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Re: My niece [1]

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Date: 2023-10-10  

I have a couple of things to get off of my chest. Once they are off, they are off, and I have no desire to discuss her further on here. This is not a GBCW, and its is not an attempt to stifle conversation. Have at it, just without me. The last words of this post will be my last regarding R.

OK. I received many messages yesterday, and they can broadly be put into 2 groups. The first, and smaller of the 2, started out something like this: I am sorry for your loss but… What inevitably followed was a justification of the horrors committed by Hamas, vile anti-Israel diatribes, and in some cases, repeat some cases, outright antisemitism. Some of these comments were long, some were short. Some people only said it once, others more than once. Perhaps some people got too emotional and went beyond what they would normally say. Happens to all of us, as you may have noticed. Here’s the thing though; that breakdown does not matter.

If you are part of this group, you took time out of your day to say hateful, vile things that could only serve to increase the pain of anyone who is grieving.. And you certainly did that. You were, individually and collectively, successful. You are undoubtedly the worst this community has to offer.

There is, of course, another side to that coin. I had an exchange with the admin team, who expressed simple straightforward sympathy and concern. Just like most of us were taught as children. I received many more messages, both public and private, that were the same. Again, just like most of us were taught as children. One of those private messages expressed the idea that words can not suffice, and I would like to share what I said to him.

I used to think that was true as well. And then, like all of us will sooner or later, I lost a parent. Nothing dramatic like all of this. But I learned that “I’m sorry for your loss” does far more than I had ever thought. And it did yesterday as well.

If you are part of this larger group, you also took time out of your day, but you said kind, thoughtful things to ease my pain, and you were far more successful than the people above. You are clearly the very best this community has to offer. Thank you. Thank you very much.

עם ישראל חי

יהי זכרה ברוך

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