5+ months late. AOC is just another capitalist Democrat.
Wow only took her five months of Genocide and 32.00 Palestinians killed.
Now she’s lost all face with the actual left and more than 50% of Democrats already believe israel is committing Genocide, she turns around. Amazing.
Did Bernie say the scary word yet? Or is he still complicit?
Bernie “Zion” Sanders? Bernie “Israel has a right to defend itself” Sanders?
It’s so disheartening to go from feeling like even if we lacked substantial representation on the left at least there were a couple people on Capitol Hill making some noise for us, to feeling just completely alienated from the entire project of electoral politics in the US. I guess there are still some folks in the House we can raise up.
He’s the sole Senate vote against sending military aid to Israel. Just because he hasn’t called it a genocide does not mean he supports Israel. It’s not an either/or equation.
Fake squad members like Ilham Omar have turned to pretending AIPAC is a Republican problem. Ignoring that Democrats receive AIPAC bribes as well. Probably even more. Recently saw a Lemmy poster repeating this same BS propaganda about AIPAC being a GOP thing.
What’s your beef with Ilhan Omar? I take your point on AIPAC.
Same as with AOC and Bernie. They endorse Biden and deflect criticism of the Genocide to Republicans. Full well knowing that it’s Biden currently responsible for the secret weapon shipments and the only reason israel is able to continue their Genocide. It’s a giant pile of hypocrisy.
Only Rashida Tlaib put her money where her mouth is. The rest of the squad members went mask off and proved themselves to just be controlled opposition.
Im pretty sure the headline I just read has “Biden” and “Isreal” and “Genocide”
They’re still pleading for people to vote for Biden while Biden is actively supplying weapons for the Genocide and not doing anything to stop the Genocide.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m fine with this rethoric after the Genocide ends. But not while Biden is actively complicit.
Goalposts… she should wait until the genocide ends to criticize Biden over his response? The rhetoric is that he should end complacency in relations with Israel
ITT so many hurt Liberals downvoting but not commenting.
There are people with whom arguing is sterile.
(of a discussion, an argument, etc.) not producing any useful result synonym fruitless a sterile debate
Well, I learned a new way to use that weird. Thanks!
They care more about God Emperor Biden winning from God Emperor Trump than the fact that Biden is supporting Genocide.
Both parties are now filled with brainless drones that will endorse anything their side does as long as the other side does not win.
Nope. We just accept the win when we get a politician to pivot or advance to the place we think they should be.
I don’t know about Democrats being into a God Emperor Biden as that was more of an Obama thing. And even with Obama I don’t think it ever hit the level of Trump. Trump fandom truly is special and not in a good way.
AOC/Bernie exist solely so the leftists don’t riot
Or, you know, they are individual human beings with their own political views that happen to resonate with the people who vote for them.
Not everything is a massive conspiracy.
No my man, everything is controlled. Nothing just happens. It’s too uncomfortable for me to accept that bad things just happen. It’s much easier for me to accept that there are shady forces acting behind the scenes making every bad thing happen.
Also, how come there’s only one monopolies commission?
And why do I never get to be the shoe?
I’m gonna blame you every time I eat a taco!
Same
Finally. Fuck Israel.
Wow, Hitler much? The entire reason I’m PO’d at Israel is the hypocrisy of committing the Second Holocaust, you can’t just say that Israel is evil down to the last child and not expect people who care about actual justice to want you dead.
Fuck you, neo Nazi.
This honestly reads like a sarcastic joke, I’m not sure if it just went over everyone’s head here
What went over your heads is that Israel’s leadership doesn’t represent its people anymore. You honestly think anyone could say “no” to Hitler and live? That’s why there was a war, you fought on a battlefield or you died at the hands of a police state.
Sadly, this is no different. Israel right now is trying to use industrialized genocide. The Nazis were the first and for a long time only ones to try to exterminate a human group specifically using industrial genocide - a holocaust.
I am NOT saying Israel as a whole is responsible. I’m sorry if I ever gave that impression. Their current leader, however, is no different than every other Stalin, Mussolini and Trump history has ever had. Do not make the mistake that was made 100 years ago.
People thought Germany’s former opponents were right to offer concessions too. To a degree, they were right, but only if they had done so sooner. By the time someone dangerously hateful got into power, it was too late for it to do anything but embolden a genocidal dictator.
This isn’t about Ukraine or Russia, don’t mistake this for a war. The Hamas are indeed monsters, but the Israeli government and military are peppered heavily with people who firmly believe that they should have exclusive control over that section of the world (the Gaza Strip, I’ll have the grace to not speak on someone else’s behalf about what places a country intends to own beyond clear intent).
In short, I’m trying to say “you realise the horseshoe theory works on ALL authoritarian viewpoints, right?”
I actually may have confused two threads about this topic and forgotten which poster I was trying to respond to. To be clear, all I wanted to say - in short, that I agree with her if she’s arguing in good faith, but that doesn’t justify the above poster hating Israelis and the words “finally, etc.” sounded anti-semetic. Any past online behavior of mine that suggested I feel otherwise is not something I want to influence people to hate a group, and I felt that needed to be pointed out. In the past I’ve made mistakes in my online posts, visible or not, but I never hated anyone for beliefs, only individual actions. My words were not the right ones, I get it. Please stop, I am trying to be unbiased and not “politically correct” because history doesn’t repeat for no reason and yes, there is nothing that is inherent to anyone that prevents them acting like a fascist, no matter what label you can otherwise apply to them. Hypocrisy is a thing, genocide is something every culture is guilty of. It’s not pleasant, but it is fair. We have free will, check your bigotry before it wrecks everything. I will be unsubscribing to this entire community now that I’ve said my peace, please block me if you’re too partisan to realize I am not saying Hamas are not guilty, only that Israel’s government is not free of corruption by hate anymore than Hamas if carpet-bombing hospitals is in their playbook.
Brave woman … if American history serves me right, people like her are liable to get themselves killed or conveniently die for speaking up too much or too loudly
Either suicide with 2 shots in the back of the head, or a car crash
If American history serves me right people will be paranoid over whatever they’re told to be paranoid.
She’s actually more likely to be killed by a pro-palestine protester given how emotionally unstable the Hamas propaganda is making them. She’s already being harassed in the streets by them.
You should go outside.
You first. You’re getting paranoid about the evil Jews assassinating a US politician.
If you don’t think the internet makes people emotionally unstable and you don’t think emotionally unstable people do crazy things, it may be because the internet has put you into an emotionally unstable state. Go outside and touch grass. Eventually Hamas will be forced to release the hostages one way or another and the death will stop. Civilian casualties in a war should be upsetting but understand there isn’t anything you can do about it. Falsely claiming genocide and trying to make a war drag on longer by cutting off supplies only makes things worse. It’s not going to end until the hostages are freed.
Eventually Hamas will be forced to release the hostages one way or another
If you are waiting for eventuality,
- one way : bodies
- another : memories
Every day we get closer to one way.
Yeah Hamas are psychopaths so they wouldn’t have any qualms about murdering hostages. But also they’re psychopaths and whatever they might say about wanting to be martyrs is just lies. A psychopaths will prioritize their own self preservation over anything else. Obviosuly they’re willing to put the Palestinian people at the mercy of an army they claim to be committing genocide while they hide underground like cowards.
But it’s possible they could release the hostages and make an exit through Egypt and survive. The question is how many Palestinian civilians they can let die (civilian deaths is a big money maker for them) before they make their escape to Qatar to live a life of luxury. It’s important to put a lot of pressure on Rafah by making it clear that the IDF is willing to fight in Rafah to force them into running away. The leadership of Hamas are cowards we know this by their actions so far. A strong showing of support for Israel will reveal the nature of Hamas (if October 7 didn’t already) and could result in a long term peace. But the effectiveness of Hamas’ propaganda on the west makes it more likely Hamas will continue their psychotic ways and this conflict will go on for another generation.
AOC has been mostly silent and very “soft” on the matter until recently. Better late than never I guess.
Brave? This has been going on for 5+ months and she is just now saying something.
This is not her first time speaking about it. She called for a cease fire on October 9th. So a pretty consistent position.
True enough. I stand corrected.
My current disagreement with her is that she hasn’t called it a genocide until March 22nd 2024. Up until March 5th (https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/aoc-tells-pro-palestinian-protesters-to-back-off-rrab8k4j) she was publicly being milquetoast with her rhetoric.
I think it’s a bit hard as a politician to go all the way to calling something a Genocide. However, the laws we have about military aid don’t require going that far. Which is what pisses me off about this. It’s so egregious we would have stopped aid to any other country months ago.
You are not correct, but feel free to collect records and let us know why everything she said on the matter was inadequate. Start here, AFAICT her first remark is on Oct. 9: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media
I should have said she has not called it what it actually is, a genocide.
Alright. I am also dismayed that it has taken so long for members of the government to call genocide by its name, we’re aligned on that.
Thanks for links with her statements. Cheers
Are there other US representatives or senators that called this war a genocide?
There is not. So she is the first and only of the 435.
Doesn’t take away that it took her 5 months to call it that when it was obvious that it was a genocide at a much earlier date.
Let’s not whatabout them. If she had been turning a blind eye to it I think their comments would be justified regardless of how trash the rest of Congress is or is not. This person is just flat-out wrong, though, she did not wait 5 months to say something.
Ah, can you share an example of someone who has been saying something in the interim? That way you could highlight a politician we should be paying attention to who is doing a better job.
Also, is there logic behind your five month cutoff because I’d love to get some insight the rationale behind the opinion.
No, I am addressing AOC here and not anyone else.
My (corrected) point is that it took her 5 months to call it a genocide. That is the point. It was obvious way before that.
