Same like me. I'm Chinese Buddhist, and used to think why the Middle East countries keep going to war with each other, suicide bombing and beheading ppl everywhere. Used to think the "civilized" people were the Americans and the other "white" countries.
Now as I read and dig more and more from the internet and the liberalized social media (like twitter), only I realize how the greed of the capitalist world can manifest in such evil and cruel acts on innocent people. Nothing was as I thought those 10-20 years ago. But you first have to be open to the alternate view, and to want to find out if you're being lied to all these while by the mass media controlled by these very capitalists.

I was posting that reply to The Retailer who said not to simple accuse ppl who don't support Palestine (like you) are actually anti-Islam. Perhaps I should not have tried to speak up for ppl like you, and maybe you really are just a rabid anti-Muslim.

But since you feel so aggrieved, tell me how am I hiding "behind Buddhist"? Are you accusing me of not being a real Buddhist, and pretending to be one to bluff ppl that some non-Muslims also supporting Palestine? Or are you accusing me of bring a real but disgraceful Buddhist because I go stand with murdered Muslim civilians?

Let me know which one ya, so I can tailor my future "bullshit from miles away", so as not to further aggravate your nausea.

Sure why not, since I'm a recently promoted "under probation" new user, might as well try out the image posting feature. But sorry ya, I'm not the amulet wearing kinda Buddhist, hope you'll accept this pic of my prayer altar punya accessories.



Anyway apologies if my reply to you was a bit too aggressively sarcastic, and for joking that you might be an anti-muslim, I'm sure you're not. We all have many degrees of prejudices and opinions  on everything around us from race, religion, politics and other $h1t. People can simply interpret any action or comment you make as racist (e.g. like preferring to not rent property to certain segments of society), and won't take into account any other mitigating factors when they judge you.
Its just that in this Israel-Palestinian case, I just don't see how any neutral party can still say Israel is right to continue what they are doing. I'm not saying to not retaliate against Hamas and maybe incur some collateral civilian deaths....but what they are doing now is really the worst documented PURPOSEFUL massacre of children in humanity's dark history.