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23 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
1. The rabbinic tradition explicitly excludes non-Jews from "neighbor"
2. Lorberbaum's link to tzelem elokim at *best* applies to R. Akiva exclusively and is by no means a universal
3. The actions of these Jews and those who have committed actual violence are still deplorable
Something can be "bad" for a whole slew of reasons without posing any sort of contradiction with the sloganized versions of Torah.
For more details, see my first entry in Sacred Slogans on Imago Dei / Tzelem Elokim:
joshyuter.com/2018/09/13/spe…
And more to @AvBronstein's point, this Twitter shiur on "Love thy Neighbor" in which we find qualifications to who is called, "thy neighbor" that exclude both gentiles *and* certain Jews.

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Opinion: Independent of specific policies, how Netanyahu has handled party and national leadership is disqualifying. An honorable leader would care more about the mission than himself and step aside for the greater good. 1/
Even w/in his own Likud party, rather than grooming successors to take over, he hobbled any possible challenger and actively impeded the development of potential future leaders. It's hard not to conclude these are the actions of a leader more concerned w/himself than the cause 2/
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Honest Debate: Discussing contentious issues with the intent of increasing knowledge/understanding on finer points and accept the possibility of being wrong on at least some points

Dishonest Debate: Means to end of raising personal profile. Thus, only useful when "punching up"
There are of course other forms of dishonest debate, much of which can be self-evident from the forums or rules behind the debate.
Not to mention there are plenty of dishonest *people* - self-proclaimed authorities who resent the indignity of having to justify their positions and ignorant/illiterate gadflies who aren't worth people's time.
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20 Dec 20
1. Since it came up recently, here are my current opinions on anonymous criticisms and doxxing. I say "current" because like all my opinions they're subject to change.

These are general opinions independent of any specific person, situation, person, or position taken.
2. First, I'm generally not a fan of anonymous criticisms due to the lack of accountability. I say this having seen anonymous accounts unfairly criticize and even slander people without meaningful consequence.
3. At the same time, I acknowledge why people at times feel the need to criticize anonymously due to the subject and/or temperament of those targeted. An asymmetry of power can also result in an asymmetry of accountability as well.
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1. I don't know if this came up in the fight over calling people "Dr", but please read this from 2017 discussing Seb Gorka and Jill Biden
web.archive.org/web/2020121522…
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3. And here's a piece from @TheNewRepublic of all places from 2014, linked in the above-mentioned article:
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1. Time for a Twitter shiur!

Today's topic: Rejoicing over and Praying for the Downfall of the Wicked
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