More like a "There go my illusions..." diary.
Two days ago I posted a diary about Israel, but it was not really an I/P diary (nor is this one). My goal was to explicate and call out a disturbing trend where, instead of criticizing Israel's actual actions, people fabricate, and ascribe to Israel, egregious evils it never perpetrated -- malice so pointless and sadistic as to make Israel seem positively demonic, much like Blood Libel did; evils like deliberately burning children with White Phosphorus, or irradiating Palestinians with Depleted Uranium. Israel's real actions don't pack enough of a "sadistic evil" wallop, I guess, so fabrications are mustered.
I had posted that diary with a heavy heart, expecting some negative reaction; but I didn't expect what I received. 200 comments -- of what?
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