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this is a criticism of a random liberal

when "fighting fascism" involves no holds barred, you immediately pick the losing strategy.

Because Buttigieg would promote neoliberal economic policy, Hank. And that is not the left a lot of us want to see. Hope this helps.

sincerely, thank you

like I want the clip and details where he says "Israel has the right to defend itself" pretty please. And it may sound weird, but I don't like leaning on google when that takes away from such a (potentially) nice interaction like this one. Community n shii

here's what you told me:

"Bernie said Israel has the right to defend itself at every one of his rallies. JK he actually just said it at the rally I was keeping up with (and therefore could be one/a few rallies in a haystack of rallies where he doesn't say that)"

I don't see why I shouldn't ask

that's not very reassuring for what I'm attempting to examine in this thread of discussions. I would prefer you at least point me to which rally, what time, et cetera.

I genuinely don't understand why you're reacting this way. & I know I'm not entitled to that — I am sorry

ah geez, ok

because I've had this take before and I realize I had nothing to substantiate it, I wanted to test the waters on that, also my bad

I am not trying to aggravate you — I admit I shouldn't have implied you were a member of Empire that merely hates Empire does nothing more, my bad.

I'm just trying to look into this "Bernie is a Zionist" thing with a tablespoon of skepticism.

also tell me you didn't understand what I was saying without telling me you didn't understand what I was saying

can you share this with me?

didn't need to be an ass about it :| I guess we're still on twitter

WTF AT EVERY RALLY? I want to believe this but that is insane

but we can disagree on agreeing that our morals agree I suppose

If you don't give a fuck why he does what he does specifically then I'm sure you're never gonna get into how we can stop the genocide in gaza specifically. These are the characteristics of a citizen of Empire who merely hates Empire and does nothing more about it.

Let me be transparent with you:

I have my morals, and they agree with you.

But our morals will not stop a genocide, and sometimes (in ways we do not often immediately see) they will get in the way of stopping that genocide.

this is good! how can we characterize this inability? What is causing that inability? Because that's the interesting part.

What makes Bernie unable to denounce a genocide? Maybe we can attack that instead of the man himself.

I'm not trying to debate... :( you have a good day too.

to blame silence as complicity is a huge slippery slope when you, I, and Bernie are all in the core of Empire. There are endless ways in which I can criticize you for countless other leftist issues for just being inside the core.

this is not the rhetoric we should adopt

I am simply worried, and curious, about purity politics developing here.

on the first account: when, precisely? That sucks, really, but can the narrative change?

on the second I don't know if there is much to say or criticize. Power and opportunity is a strange thing.

I don't think these criticisms are any less performative, they're purely negative.

I too, would like someone who doesn't condone genocide. We have those people around us. And it doesn't like Bernie does so either, at least not without cherry picking something w/o looking, in detail, at a wider picture of someone.

out of actual curiosity, where does he explicitly condone genocide? In his lack of acknowledging it with the terms you prefer? Or does he literally say "I condone the genocide in Gaza" — ? Out of all the efforts he has tried to make for Gaza, what makes him condone their genocide?

never ceases to amaze me how the people who are most allergic to thinking are also the most concerned and controlling about other people's thoughts

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