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[–] 72 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Just from his huge switch pre-stroke from "progressives are the future, vote for me I'm a progressive" to openly complaining people think he's a progressive and multiple hard right views...

I really think he's one of the people that get big personality changes after a stroke.

My mom went the other way and became a much happier person and more sympathetic to issues facing others, unfortunately the change can happen either way.

It's either that, or he pulled a Sinema and just lied about being a progressive to get elected

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    multiple hard right views

    I haven't seen any hard-right views from Fetterman.

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    His immigration stance is bipartisan. Bernie himself wants to limit immigration. I'm a radical immigration proponent (wanna be a citizen and land in USA soil, I'd make you a citizen), but the reality is my opinion is deeply unpopular.

    Sadly, protectionism is rampant in the Democratic party.

    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/25/21143931/bernie-sanders-immigration-record-explained

    Israel is similarly bipartisan and not hard-right at all. 61% of Democrat voters support Biden's Israel stance, even if they think Israel is being too aggressive

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/17/democrats-israel-polls/

    I absolutely guarantee you his constituents are higher than national average in favor of the policies he is stating.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    I'm wondering if he's posturing for a future presidential run, and the party has told him that he needs to temper his progressive stances if he ever wants to run as a Democrat.

    If so, definitely a bummer as he seemed like the exact type to not do that.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I'm also curious how biased the information they are given during briefings is. I can totally see how the information the people have and the information presented (or not presented) in briefings could influence congresspeoples opinions.

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    [–] 64 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    he's got a quarter million dollars of Israeli money in his pocket. I wonder if that might warp his fucking perception.

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    [–] 49 points 2 years ago

    Media has been warping the perception of the genocide by Israel of Palestine for more than half a century.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (24 children)

    Ignores apartheid. Ignores genocide. Ignores occupation. Claims the full history isnt represented on tiktok.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Yeah, I really want to hear senior Dem leadership tell the youth they’re listening to the “wrong” news sources about the Israel/Palestine conflict. /s

    Is he in the pocket of AIPAC or simply never considered that support for Israel is support for genocide?

    Get on the right side of history, dude.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I agree that Congress is not on the right side of history here, but he's not entirely wrong. Few people have nuanced views that say Israel and Hamas are bad, and instead try to oversimplify to give people a side to root for.

    It's a clusterfuck of politics, war crimes, and ancient grudges, and Palestine is stuck between.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    I think there are more than a few people who feel that Israel and Hamas are both bad actors here.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Those of us who feel like both are to blame tend to be outshouted by the "I ALWAYS STAND WITH ISRAEL NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO" and the "HAMAS ARE JUST FREEDOM FIGHTERS SO ANYTHING THEY DO IS JUSTIFIED" groups. And if we speak up to point out that both groups have issues, we get attacked by both groups for not being on a side and especially for not being on their side.

    One of the big problems with the Middle East is that it's a messy situation and people like simple narratives. They don't want to hear a hundred plus years of attacks, revenge attacks, generational trauma, etc. That's not easy to resolve. Instead, people want to know that A is always good and B is always bad. That's nice and simple and easy to fix. You just eliminate the bad people and all is well.

    Sadly, the real world is rarely so black and white.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    As an Irish person I can say with some experience that what Hamas is doing is not justified but it is pretty much inevitable. And unless Israel are really going to continue their genocide, all they've done is perpetuate this inevitability.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    You can be on the side of civilians. Pretty simple actually

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree. I don't see other people (other than a relative few on the Fediverse) who see it that way, because they want a clear villain to defeat.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    It's a pretty simple stance to take, you know the "don't go around killing/maiming/terrorizing/raping random civilians" stance. It shouldn't be hard to say "treat people with respect". No matter if they are friend, enemy, or bystander.

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    Ok, I followed the happenings in Gaza via Tiktok, among other things. My perception is that the IDF bombs the shit out of the Gaza strip and nowhere is safe. 20000 people died, many more severly disfigured. What is wrong with my perception?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Tiktok is highly partial in general. So are US Senators.

    He's probably not wrong in this case though in the past the Chinese don't push one view, they push both extremes to purposefully create division (eg they fund both BLM and proud boys)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    they fund both BLM and proud boys

    Where can I find more about that?

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    It is.

    But the accurate perception is also really bad. Israel is committing genocide

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    What about the UN? Is the OHCHR a warped perspective?

    How about Reuters?

    What's the limit? Because this is just the tip of the iceberg. We've got then using 2000 pound bombs in civilian areas on "tunnel entrances" they have no evidence were in use by Hamas. We've got then bombing hospitals and showing us standard security guard equipment for the middle east in an attempt to portray a military command post. They lied about a calendar that was plainly visible on the wall.

    At what point do you admit they are purging the Warsaw ghetto?

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