Quite. Not only the typical myths of democracy, but the odd nature of Israel as an ethnostate, lead to an assumption that criticism of Israel as a state equals hatred of Israelis or even Jews in general as a people. It is all too easy for people to stifle nuanced discussion with accusations of racism and support for terrorism as a result. We shouldn't need to say terrorism is unjustifiable and reprehensible, but as a consequence of these imposed preconceptions, anything even slightly off the 3x5 card of allowable opinion is presumed to be hate.
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