A friend to everyone is a friend to no one

  • @kescusay
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    2020 days ago

    Yes, we know you want Donald Trump elected. He won’t be. Move on.

    • abff08f4813c
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      119 days ago

      I’d add that I disagree with the premise of the article. I don’t see a contradiction between wanting the suffering happening to innocent Gazans to end on the one hand, while generally being supporting of Israel’s right to defend itself as a country on the other hand (e.g. from Russia, if they were to go even crazier and decide that nuking Israel to distract the West from supporting Ukraine was a good idea).

      And nuance is tough to do in a campaign ad, so emphasis the part of the message that resonates with the target voters is not hypocrisy at all, not if both messages are indeed consistent with your underlying platform.

      As far as I know, this is indeed the case - Harris supports an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the return of the remaining hostages, along with an eventual two state solution. I don’t see how that contradicts either message above, if it were possible to implement. (It’s not because Israel under Netanyahu won’t go along with it, but, I mean, if it were.)

      Remember, there are Israelis who live in Israel, who want an immediate ceasefire, as per https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/24/israel-immediate-ceasefire-open-letter and https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/some-300-left-wing-activists-protests-genocide-in-gaza-at-tel-avivs-habima-square/ - and Harris’s position on this appears to be the same as, or at least very similar to, theirs.

      • @ZapBeebz_
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        1320 days ago

        Ah so you voted for trump. Good to know.

        • Billiam
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          720 days ago

          Bold of you to assume he was eligible to vote at all.

      • @kescusay
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        319 days ago

        Yes, I already said, we know you want Donald Trump elected. He won’t be. Move on.