going clear

IDK why I am titling this post "going clear" other than I finally feel like I can see them fully for who they are. And a big part of that came from when Jackie kept telling "us" to go educate ourselves. Well I did and I don't know how she thought that education would then help us to relate or understand their position as it relates to Israel and Palestine, if anything I became disgusted and shocked by their words. I honestly believe they've been indoctrinated via their mother and parts of their community to believe one way and they can only process information through that bubble but I'm not giving them a full pass. I just (weirdly) feel so grateful that she (jackie) kept encouraging us to educate ourselves because now I know the history of that region and feel fully confident in where I stand (which is very very far from where the Oshrys do). This has just been weighing on me to say for a while now.