One of the great holes in any theodicy is that Rabin and Sharon were struck down as their hearts had changed...while a corrupt, venal piece of shit like Netanyahu has clung to power.

The ratios are important; though.

lol.

The media narrative of...Progressive Jews who hate Netanyahu?

Hahaha, thanks for bringing up Corbyn for me.

The upsurge in suicide bombings was a the 700 deaths in a 5 year span 20 years ago.

As for “saying ‘Terrorists Bad’ then shutting my brain off”:

People who can say “This is wrong and bad” from a place of *empathy* tend to be much more effective at changing minds than folks shrieking about how the only way to deal with Die Juden’s money controlling the media and the governments to let them feast on children is to boycott their businesses and break their windows.

Hah, I’ve been living in Europe the last few years.

We honestly aren’t that far apart...but let’s be clear:

Said it before. I’ll say it again.

Oh, it’s a horrible, criminal neighbor.

“But the Second Intifada!”

Hamas’s power base is in a place from which Israel voluntarily withdrew, haha.

And yet...so many people STILL can’t manage to criticize Likud’s atrocities without engaging in genuinely anti-Semitic Bullshit, playing right into Bibi’s bloodstained hands.

Yeah...literally none of those things apply to Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza.

Did you know that not all state sanctioned violence is genocide?

Yep - it’s so fucking easy to criticize that fascist thug Bibi and his enablers in Likud without engaging in anti-Semitism...and yet so many people can’t seem to manage it.

Lance is pretty damn great in everything he does.

I’m aware...but a big ole dose of him comes from Alan Yang.