• vaguerant@fedia.io
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    1 year ago

    Is it not obvious that this is the first half of a sentence and has been selectively edited to mislead?

    I don’t have video of the Montana rally, but Sanders has talked about this issue repeatedly at the Fight Oligarchy rallies, and here is what he said in LA:

    “Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorism, but it does not have a right to go to war against the entire Palestinian people… to kill 50,000 people, injure over 100,000 and destroy the entire infrastructure.”

    “And as bad as that is, Trump wants to expel the 2.2 million people in Gaza in order to create a playground for his billionaire friends,” Sanders added, referring to Trump’s proposal to “take ownership” of the Gaza strip. “That is beyond insane, and we will never, never let that happen.”

    Certainly, there are many who disagree with this half of the sentence, and that’s fine, but it should at least be presented with context.

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      1 year ago

      It is about the Hasbara talking point “Israel had the right to defend itself.” Nothing else. Bernie needs to stop inserting Hasbara disclaimers to both sides a genocide.

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        1 year ago

        You’re so fucking insane with this talking point bullshit. What bernie said is a sentence that stands alone, not everyone is some loser slurping media 24/7 and declaring literal fucking plain english as some uniquely constructed sentence with an exact connotation.

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        1 year ago

        The correct response is to report as misinformation, not merely to block.

      • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        sticking your head in the sand when it comes to reality is the reason why we have trump in office.