04-23-2024, 06:50 PM
(04-23-2024, 06:26 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Fetterman has been a huge shock. I don't know if it's entirely the Israel issue either, but he's really split with the party in some major ways.
Not if you look at the votes. He is in line with the majority of Democratic politicians on things. Honestly, Fetterman is definitely one of my favorites which is no surprise. He has his principles and doesn't care about party principles. We would probably disagree on a few things but would agree on far more.
What frustrates me about some of his comments, and it is really what frustrates me about the conversation as a whole, is that there seems to be little room being given by some to criticize Netanyahu and his handling of this. When more than half of the reported casualties in Gaza appear to be non-combatants and, if the most recent reports are true, there are mass graves with Palestinians murdered with their hands tied, those are not acceptable. I don't care who it is. There are no excuses. But that is seen by so many as somehow anti-Israel or even anti-Semitic. All it is really is being against the killing of innocent people.
But so many seem to be unable to talk about this with any sort of nuance. This is why I mostly avoid the Israel/Hamas thread.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
