The Israeli tendency to barbarity is definitely stark compared to the more “polite” chauvinism of the US. Though reading some of the texts the founding US leaders had written about the indigenous, a lot of it rings the same.

But there really is something to seeing it with your own eyes on video. It’s even more stark when you see it in person. Having interacted with zionists who chanted things like “Palestine will die” in front of crowds of protesters, it’s really not something that can be properly understood until you experience it yourself.

The closest thing I’ve had to that experience was nearly getting into a brawl with Pahlavists. They are just as crass, violent, and disgusting in their demeanor.