I totally believe you that it’s about awful organization. I have no doubt about that. But I don’t agree that it’s incumbent on her to publicly denounce them. Maybe this is bordering on whataboutism, but countless successful actors are actively involved in Scientology, a much more harmful and wide reaching…

True. But that’s just the world we live in now. Too late to put the genie back in the bottle.

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They are. It’s been trending all day.

To be fair, it’s been absolutely blowing up on Twitter, so it’s totally fair game to write an article about. I just wish the article had been more even-handed.

How would I know that? A quick Google image search shows at a few scattered BIPOC have been involved in recent years, but I have no idea when they actually started to make inroads. It’s a shitty organization either way. I’m not defending it. Just pointing out that there’s a difference between “Future celebrity…

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The Atlantic reported in 2014 that the Veiled Prophet Organization barred Black and Jewish people from joining.

one could reasonably assume that minority would shrink if the embargo was lifted

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Fair point. I should have said “no worse” rather than “no different.” I agree that Saudi Arabia is a more destructive force than Cuba by far.

Condemning human rights abuses, to whatever extent they actually exist by Castro’s regime does NOTHING for the Cuban people

I’ve said very clearly that I don’t agree with Israel’s actions in regards to Palestine and that they’re more to blame for the conflict. I haven’t said it clearly, but I’m also against the US embargo and think we should normalize relations with Cuba because they’re no different than other countries we’re chummy with…

The same guy who denies the extent of US interventionism and neocolonialism

There can be more than one “real issue.” Most people’s brains are capable of understanding differences of scale and assigning appropriate levels of blame where and how it’s deserved. Though clearly some people refuse to do so because they care more about their political agenda than actual human lives.

So anyone who criticizes the Castro regime is a pawn of the deep state? Sounds familiar.

What? Why would you assume that I’m “fixated” on anything? We’re commenting on an article that’s critical of Mark Ruffalo for modulating his previous stance on the violence and taking a more nuanced stance. It’s completely relevant to the topic at hand to discuss the role that Hamas plays in the conflict.

Like what? Point out any media organizations not tied to the state that credibly point to wide-scale oppression that can be wholly blamed on the Castro regime.

I’m not saying that every discussion of Israel’s bad behavior has to include a “Hamas is also bad” disclaimer. But anyone who takes a position that acknowledges their part in the violence and bloodshed is attacked by the left. Kinda’ like what you’ve been doing.