Comment by 9dev
5 days ago
> Turns out literally every source that was recommended to me by some reputable source was considered completely non-credible by another reputable one.
That’s the single most important lesson by the way, that this conflict just has two different, mutually exclusive perspectives, and no objective truth (none that could be recovered FWIW). Either you accept the ambiguity, or you end up siding with one party over the other.
> you end up siding with one party over the other
Then as you get more and more familiar you "switch" depending on the sub-issue being discussed, aka nuance
the truth (aka facts) is objective and facts exist.
The problem is selective memory of these facts, and biased interpretation of those facts, and stretching the truth to fit pre-determined opinion
Who can tell now what really happened in Deir Yassin? It’s a hopeless endeavour.
If there is no trustworthy record of the objective truth, it doesn’t exist anymore, effectively.