The Hamas atrocities revealed the incompetence and falsity of the right-wing program of security through brutality, and now the broad institutional center of Western military and political power is signing off on retaliatory mass murder, and U.S. pundits are really going with How the Left Went Wrong - ThreadSky

tomscocca.bsky.social • 538 days ago

The Hamas atrocities revealed the incompetence and falsity of the right-wing program of security through brutality, and now the broad institutional center of Western military and political power is signing off on retaliatory mass murder, and U.S. pundits are really going with How the Left Went Wrong

Reposted from Jack Mirkinson

this is the lead story on the atlantic rn. again, the idea that "what progressives are saying about hamas" is the central topic of the moment is a wild dereliction of journalistic duty

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geminidrgn.bsky.social•538 days ago

Oh of course. Anything to distract from their own moral bankruptcy.

thewesterhazys.bsky.social•538 days ago

Pundits are like train cars that plow forward on the tracks "the left" and "the right". All takes must work to balance the two.

The reality is that one track is shitty while the other on fire.

Still they mindlessly work to keep the delusion of an equal footing and will do so right into a wall.

possible.bsky.social•538 days ago

hippie punching never goes out of style

incompetusrex.bsky.social•538 days ago

It’s amazing how pervasive this genre is.

Trump’s rise? The Left’s fault.

Trump’s continued dominance of the Republican Party? Also, the Left’s fault.

Inflation? Probably the Left’s fault.

Crime? Immigration? Obviously, the Left’s fault.

Republicans can’t agree on speaker? The Left’s fault.

proleartthreat.bsky.social•536 days ago

so, it is 9/11...again

recombobulating.bsky.social•538 days ago

It can never be the structure or the system. It can only be the Bad People who inhabit the Other and all we can do is get rid of them.

jaseydrew.bsky.social•538 days ago

It is crazy how transparent American media is being rn. "Mainstream" media make the most money during war time coverage and if you're not down to bomb civilians then they're going to rewrite the narrative to make you the villain.

meave.bsky.social•538 days ago

oh no, the british can take all the blame for this particular piece of work

futfanatico.bsky.social•538 days ago

The Neocons can't really offer security through mass surveillance and disintegration of civil liberties - just kneejerk revenge and bloodlust

xtdave.bsky.social•538 days ago

Never let a crisis go to waste (to do hippie punching)

ranamar.bsky.social•538 days ago

I was going to say it's always easier to punch a hippie than it is to engage with a problem.

fritzdrybeam.bsky.social•538 days ago

A crisis that Israel created.
Problem, reaction, solution.
https://archive.ph/VEs1F

sknowsthatp.bsky.social•538 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/athul.acharya.cc/post/3kbnyb4jzja2r

kduffchicago.bsky.social•538 days ago

If Rudy Giuliani was a Democrat, Republicans would have put his head on a stake in Times Square by September 15, 2001.

justdanthistime.bsky.social•536 days ago

at least they have some weird british terf on the job

flawless.bsky.social•538 days ago

They’re going to be shocked and confused as the blowback continues in the future. This is neither a hope or endorsement, but a causal observation that powerful institutions shamefully refuse to learn from.

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