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It's like I've never been involved in a conversation like this before, like yesterday.
First come the talking points, the usual stuff, right to self-defense, "what would you do?", Israel is a Democracy, etc. etc.
If you don't fall for that, in comes pointing fingers at Egypt, the Palestinians, whoever.
If that doesn't work, the "If you are not pro-Israel then you are pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist", "with us or against", divide and conquer, "double standard" claims.
Sooner or later, American History re: Native Americans and Blacks will come into play, as well as how evil Christians are.
At any time throw in "Jew hating" and antisemitism to bolster the argument, it will come either immediately or eventually.
And that is how you make a pro-Israel debate out of anything remotely critical of Israel.
