# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 334
**Author:** ![InfraBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infrablue/32/6366_2.png) [@InfraBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InfraBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/334 "2023-12-11T01:37:56Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Let’s say that someone kept insisting that Israel is inherently oppressive because it is a “Jewish” state, and that even if Israel provides equal rights to Christians and Muslims it is still inherently oppressive due to being “Jewish”. And when asked whether this meant that Christian England or Muslim Morocco or… were also “inherently oppressive” they bent over backwards to avoid offering an answer. You mischaracterize my argument. Israel isn’t necessarily oppressive because it is a Jewish state. Israel is oppressive because for it to exist it must necessarily oppress the Palestinian people, i.e. deny and refuse the Palestinians’ Right of Return and human rights because it would upset Israel’s demographic concern, a Jewish majority in Palestine. It could be a Mennonite state or a Church of the SubGenius state for that matter. If these hypothetical states were to oppress a people due to demographic concerns they would also be necessarily oppressive states. I did answer your question **[here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-israel-palestine-launched-from-majority-leader-schumer-delivers-major-address-on-antisemitism-on-the-senate-floor/993929/67)**. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._