A must read from @TheCivicsDean. I would love some help in understanding why my Progressive, DSA and far left Democratic friends embrace a cause where the people and government of that cause have values that we all find abhorrent. So abhorrent that they even make Donald Trump and MAGA to be Progressive by comparison. For example... I would think that you fully support LGBTQ rights. Palestinians do not. Israel does. I would think that you fully support women's rights and women's equality. Palestinians do not. Israel does. I would think that you fully support women's reproductive Rights. Palestinians do not. Israel does. I would think that you support freedom of religion. Palestinians do not. Israel does. I would think that you support freedom of speech and the right to protest. Palestinians do not. Israel does I would think that you support societal pluralism and the encouragement of a melting pot of people and cultures and ideas. Palestinians do not. Israel does. I would think that you support democracy. Palestinians do not. Israel does. So, please help me understand why virtually all Progressives and liberal Democrats so passionately support a people and a government that is overtly and dramatically opposed to every liberal and Progressive value that they hold . . and passionately demonize and condemn a country and a culture and even a government that not only allows but celebrates all of those values whilst in a sea of countries and cultures that do not. Israel is a shining beacon of extraordinary Progressive values and practices and yet they are the "devil' CUM a country that elected and continues to support an illiberal dictatorship and terrorism. These are the heroes of virtually everyone on the far left. I have been a Democrat my entire life and I, too, support all of those Progressive values. That is one of the reasons I am so passionate about and supportive of israel. Please help me understand this.