35. No, not offended, because I think it's true. If you're not jewish,
you can't understand anti-semitism. You can understand it's wrong, sure; but you can never understand the full emotional impact of it. Just like one who isn't black can never fully understand racism against blacks.
One can hopefully have empathy; and one can use one's own experiences to help have that empathy (e.g., a black person who has felt the sting of racism can come close to understanding the sting of anti-semitism; or a woman who's felt the sting of sexism can understand somewhat the sting of racism; and so on.
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