[sebow]

I feel the opposite is true. You're right about this, if we were to resume the internet to the arab world/middle eastern world/etc. But the internet de facto is a global medium of discussion(for all intends and purposes, even though it's still somewhat segmented). This means it's more likely that people outside of this conflict, with no ties and partisanship, can have a 'more objective' look on this. This however is with a drawback: it's also easier to influence the "entire audience" through the power of peer-pressure (or straight out propaganda/agitprop).

[isoprophlex]

Yeah agreed, the stakes are immense for those with propaganda goals.

To expand... I'm commenting from personal experience. I have no stake, besides an ever intensifying weltschmerz every time I turn on the news. But I see friends and acquaintances take super harsh positions: "they got it coming!", "we must fight! We have the right!", "all bystanders must pick a side (ours) or else you are complicit too!", "the other side is inhuman and has no right to exist!"

And so few people I know are reacting in a de-escalatory manner. We collectively gaze into a bottomless pit of despair.

[tyingq]

>And so few people I know are reacting in a de-escalatory manner. We collectively gaze into a bottomless pit of despair.

Well said. That's where I'm at. I'm very confused why anyone would be working against a "pause" (is there a synonym that's less controversial?).