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I had the same opinion months ago. These are differences on what constitutes fact, not necessarily differences in values. To make the case that someone is genuine scum worthy of stigmatization requires objective evidence, like say someone being decried by someone who knows and who has worked with them personally. I don't see that here with Jama, but instead see her mostly being stigmatized by people who never really worked with her.

A couple of people unfriended me on Facebook because I disputed that Israel is guilty of "genocidal" behaviour. In their view my denialism of "genocide" was de facto advocacy for it. When you shun someone you still have the opportunity to talk to, there's every opportunity for a misunderstanding.

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How is saying the Zionist Lobby “controls an entire government operation” a question of fact

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It depends on how loosely one defines "Zionist lobby" and how narrowly one defines "controls". Regardless, whether Jama's behaviour is tolerable is not the same question as whether her claim is correct, anymore than the question of whether I am "encouraging genocide" depends on whether my arguments about Israeli behaviour are factually correct or not. Tone is what matters here, not content.

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