The rhetoric may have changed slightly, but the conflict will continue until the U.S. stops supporting Israel at the U.N..

While pouring millions into Israeli defense coffers so they can gleefully conduct this genocide without a peep of international descent. These tools taking selfies and praying for a Arab free homeland are a sign of how complete their radicalization is. I won't weep when they lose one of theirs.

I have friends from Israel. I've met people that have not openly wished death/harm on Arabs, but have made it abundantly clear that they hate them. It's quite surreal to have a conversation with someone and have them speak with such disgust about a general group of people.

Weird, it's almost as though living in occupied territory and constantly suffering retaliatory overreaction strikes from your wealthy heavily militarized neighbor in reaction to a few assholes in your government shooting glorified fireworks at them will breed resentment somehow.

"As a Jew, and as someone who has been raised to always support Israel (which, according to my parents, is my spiritual home, although I have never been)"

No wonder most Americans automatically side with Israel, we're both wealthy nations filled with shamelessly self-absorbed assholes so far removed from any conflict we enter that it's incredibly easy to cheerlead for atrocities. I wish I could even be surprised that Violent Nationalism Selfies are a thing, but I can't.

In a million years I could never post this article on my Facebook page; I would be attacked as anti-Semitic and told that these pictures are fake and were made up by Hamas.

It would be lovely, but it can depend on the wishes of an author, too. Sometimes authors leave requests not to have their works published upon death, some don't care either way. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens in Lee's case. Honestly, I share your hope.

The idea that a person could say (1) such very important things (2) that weren't being said (3) in such an impactful and effective way and then simply shut up and go away is, perhaps, the most remarkable thing in all of this. More, even, than the book itself.

Reclusive authors are the best people ever! That's how you do it: create something great and eschew fame and publicity. It sucks that "To Kill a Mockingbird" is treated as THE definitive civil rights book when it's by a white author and focuses on white protagonists, but that's not Harper's fault and it's still a…

I also wonder if her participation in "In Cold Blood"'s research/writing, and witnessing what happened to Capote during that time period, played any part. Capote had some difficulties after ICB's success getting back to the page himself.

She sounds like Rita Skeeter.

Right? The author's behavior sounds really creepy and stalkeresque.

Don't leave a kid alone in a car.

What we're missing here is how utterly inattentive the mother was. The glass on the ground from where they broke through the window is in a parking space RIGHT in front of the shop, but behind a brick column. So, these onlookers had time to notice her kids, circle her car, find a hammer, open a window, climb inside,…

There was once a case where a grandmother was driving the kids to school and didn't see that the youngest had hid in the van because he didn't want to go and remained hidden because he didn't want to get in trouble. It's little things that disrupt the routine.

No, you can't. Call the cops or animal control, do NOT break a window or open a car door if the dog isn't in distress. You're more likely to spook the dog and have it run into traffic than do anything positive.

Ok. I'm going to use small words and easy concepts here. See if you can follow:

...and the cops should have been called.

Left them for the length of a haircut?! NOPE. Good on those folks for breaking that window. That mother is a fucking idiot.