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As a younger person than you, I moved from being vaguely pro-Palestinian in the past to being staunchly pro-Israel now that I have learned more about:

- how Israel has repeatedly needed to fend off simultaneous attacks on its existence

- what the rules of war actually are, and what counts as a war crime or not, and how restrained Israel has been in this regards

- how Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are highly radicalized and even celebrated the 9/11 attacks on the very day of

I’m not claiming to be representative of people my age. I’m simply providing a counter example to you, to show that “learning the facts a lot more quickly” can lead one to different conclusions.

For me, I will unapologetically stand on what I perceive to be the side of civilization, against the forces of barbarism that we saw unleashed on 10/7. Others may perceive differently, or have different values. That’s fine, but it doesn’t make one perspective the obvious and objectively correct one.