This was very much my take on the comment. I also think that, if you're over 30 and don't look back on a lot of what you thought at 20 and cringe a bit, you're probably missing something. Same goes for being over 40 and looking back at 30, etc., etc.

From my perspective, it did not seem wise to make a reductionist analogy to how Israelis feel about Palestinians, and vice versa.

what exactly was reductionist about my analogy? which features of the conflict did i reduce? is it not the case that both sides having contrary perspectives on many of the same objects facts? did i imply somewhere that i endorse one side or the other? (which i do but i haven't in any way let on which).

Both points of view are “wrong.” As always a balance taking context into account is best.