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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Has this guy ever been wrong about anything?

Best President we never had.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean yeah he actually wasn’t quick to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. I am super happy he has come around but I think I’m the beginning he was reluctant to (not because he agreed with it, because he probably didn’t want to mess with Israeli money coming after him politically).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I doubt he gives a good fuck about AIPAC setting their sights on him, they've been sniping for years.

I can't speak for him but my bet is that he's experienced enough to wait for the dust to settle a little before forming an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pity right? Right up there with what could've been had RBG stepped down a bit earlier.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll never forgive her for clinging on to power. She destroyed her legacy and ruined lives for the greed of it

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

RBG wanted Hillary to pick her replacement. The hubris of that decision. SMH

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sanders notably attributed the war in Gaza to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “the right-wing Netanyahu government” — not to Israel in general.

This extremely obvious distinction seems to get completely lost in every discussion on the topic. I like Israel and they have the right to exist. I don't like far right conservative governments run by corrupt war criminals (but enough about Bush...).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean Netanyahu has been winning elections since 1996 (granted there was a gap in the middle) so the election is getting dubious.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

That’s because israel are killing all of the women, children, israeli hostages, and israeli soldiers, they aren’t worried about Hamas fighters just quite yet.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. Just like caring about the fate of innocent Palestinians doesn't mean rooting for the Hamas terrorists. Another distinction a lot of bad faith actors conveniently ignore in order to shift the narrative.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely.

There are essentially 4 groups that need to be discussed here. The governments of Palestine and Israel, and the civilians of Palestine and Israel.

The governments are both murderous monsters who feed off of each other to fuel their hatred and justify genocide.

The civilians are the Innocents being killed and displaced.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Military industrial complex goes BRRRRRRR while the oligarchy distracts you with yet another "most important election of your life" — forcing you to choose between fascist dystopia or neoliberal dystopia instead of ... actually improving the planet and society for future generations.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Fossil fuel industry too, since there's a shitload of natural gas off the coast of Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ok but, trump actually directly said he plans on being a dictator... it's really the most important election in much of american history...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Just because Biden is the lesser evil (and he most certainly is. By far) doesn't mean that he should be allowed to be an evil.

He's supposed to represent the interests of every American who isn't a fascist, not a foreign government that IS fascist.