cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48345159

When he launched his campaign last week for a Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat, Representative Seth Moulton made sure that one of his first moves was to announce that he is returning campaign donations that he received from individuals affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and would no longer accept campaign support from the group. Also last week, popular podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan pressed Senator Cory Booker to answer whether he considered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal; The Ringer’s Van Lathan told Governor Gavin Newsom that Lathan would not support a 2028 candidate who took money from AIPAC, resulting in the governor literally squirming and using the word “interesting” repeatedly; radio host Charlamagne tha God asked Governor Josh Shapiro if AIPAC donations improperly influence U.S. decisions on Israeli-Palestinian issues; and MSNBC’s Eugene Daniels asked Kamala Harris if Israel’s actions over the last two years constitute genocide.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    I wasn’t sure if they were being sarcastic or not, either, for exactly the same reasons. It’s honestly hard to tell in certain situations.

    I happen to know a few IRL who legit cannot see, or refuse to see, how foolish they were and are about the two choices facing us, and so they constantly, because of their feelings of guilt that they don’t want to admit to, will go on the attack about something something Kamala and argle bargle Biden, even if the topic is something Taco is doing to utterly stripmine and ruin this country.

    I think these types that I know that genuinely seem to hold these positions are deep narcissists that like to make it all about themselves and how they’ve personally passed a purity test they’ve set up for everyone. If it wasn’t Gaza, it’d be something else. These same individuals definitely found an excuse when the choice was Hillary or Trump. They’ll put themselves on a higher moral plane because of $SINGLE_ISSUE, declare everyone else to be immoral and happily prance off to either not vote at all or vote for Jill Stein or whatever, or, not even kidding, vote for Taco to really stick it to the “liberals” (remember, they use “liberals” as a bad term, because they are so edgy and too cool for liberalism).

    When it comes to online, I’m with you - I think a lot of it might be bots, paid psyop agents mixed in with some people that maybe genuinely believe the positions they are taking…