Israel/Palestine

fly2man

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15. definition of existential

Thu Dec 14, 2023, 02:12 AM

Dec 2023

" I call that existential.

I am sorry that you feel this is bullshit, my friend...

you frankly don't really know what you are talking about."

The problem is you are using the wrong word. Read the definition of existential above. If one person dies, it is not existential. If 1 out of 5,000 people die, it is not existential. So just pick another word. Pick "bad," for instance. I mean, why don't you just call it "Holocaust 2" if you get to use your own definitions. Or say "it is an existential threat, defined to mean it is bad instead of good." When you use the wrong definition without telling the reader, you are deceiving.

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For most of the pro-Israeli posters on this site, this conflict is existential not ideological [View all] elias7 Dec 2023 OP

Bullshit. For example, there's nothing "existential" about indifference to killing children RockRaven Dec 2023 #1

I guess you could just as easily be talking about 10/7. CincyDem Dec 2023 #4

Hello? Yes. Hence the "for example" in the first paragraph, using the framing RockRaven Dec 2023 #5

I read the OP, and they explained the history very well. And then I read the following. GoneOffShore Dec 2023 #6

There is something very existential about Hamas pledging to end the existence of Israel. Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #10

Recent survey. Igel Dec 2023 #12

Maybe I was not clear elias7 Dec 2023 #13

Very informative. Thank you. Joinfortmill Dec 2023 #2

It is true that the majority of Americans do not know Middle East history. madaboutharry Dec 2023 #3

Define existential... littlemissmartypants Dec 2023 #7

No existential threat on either side fly2man Dec 2023 #8

The bottom line is that for many or most of the pro-Israeli posters on this site, the conflict is existential not ideolo Israeli Dec 2023 #9

very balanced fly2man Dec 2023 #11

see post #13 elias7 Dec 2023 #14

definition of existential fly2man Dec 2023 #15