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I don’t think that you are engaging sincerely at this point, so I will no longer engage with you after this.

You can change the example to one that “expresses opinion” and it would still be just as offensive. Besides, “Free Palestine” is imperative.

I’ll just leave with some facts:

The lived experience of Jews outside of Israel is that this is being shouted at them specifically in response to them being recognized as Jewish, often with hate in the eyes of the shouters, often by people who don’t give a shit about Palestinians but just love to hate Jews.

It’s being shouted at little girls on the way to school, and spray painted on synagogues and Jewish shops.

It does nothing to help Palestinians. It just makes Jews feel less safe outside of Israel.

Try and think of other groups of people and the “legitimate” statements that can be said to them in a hateful way.

You may genuinely believe that it’s wrong to blow up planes, but going up to a random Muslim in the airport and telling them “please don’t blow yourself up” is Islamophobic.

Do you agree with that?

Something can be a “virtuous” statement while still being an expression of hatred.

Someone shouting “free Palestine” at random Jews in Europe, for example, is just being an antisemite.