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Joseph (Jake) Klein's avatar

Arguing I'm trying to "forcefully" assimilate people after reading a 5,500 word essay entirely about the importance of religious freedom is malicious and absurd. You sound exactly like the awful Maccabees who saw the free practice of Hellenized Jews as in conflict with their own freedom to oppress. I'm arguing for what people should do, not telling them what they must do.

If you're happy about theocrats coming into power, I hope you'll be equally happy when Israel loses all international support and its less religious population suffers for their benefit.

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Olga's avatar

You were using the word assimilation, and it is fine. But it seems to me you are trying to say what people must do… religious freedom does not mean to dictate your moral preferences and bringing help of “international community” in order to dictate and eventually destroy the country. International community never supported Israel to begin with, and definitely with the help of assimilated Jews on the first place never tried to bring peace to this land.

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