@protecttruth @Alon Ive used the metaphor for many years in the opposite direction:
I like italian food. Doesn't mean I support Silvio Berlusconi.
I use it specifically in the context of Israel-Palestine quite often, whenever anyone does the YOU CANT ATTACK ISRAEL!!!?!
I wasnt "attacking" Israel. I was attacking the rightwing demagogue in power there, the far right government he leads and the far right policies they implement.
It has no bearing on my opinions of Israel or Isrealis.