• katy ✨
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    237 months ago

    he’s doing what all right wing populists are doing these days; latching onto a popular movement and using it to both improve his popularity and divide his enemies

    • pewter
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      7 months ago

      I don’t think this is exclusive to right wing populists.

      He’s simply congratulating the side he supports. Biden showed support for the Iranian protesters.

      And before someone responds “um actually, Biden is as right wing as Clarence Thomas,” Bernie Sanders showed support for the Iranian protesters too.

      You’d be hard pressed to find someone to the left of Bernie Sanders who doesn’t support Iranians protesting the right to not be killed for wearing a hijab improperly.

    • DMBFFFOP
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      -27 months ago

      Doesn’t Iran fund Hamas?

      I’ll also grant that that Hamas probably killed a higher percentage of soldiers on Putin’s 71st birthday than Israel has Hamas members since then.

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        7 months ago

        I’ll also grant that that Hamas probably killed a higher percentage of soldiers on Putin’s 71st birthday than Israel has Hamas members since then.

        This is a fucking unhinged comment, beyond you using “Putins Birthday” as a dogwhistle for October 7th. Comments like this do nothing but make the Pro-Palestinian anti-Genocide movement look pro-Hamas.

        The rate of civilian to soldier deaths on October 7th are the exact same 2:1 ratio that Israel is currently being criticized for. Both governments are shit when it comes to murdering civilians and neither should be praised.

        • DMBFFFOP
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          17 months ago

          Comments like this do nothing but make the Pro-Palestinian anti-Genocide movement look pro-Hamas.

          some of them are.

          • @Bernie_Sandals
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            27 months ago

            Seems weird to be so anti-Genocide you end up supporting another Genocidal group.

            • DMBFFFOP
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              17 months ago

              Presumably you wouldn’t stand next to a Nazi who denounces Israel’s genocide.

              Would you stand next to an Islamic fundamentalist doing the same?