White House calls images of Israeli police attacking funeral of slain Palestinian journalist 'deeply

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7. I don't see how you can compare them.

You are saying that waving a flag at a funeral should be met with excessive force.

You're saying that a peaceful protest at a funeral should be met with excessive force.

You are justifying the use of excessive force on people who are unarmed.

As an African-American, I am sick and tired of people justifying the use of excessive force against a peaceful protest, no matter where, when it happens.

I am sick and tired of people justifying the use of excessive force against anyone, anywhere who is unarmed.

And why is waving a flag "extremist"? Why can't it simply be pride? If an African-American were to wave a red-green-black flag at a funeral, would you call them an "extremist"? Were Black Lives Matter protesters (not the rioters, the protesters) considered extremists? Did you think Donald Trump was justified in calling out the police to clear the streets using tear gas to move a group of protesters so that he could hold a Bible in front of a church?

It's all in how you look at it. I don't see protesters as extremists. I just think they are proud Palestinians. Why is that unacceptable? Why does that justify excessive force?

Peaceful protests NEVER justify excessive force, as far as I'm concerned.

Think about the pro-life protesters in front of abortion clinics. I am mad as hell that they are there. I would even call them extremists. But I do not expect anyone to use excessive force to remove them.

Do you believe that it is possible to be pro-Palestine and not be "an extremist"? Or are they the same thing to you?