calling antisemitism “a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people”.
“But, please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use antisemitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts. It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions,”
Sadly a very common and favorite strategy of genocidal autocratic regimes across the world.
It is always in the favor of states to not only claim to support their people, and even represent them, but to encapsulate their identity. Authoritarian after authoritarian has learned this.
Criticize the CCP , you’re a sinophobe. Criticize the Iranian or Saudi governmenta and you are demonstrating Islamophobia and antiarabic prejudice. Now with Israel. Plenty have done and it damn works, that’s the worst part.
Bernie Sanders video message to Netanyahu: https://youtu.be/vzhdPsCgrjU
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Bernie is the model of what a politician should be. And about the only one left in the USA that gives a fuck about actual justice and truth.
When he ran for president I saw him and said “holy shit it’s that guy!”
I went through a phase where I watched wayyyyyyyyyyyy too many documentaries, and pretty much any time there was a section that involved Congress he was always shown in a clip being on the right side of the debate.
He’s always been on “our” side which I imagine is why he’s an “independent.”
Wow, he really slammed him.
Joking aside, I really appreciate that Bernie is speaking up. (And to a lesser extent that the headline doesn’t fall back to that overused descriptor.)
I’m not saying I wouldn’t have mixed feelings about it, but I don’t think I’d have reservations about a politician that put on a luchador mask or dressed up like an 80’s wrestler and said the right things in absolutely batshit ways during press junkets and campaign appearances. And then, obviously, did those things in non-batshit ways while on the clock.
Saturday night: “I’m gonna slap Netanyahu like a bitch!”
Monday morning: “I’ve introduced legislation to suspend all military aid and arms sales to Israel immediately. Resumption of aid and/or arms sales is contingent upon the outcome of the ICJ war crimes investigation.”
and said the right things in absolutely batshit ways during press junkets and campaign appearances.
He’s not a part of both sides.
Fuck everyone who voted for joe and hillary in the primaries.
I like Sanders because he isn’t just another d/r. He speaks his mind, and I believe he believes in what he says. I would vote for him out of principle.
That said, his ideas are idiotic for the most part, and he has no clue how the economy works.If elected the country would quickly become a wasteland if his ideas were implemented but I would feel decent voting for him at least.
Oh look, the taxes are theft guy (who will vote for Trump) is here to say how little someone else knows about economics.
I’m sure all that wealth will start to trickle down any minute now though.
Funny, I don’t remember ever saying taxes are theft by default. What I have said is the tax system should be fair.
Bernie has suggested this, such as taxing wealth, which is unconstitutional. He didn’t propose an amendment; he just wanted to tax wealth. He didn’t even realize that it was against the Constitution. He also said it’s unfair that Elon didn’t pay more in income tax when he made a dollar that year. He couldn’t even be bothered to look up Elon’s income.
He says things so his plebes will clap without realizing it isn’t an intelligent or viable solution.
and he has no clue how the economy works
That’s the thing. He knows how the economy ‘works’, it’s just that it works for the ruling class and not for everyone else.
Guess what? The only way to reduce the disparity in wealth is to reduce the disparity in wealth. This means those who have too much will get angry because they have less so others can have more.
No, Bernie has shown time and time again that he doesn’t understand how anything works.
https://reason.com/2018/08/09/the-economic-ignorance-of-bernie-sanders/
Can you find anyone that says Bernie understands economics?
