talk about those views, like I also don't in real life. The silent majority. We know how flammable these issue are.
Why do I flap my mouth about it here then? Not sure, some combination of social media's toxicity and the fact that Lemmy is absolutely filled with blatantly and exclusively pro-palestine stuff, making it hard to ignore. Also if you think somebody is wrong and you want to change their opinions, it makes more sense to talk about those opinions in the middle of the people who disagree with you instead of in your safe bubble where everybody already agrees.
Honestly that's one thing I like about Lemmy, those conversations are much more possible here.