Joining in other people's ignorance is obviously much easier.

 I see the current demonstrations in this country against Israel to be acceptable in principal, but disgusting in the form that they are taking.  I do not see Americans demonstrating against a government policy, I see foreigners and mindless American sympathizers vandalizing property and endangering American lives.  Were I in a position of authority, I would take much stronger action against any and all property damage, while simultaneously engaging in discussion of the issues stimulating the unrest.  Foreign students that are engaged in illegal activity would be expelled from their schools and from the country.

The issues underlying the struggle between Hamas and Israel are very real and far more complex than the vast majority of Americans understand and they have been intensified by millennia of killing.  Resolution of those issues will require superhuman efforts that may not be attainable, but very clearly will not take place through more killing.  It is right that Americans show an interest in the plight of people living outside of our imaginary borders, but it is not intelligent for Americans to resort to violence against one another because none of us have a viable solution to the underlying problems facing any group of foreigners.

It would be much better if we focused much harder on resolving our own differences.  A united America would be in a position to provide one heck of a lot more help to all peoples living on this increasingly overcrowded chunk of rock spinning in space, but then joining in other people's ignorance is obviously much easier.