you know, i wasn’t talking about gaza at all — i was specifically thinking about the way people cite polls showing broad support for national health insurance and student loan forgiveness — and it is interesting that no one angry about that post bothered to ask me what i had in mind
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It's not like we have a pattern with supporters projecting superhuman powers on their chosen strongmen.
. She demonstrates the cosmos. The light parts are sweet as sugar. The dark parts are as evil as the bottom dwellers in Satan's colon. It is what it is.
How the hell did I make it onto "NYT Defence Squad"? [sic]
Pretty sure some wise person out there once said something about not asking a question you don't want the answer to
I also realize some proportion of them are Putin's agents.
Jacobins, laced with unconscious racism (unconscious a lof of things!). In other words: arseholes, but frustratingly difficult to get shot of.
Its racism.
I faced the same as a Palestinian American who lost the lives of relatives in this genocide.
I was called a liberal Zionist genocide supporter when I am anti-Zionist and a leftist.
(All very dull and frustrating - look at the targets 🙄)
I'm not watching Tiktok.
No siree.
The rest is good though.
They're right, it's a genocide, it's reprehensible, but no one with power is moved to act no matter what they do.
Not sure how that leads to "speculate negatively about opinion writer's views on social media" but I'm no activist.
You immoral monster. 😂
We're incentivized to have strong, decisive opinions, and quickly. Asking questions implies I might not know everything already 🙃
(I don't expect an answer to either question, but I can dream!)
In terms of adapting to new conditions, our species isn’t doing a great job here, as critical thinking skills are less common than frail egos.
So it's 66% of a 4% issue
Someone help me budget this
I also wish to say as well that opinion polls have always been bad indicators of how to do progress, MLK was deeply unpopular as a great example
If you aren't talking Gaza 24/7 you're a "genocide supporter"
If you ever think of any issue outside Gaza you're a "genocide supporter"
He likes to call them performative.
It’s his favorite hobby.
Uh.
What the fuck is “jewmogging”
Gaza has broken so many minds on the left. They expend a lot of energy that curdles into vitriol for policy changes whose outcomes that have little chance of success.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/opinion/biden-israel-policy-harris.html
Ask senator Sanders
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-van-hollen-merkley-and-five-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-enforce-u-s-law-with-netanyahu/
“Do you want Santa Claus to visit your house and leave presents?” Y: 88% N: 12%
but then:
“Will you install a chimney & fireplace?” Y: 37% N: 63%
“Will you agree to naughty/nice surveillance?” Y: 16% N: 84%
and the other half saying “B over my dead body!”
Good luck, Mr. Policy Maker
Plenty of people who wouldn't mind guarantees of access to health care but who hate black people more.
https://bsky.app/profile/daemenoth.bsky.social/post/3kzyyeuaxrd2m