Why do they always miss the most obvious big red flag of all?

Rightists attacking CAIR in the 2010s was cringe and embarrassing. Leftists attacking AIPAC in the 2020s is cringe and embarrassing.

There is no daylight between them.

And like, there's a *chance* it might work. Iranians are ready to take their country back. I'm certainly not crying over any corpsified mullahs.

But this is NOT how I want my nation to behave on the world stage.

I hate the Iranian regime for killing Americans in Iraq, feeding Russia's war machine with countless civilian-murdering drones, slaughtering tens of thousands of brave Iranian protestors, and many other reasons. But *this* war, by *this* administration, with *no* congressional authorization?

The Iranian Revolution and the Reagan Revolution were born twins.

Finland and Sweden - in NATO.

Syria - gone.
Armenia - gone.
Venezuela - gone.
Cuba - will be gone in a few weeks.
Iran - will be gone in a few months.
Russia - Ukraine will finish the job.

America could have saved nuclear non-proliferation by honoring our commitments and fighting with Ukraine. Now the world sees how useless "security guarantees" are. In the new world we created, nukes are the only way to survive. Tragic.

Zelenskyy: “Putin hopes to repeat Munich — not Munich 2007, when they only spoke about dividing Europe, but Munich 1938, when the previous Putin began dividing Europe in reality.”

I'm an internationalist liberal, so I respect that PoV and don't wish to argue my point in Jamelle's mentions. But languages are dying every day, and I think it's worth studying our own history and our own values independently of others. Just as Eastern, African, Oriental studies are worthwhile.

Soviet poster: Golden harvest for our native land!

And of course, regular socialism

ICE has completely broken our social contract.

They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations

Fwiw I do think there is such a thing as western civilization, but anyone can choose to join it, to uphold it, to push it forward. No magic DNA required

Counterpoint:

-No it isn't.
-And yes you are.

Or maybe, Americans just don't care about being lied to. I'm updating my priors in realtime.

Perhaps has already landed

Whenever I see "natural" in reference to human health, I reach for my gun.

Suffering from infectious disease is "natural." Being parasitized by fly larvae is "natural." Dying of malnutrition is "natural."

Every human life saved by science is a middle finger in the face of a cruel, heartless world.

OP: farming in traditional and indigenous methods is what will SAVE the planet this capitalistic ass lie should disgust everyone" quoted post: Bill Gates, intends to completely re-engineer the entire global food supply, to artificial, "non-agricultural" methods of production which do not require "vast amounts of land" under the guise of "saving the planet".

I have immense respect for indigenous cultures. However, it is deeply impractical to feed 8+ billion people sustainably and reliably without high-tech industrial agriculture.

Ultimately, this is just reactionary, conservative pastoralism wrapped in leftist framing.

MAGA hates it when the wrong people adopt patriotic iconography and attach it to broader narratives about inclusion, unity, and joyful celebration so we should do more of that. Triggering the cons is in fact a useful heuristic because they have embraced vice so thoroughly under Trump.

"The most corrupt administration of all time, and Everybody Knows It!"

And importantly, no one else does this! Western liberals are uniquely self-critical (complimentary!) I don't think Russians or Chinese or Arabs feel bad about their ancestors invasions, conquests, and slavery. We need that energy now for creation and unity, not auto-flagellation.

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

go off jack white

A tiny cat, slightly dirty

Mouse says ABOLISH ICE

It really, really worries me when I see leftists just as eager as rightists to fling facts aside and cling to viewpoint-affirming fictions. I'm not here for that.

Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

This sucks, this is recent, and I'm on your side. Vote Dem, we can defeat them.

I'm sorry, I do not understand this account's gimmick. But I'm not following you around, and you're starting to make me uncomfortable. Blocking, nothing personal.

Yup! Recent GOP bullshit aside, America is the homeland for weirdos and rebels. I'm one of them, and I'm on your side. We can defeat them.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.