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[–] 191 points 2 years ago (39 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...).

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  • [–] 102 points 2 years ago (9 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.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    In part because there are people actively and deliberately muddying together the Netanyahu government and Israel (as well as Israel and Jews) so that any criticism of the actions of Israel or Netanyahu can be labeled "antisemitism".

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    [–] 148 points 2 years ago (23 children)

    Has this guy ever been wrong about anything?

    Best President we never had.

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

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

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (9 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).

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

    Awaiting the Christian Right to call him antisemitic.

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    [–] 66 points 2 years ago (22 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.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (20 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...

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

    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.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Agreed. What does that change? I’m still voting for Biden.

    There aren’t any perfect choices in life, all choices of consequence have downsides. Sometimes it’s choosing harm reduction. The man has a solid record of progress with climate legislation, pardoning marijuana possession charges, limiting insulin prices and more.

    Could he do better? Hell yeah. But I’m an adult in a democracy and I understand that a vote is a tool, not a moral stance. I can apply that tool in the most effective way by voting for a lesser evil.

    I also have other tools at my disposal, like money. So I give my money to groups like FairVote that supports Ranked Choice Voting so that, long after the 2024 election, we can vote for candidates instead of against them.

    But I’m not boycotting the system we have unless someone can convince me that Trump will see a lack of voter turnout as a lack of mandate to implement his anti-Democratic, thuggish, racist, sexist plans.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    Yeah it's hard to disagree with this. While I don't think that the US or Canada can do much to influence the situation politically, neither should they be providing support militarily.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    Stop funding terrorists, stop funding evil regimes, it's not so hard

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