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Gersh

@GershyLakier

3 months

It takes far more courage to hope and dream for peace than it does to sink into hate, war and despair.

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3 months

@GershyLakier @BriannaWu In war, you dehumanize your opponent. To reach peace you must rehumanize them. Easier said than done.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@mrexits @elonmusk Ma was right. Poorly phrased but he's trying to say the human attribute of novel creativity is something a computer can never rival. We can only program a computer to create within confines we can perceive it can create.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@amjadt25 Denying Jews the single Jewish state- on Jewish ancestral homeland- is the epitome of antisemitism. The political inability to acknowledge the role antisemitic hate plays as the source of this conflict will make it all but impossible to achieve a resolution.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@ShaykhSulaiman Hamas is saying "a flagrant violation of international norms and charters"? Is that a joke? Which international norms and charters do they live by? Are murdering civilians in their homes and taking children hostages considered "international norms and charters"??

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@sasa_ghada I wish Hamas didn't exist but I also wish for Palestinians and Israelis to get along. Is that a contradiction?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@richimedhurst Ah must hurt not having Syria suppling Iranian weapons...ouch.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@ChipBarnes @Yoakavich Trying to make sense out of this comment. Do you mean the murder, death of the Hamas ideology bent on the murder of Israelis and death of Israel? Interesting take...

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@arab_leb2 Most Israelis that are against a 2 state solution would be for it if they had assurance it would not be used to wage war against Israel.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@BriannaWu This issue was blown out of proportion because about plagiarism was never the issue at all. It was about putting pressure on an Ivy League dean who had accepted an ideology that allowed for prejudice against a group of people as long as we call them "oppressors".

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@rugelachlvr So is that why all the Christmas trees are white and blue this year? 😂

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@SanaSaeed Umm, I don't think that is what the map is saying. You have to click on the zone to find guidance specific for that zone. That was the whole point of this.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@iamjourjean People who distort the word 'genocide' have no right being anywhere near Auschwitz. They can research the correct use of the term at their local Holocaust memorial museum.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@halfofmw @MariamBarghouti Epic

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@BriannaWu I just read the article; is there anything in there you find not accurate?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@LameExcuses_ @MarioNawfal With a researched list, you must also know that each of these started as hostilities against Israel. Stop trying to destroy Israel and maybe the pattern will stop? Or what's the next date you get to put on the list?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@aayoub Has it not been turned into a political symbol? Looking at the rallies it's pretty much become the attire of anyone supporting Palestine. This would be like a hospital employee coming to work in a MAGA hat. They don't want politics brought in. What's wrong with that?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@BlackBernieBabe Just a thought but maybe those three men didn't intend on killing others?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@fawfulfan Unless support for Palestine is synonymous with antisemitism? I sure hope not, but it's seeming increasingly likely. Media portrayal like this will only hurt the Palestinian cause. Sad.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@KimIversenShow Actually, yes and they documented it as such.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@JustinWelby Ignoring that Antisemitism is the source and input into this conflict and that Islamophobia is an output, helps no one. Ignoring a society that has tapped into hate to drive a conflict, puts us nowhere closer to a solution. Have the courage to call it what it is.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@agelender Really? How many Germans cafes did the Jews blow up? None. How many Germans civilians were slaughtered in their homes by Jews? None. The comparison is revolting.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@Truth_Vibrates @mrexits @elonmusk I honestly don't know. I got this view from an AI-obsessed coder friend of mine. Hard to see logic around it.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@agelender Denying that raw antisemitism (since pre-1929 and ongoing) is the input in this conflict, makes this issue that much harder to solve. I question whether you're truly helping the Palestinian cause or merely validating their hate thereby only prolonging their plight.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@BriannaWu Completely agree. My hypothesis is that WSJs editorial ideal of economic accuracy provides them an unbiased base that acts as a check for non-economic related biases. Other news sites that are just trying to "get it right", don't have a safe truth barometer and struggle more.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@jorymicah I wouldn't say it's prudent for any well-intentioned society to whitewash the fears of any group expressing them. In fact, if history has taught us anything it would be that ignoring a group's fears is a sure way to generate conflict.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

10 months

@4HumanUnity @Jasonsgal777 @POTUS The reality is that in 2023, the only thing preventing a Palestinian state and peace with Israel is Hamas intent to destroy Israel fueled by antisemitic demonization of Israelis. Ignoring a society that tapped into hate to fuel a conflict, helps no one.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@sameralatout Actions speak louder than words.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@UrOrientalist One day there will be nothing left of Hamas but a very large museum documenting the dangers of unfettered hate and cultlike glamorization of martyrdom.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@A7MDOs @ChipBarnes @Yoakavich The death of children in Gaza is horrific and entirely Hamas's doing. What 'resistance' group builds militant tunnels underneath their own schools and hospitals? Hamas chose to bring this war to their homes and communities. That is a tragedy.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@MargBarAmerica If that's the case, with all the talk of destroying Israel and killing Israelis, it seems there must have been some miscommunication. Hope we can clarify that for him and any others confused.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@daliaziada Hold your head high and proud

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Furniture

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

6 months

@ShahakShapira Hate always sounds louder than love. But love- even when it's silent- is far, far more potent. Said differently, never trust hate and never question love.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@BriannaWu The day hate of anyone is provided a worthy place in society is a dark day for humanity.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@repdeliaramirez Yep ...That's an antisemitic characterization of the Israeli government. Well done.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@afalkhatib Both sides must learn empathy without sacrificing identity, a combination that requires a courageous heart and today is as rare as a spotted unicorn. But if done well in any one direction, it can force it in the other direction.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@ecomarxi THIS...is exactly why this war cannot end yet. Palestinians need to abhor their chosen path of hate and violence. They must be forced to consider the path of forgiveness and peace. The two people can get along very well; but only if they're able to forgive.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@deanbphillips @AndrewYang Yesterday Dean dreamed alone. Today he's joined by others. Tomorrow everyone else will have the courage to dream too.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@miah_sebastian @mrexits @elonmusk Knowledge and intelligence are two very distinct, mutually exclusive things. In fact that's one of the reasons we have some highly educated professors teaching utter nonsense in universities.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@sschweb1 As a Jew who identifies as a Zionist, I am deeply disturbed you had this experience. There are too many people hurting today. I hope both Palestinians and Jews can find comfort from their pain, and then, the hate, no longer with a foundation, can melt away forever.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

Nothing antisemitic to see here. Just someone who feels American medical professionals who believe in a Jewish homeland should not be allowed to practice medicine in the US.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@RollerRexRider @Truth_Vibrates @mrexits @elonmusk Could not agree with this comment more. 🙏

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@BriannaWu Antisemitism is saying rape is bad but not when it's against Israelis/Jews. Antisemitism is saying terrorism against civilians is bad but not when it's terrorism against Israeli civilians. Antisemitism is saying Palestinian deaths are genocide but Jewish deaths are resistance.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@agelender Maybe the Zionism-Colonialism you were practicing was flawed? Maybe there is a Zionism that recognizes Palestinian's indigenous right to their homeland as well as the Jewish indigenous right to their homeland? Life's options are less binary than you make them out to be.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

Utopia. The perfect existence. There is only a single true path to this ideal we all seek. A perfect world in which humanity has the gift of life to pursue their fullest potential. A world where everyone is loved and safe. Where our greatness can truly show. It's a world where

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@afalkhatib I actually agree with this. This is the virus us Jews recognize as antisemitism. It's no different than how Europe felt leading up to WWII. But humans are only vulnerable to hate when in pain. If we saw each other as fellow heirs of the grace of life maybe we could care about

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

10 months

@MagjckWilson @elonmusk As a Jew on the Jewish view, I completely agree with this. It's diabolical that this view is twisted as evidence of our "secluded elitist mentality". But it's simply about coexisting in a diverse world. My beliefs should not define you. We can be different and still be friends.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@lexfridman Chaos is temporary. Logic is lasting. Hold course, tomorrow will make more sense.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@a_y_s_h_a__ @JamesCoty1 @SquidDiddly1989 Sad that you feel this way but I know it not to be true. There are no victors in war.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@JeffSharlet @CopleyScott17 In fact, I am incredibly proud of the courage and moral character of the mainstream Jewish view that targets the hateful ideology but not the Palestinian people, even in the face of surging antisemitism and vilification of Jews and Israelis.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@LeninLiker What if you feel your life is threatened?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

10 months

@4HumanUnity @Jasonsgal777 @POTUS The Golden Rule: If someone is trying to annihilate you, don't eliminate the threat since you wouldn't want that done to you. Now does that make sense?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@afalkhatib I completely agree with you on not sharing the Oct 7 clips, but more for the pain it would cause the Israeli victims and their families. There is far too much pain right now in this world and we don't need to be the ones feeding that beast. Thank you Ahmed.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

10 months

@animegirl12182 @4HumanUnity @Jasonsgal777 @POTUS That's because there have been more Palestinians wanting to destroy Israel than Israelis threatening to destroy Palestine. You kinda inadvertently proved my point.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@TomWojcik If history has taught us anything, I don't think that's possible. As long as humans are involved in deciding other humans' societal outcomes, there is inherently implicit bias and unhappy people. Opportunities must be equal, but outcomes must be the product of individual choice.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@deanbphillips MLK dreamt of a world where our hearts were big enough to love all, even those not like us. It was a beautiful vision we too often forget. Today, we could be doing this better.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@innov8ion @elonmusk @JGreenblattADL @ADL I'm mostly very supportive of ADL work but they should not be in the business of defining words. This definition not only screams prejudice but also drives division between people. Of course white people can also be subject to racism.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@JeffSharlet @CopleyScott17 I completely disagree with this. True, the majority are not pro palestinians with Hamas/PLO ideology set on demonizing and annihilating Israel. But vast majority of Jews want Palestinians to be happy...even now after Oct 7th.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@alex_avoigt Like everything else antisemitism isn't binary. Someone not thoroughly antisemitic can still say something antisemitic. It seems his business got between his morals and I hope he can realize the danger of what he said.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@TheInte78849514 @darewecan @elonmusk It's not about jealousy or riches. It's about a man who has shown a track record and better ability than near anyone else in allocating his capital to projects that immeasurably benefit humanity. It boggles my mind the pain some people carry to feel an urge to prevent that and

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@deanbphillips All you can do is continue to try to inform voters. If they are inhibited by their own fears and choose otherwise, you did your part. That's all anyone can ever ask of you.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@AyaRaalte In reality, this is not a new concept. Every episode of Jewish persecution throughout history saw some Jews react like this. And it's human. But our nation survives and thrives to this day in no credit due of them; to the contrary they have always unintentionally increased pain.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@agelender Ah ha...so this is the Kool-Aid they're drinking now 🤪

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@MaskedTeacherNL @sasa_ghada Wishing one side of a conflict away only solves hypothetical conflicts. If we stop hating, see each other as humans, we can get a bit closer to being able to solve this.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

10 months

@4HumanUnity @Jasonsgal777 @POTUS Do you ever wonder why Israel's #1 ask in negotiations is for their safety? Why would a party in a conflict have to negotiate for their safety as part of their asks? Wouldn't peace naturally mean both parties are safe?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@ahoova Lithuania & Hungary

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@4noura The answer is yes! If Palestinians dropped their apocalyptic ideal of destroying Israel, then resoundingly yes! The fence comes down, the checkpoints, random searches, destroying terrorists homes, etc., all of it goes away. I hope you all know this. 🙏

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@deanbphillips Go Dean!

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@NerdSharkReborn @spanish_fella @MilitaGuzman2 @halfofmw @scottycatt @leeonskee @lelemSLP It's satire folks. It's how we deal with painful topics that are out of our control without being consumed by rage. All of us here realize the travesty this was and we're all pained by it.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@marclamonthill You used the Hamas/PLO slogan propagandizing the destruction of Israel, the Jewish nation state. If you deny the Jewish state but leave the genocidal part up to Hamas, you're still antisemitic. If you feel more accepted now that antisemitism is rampant, that's something else.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@deanbphillips THIS. This is the Dean Phillips I want as my president.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@EmpireEsta72485 @retiaculum @Bushra1Shaikh I think the question is more "who has been attacking more"

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@brenspud97 @DeuceDr39361 @BriannaWu Tell that to the victims and families of the hostages from 10/7. I don't fault anyone in severe pain for hating. Sometimes it's the only way we can tolerate our pain. But it is an emotion of destruction. We have to control it. Basic human intelligence stuff.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@rafatharb @JustLuai With this attitude, we can fix even the political conflicts.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@Ibanez05628951 @sasa_ghada The root cause of this conflict, like any conflict between humans, is two people that are hurt and reject their pain resulting in hate, anger and violence. The only way to solve a conflict is to empathize with both people's pain and then solve both problems. You can't do any of

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

10 months

@4HumanUnity @Jasonsgal777 @POTUS Scratching your car? Maybe. But killing you? Sorry, but you have to protect yourself first and do the chit-chat later.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@KazuScareYa @c0ntthinkofuser @Ibanez05628951 @sasa_ghada They focus on Hamas to separate the ideology calling for Israel's destruction from the Palestinian people who have a choice; to provide the Palestinian people the option to choose a path towards resolving this if they wish. Otherwise, the Palestinian people are locked to a Hamas

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@JustLuai One answer: the oppressed/oppressor ideology that unilaterally decides the morality of each group in a conflict simply based on where they sit in the paradigm.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@YonahLieberman I was there and didn't love that chant tbh, but when the other side is screaming for a ceasefire that will only protect Hamas and ensure continuous Palestinian hate, you do have to clearly and vocally counter the argument. I'm pro-lasting peace and here that means #noceas

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

6 months

@deanbphillips The whole Chinese stock market may be bigger than just the $1.7 trillion listed on the HKEX, no?

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@choccoblue_ @sasa_ghada I can see why it's easy to misinterpret it that way...if not considering the Israelis as humans in this equation.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@AndyRogers07 Not going to raise the absurdity of the proposition that Israel 'bought' the wealthiest man on planet Earth...oh whoops, I just did.

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@GershyLakier

9 months

@dbg2113 @LameExcuses_ @MarioNawfal That's the belief that adds more dates; that there are 23 Muslim countries, 15 Christian countries- but one Jewish country (1) on their homeland and (2) begging to live peacefully with the Palestinians- is too much for you to bear. Beliefs like this allow good people to die.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@deanbphillips Ehhh, the whole point is to do it without knocking people. You knocking them makes you no different from them. I don't think this is what you meant to do...

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

8 months

@TracyOnFire2020 @CBradleyThomps1 @elonmusk Precisely highlights the problem and why Harvard needs new leadership if it is to survive.

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@GershyLakier

7 months

@deanbphillips This is natural during periods of innovation as revolutionary products and services are brought to market and the market creator is rewarded. That's a good thing I'm not sure I see as a problem. When innovation slows, wealth naturally disseminates. Having said that, the country

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@DrLoupis Wow, what have I discovered here. A modern day blood libel the medieval ages would have been proud of.

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

7 months

@TheInte78849514 @darewecan @elonmusk Yes, looked into it more and this is deeply, deeply flawed. The board is the representation of the shareholders. This is what the shareholders wanted. In fact, the drop in stock after only concretes that fact. This verdict recklessly punishes humanity's innate need to achieve

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Gersh

@GershyLakier

9 months

@buckacosta @ShaykhSulaiman Imo the world is struggling to justify the hate; we have to acknowledge there is such as thing as baseless (or misplaced) hatred. We know this on an individual level and the same applies at the societal level. Cheering on a hater is typically not the best path to a resolution.

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@GershyLakier

7 months

@AngryLevantine 1) This would cause unimaginable pain to the victims and their families. 2) Until we learn how to handle pain, with love and not hate, it would be a travesty to widely release this footage.

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@GershyLakier

6 months

@GeorgeTakei Anyone knowledgeable about religion knows this disproves nothing.

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8 months

@BogushJMann @BriannaWu Hey, the problem with #ClaudineGay was tolerating hate. We don't help the issue by hating. We're all people trying to do what we think best. I think the same point could have been made a bit more eloquently.

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@GershyLakier

8 months

Dear Palestinian- I recognize your feelings of despair. I realize you don't feel the world has a place for you. You deserve to have hopes and a place in the world. I want that for you. I want you to be happy and proud of a country for your people. I want you to feel safe,

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7 months

@BriannaWu Give @deanbphillips a chance

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9 months

@miah_sebastian @mrexits @elonmusk But even with that, it's not smarter than a human?

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@GershyLakier

9 months

@JoaquimLey @mrexits @elonmusk No doubt computers can end humanity if we allow it to. We could give AI today the keys to our nukes, but we won't. The Musk conversation to drive awareness is vital. But the knowledge and speed of AI doesn't make it stronger than the creative, conscious human function.

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Gersh

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7 months

@arab_leb2 Two state only works with an alliance agreement. If you can't get to that, two states won't work.

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9 months

@anxi0us_nerd @ChipBarnes @Yoakavich No, it's not complicated. False allegations and fomented vitriol are never justification for violence. That sort of rationality only beckons humanity's extinction.

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Gersh

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9 months

@Bernadotte22 @amjadt25 Nothing bugs me more than non-Jews subverting Judaism against Jews. Religion is sacred and off limits as a political tool. I will never use another's religion to justify my own agenda; nor am I ok with others using my religion to justify their agenda. Respect the boundaries.

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8 months

@HowidyHamza @avygal It's a tough game to reject reality. Not easy even for the best.

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@GershyLakier

8 months

@les_flack @Ibanez05628951 @sasa_ghada Yes, Hamas ideology (as codified in their charter) made a perpetual decision to hate. That is a roadblock to solving their problems since Israelis are also human.

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