Please Be Civil and Tactful While Commenting

IDF Remembrance Day is a day of mourning for Israelis. Apparently some individuals are incredibly tactless and unremorseful, choosing to desecrate the memory of the dead in their attempt to push their political “anti-Israel” agenda. A few individuals have left comments in response to two videos I posted in memory of IDF soldiers.

IDF Remembrance Day is a tough day for many Israelis who have lost loved ones. Personally, this is a day in which I remember my family and friends who have died defending their country.

The comments I’ve read demonstrate a disregard for human life, tactlessness and tremendous incompetence. I am not surprised.

I will not disable comments at this point. Just because anyone can comment, however, does not imply that hateful comments will be tolerated.

IDF731, a reader who responded to some of the vile comments, showed restraint. I know that it’s much easier to stoop to the level of the people who are cursing at you and attacking your culture. This reader, nonetheless, was able to make his point with taking a stab at diplomacy. Although the reader was clearly upset, he refrained from using expletives. Here is some of his comment:

The innocent Muslim student is complaining and cursing the IDF/Israelis for oppressing and being violent. Is the IDF the army that shoots kassam and qatyusha rockets at civilians? Ummm NO! Are the Israeli citizens blowing themselves up at civilian targets? NO! Are Jewish mothers sending their kids to become bombers? NO! And which people sent a 16 year old boy who suffered from Down's Syndrome to an Israeli check point while packed with explosives? …. What about the bombers in Iraq? Should we blame the Israeli's for that too? You probably say yes, perhaps you blame the Jews for global warming? Before you point your little finger at Israel, look in the mirror.

As far as your language, clean it up…. does your holy Muhammed talk like you? Does he repeat the F word in every other sentence, Grow up, little one. You act is if you know something about the IDF, the guy who cleans toilets for the IDF knows more about history than you do…. Concerning your comment about me respecting Islam, well I do. I respect not because its politically correct to say so, but I respect because my religion teaches me to respect others. Many Muslims in certain countries act as terrorists, but not all. I don’t generalize, and I refuse to condemn an entire religion because of some clown like the one writing those stupid comments. I am a Zionist, I'm proud of it, but I'm also a reasonable person who respects others. By the way, by cursing my people and IDF all you are doing is just showing us that you are a loser….

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