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[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 127 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They gonna call Bernard "I got into politics because my extended family literally died in the holocaust" Sanders antisemitic now?

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“While Israel has the right to go after Hamas, Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government does not have the right to wage almost total warfare against the Palestinian people,” the Vermont senator said in a statement.

Seems like his views on this are pretty much aligned with that of typical israelis.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And yet that's the same view that has had people screaming about anti-semitism for the past month.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Dumb people are going to dumb.

Doesn't change facts though.

[–] Adubya@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Senator Sanders is in lockstep with Biden & rest of Democratic caucus's view here. There is a big push not to lose the path for a two-state solution and to pause West Bank settlement expansion. Wouldn't be surprised if President Biden's friend Bernard consulted with him about this beforehand.

[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (10 children)

It's almost like it's a complex problem with no easy solution

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 5 points 10 months ago

So was South Africa and the Native Americans and the racial relations in the US and countless other situations but we still try to inrpove them.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

If there is one thing I don't like about Lemmy (and social media in general) its that a majority of people can't grasp complex sitstuons or solutions and cling to the thing they dislike without consideration for everything else.

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[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, come on, don't be like that. We can do this.

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[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 111 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This man could have been the president

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 63 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Not if the DNC had anything to do about it, and they did.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 7 points 10 months ago

After all, they're part of The Big Club.

(NSFW - language)

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Nah, tho. Young people didn’t vote in high enough numbers. Depressing. I voted Bernie.

[–] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't. I was wrong. I'm sorry.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago

At least you own it. That's progress.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Several million young prospective voters were prevented from voting by going to college in states that don't allow out of state resident voting and not being able to vote in their home states on a Tuesday.

Add the fact that colleges are typically critically underserved when it comes to voting infrastructure, leading to a requirement to stand in line for the equivalent of a full-time job working day and it's clear that it's not young people being too apathetic.

It's politicians ratfucking them almost as much as they ratfuck people of color and people of color have much better get out the vote infrastructure to counteract it than colleges do.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Oh, centrists and trumpists are gonna identically hate this.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have a better idea... why doesn't the US just stop funding murderous fascism everywhere period?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

because people still live in the countries even if the governments are bad.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

We don't fund Israel because its people are hungry, we fund them for the military advantage it provides us and this weird thing where half the country thinks that if Jews control Israel, then blue eyed, capitalist Jesus will be able to come and swoop down and carry them away to Heaven before everyone else is smushed by God like grapes in a wine press. It's a whole thing. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/gaza-war-evangelical-leaders-cheer-end-world-1234884151/

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How about just not giving Israel aid, period?

If its capable of launching a genocidal crusade, it must be developed and stable enough to not need our fucking purse strings holding it up.

[–] Dubito_Cogito@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (7 children)

It's a bit more complex than that A random idiot 😔

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We already have laws that prohibit giving military aid to genocidal regimes.

We're just ignoring them.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 6 points 10 months ago

That would be the place (the Senate) to do it, not the Presidency.

[–] MrSqueezles@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

While Israel has the right to go after Hamas, Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government does not have the right to wage almost total warfare against the Palestinian people

A nuanced view? Is that allowed?

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

This just proves that Sanders is the biggest antisemite. /s

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
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