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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

1. I disagree

Reply to shira (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 06:16 PM

Apr 2016

I did Model UN throughout high school and it was always a fun challenge having to represent repressive countries led by horrible dictators, espousing views that I would personally find reprehensible. I would have to figure out a way to defend and justify the behaviors of these rogue regimes. I quite enjoyed it.

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‘Outrageous’ that college debaters were asked to defend Palestinian stabbing attacks, says ADL [View all] shira Apr 2016 OP

I disagree oberliner Apr 2016 #1

There's a difference between Model UN and a debate tournament. aranthus Apr 2016 #2

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