uncle bernard

are you serious? it's in Gaza City. it's a famous hospital. you can look this stuff up yourself you know

nobody knows if hamas was there or had tunnels don't play dumb. the implication was pretty clear. now you answer my question.

If Hamas was in the hospital or there were tunnels, would that make it okay to kill the civilians?

Misfire is certainly possible. With a crime of this scale, both sides will blame the other and not back down. It might be a while before we know, if we ever do. We need an immediate ceasefire.

Israeli journalist who is currently serving in the military immediately posted a tweet celebrating the bombing before deleting it. Most reputable news sources are reporting it as an Israeli strike. The only site I've seen reporting a failed Hamas rocket is the one that started the "40 beheaded babies" lie and had to retract.

You've lost the plot. Search for your lost humanity. If you find yourself agreeing with "the solution to human shields is to kill the shields" find god and save yourself.

Israel just bombed Palestine's Baptist Hospital, the last remaining Christian hospital in Gaza. The death toll is at 900 and rising. A hospital. Don't look away @Bigbrog. Look at the crimes against humanity that you cheer. Despicable. @mspart @GreatWhiteNorth @Offthemat @Gus don't look away cowards

No Arab country wants to play a part in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. If they let them in, Israel will never let them return and they'll share that blame forever. It's that simple.

Even the Israeli government says it hasn’t confirmed these things or seen evidence that they happened.

As I said a few days ago, a large number of Israelis were likely killed in the crossfire with the IDF, not executed. This is corroborated by multiple Israeli survivors who say the IDF fired into the crowd of hostages.

Israel’s been bombing the evacuation route. Confirmed by human rights groups and video. They are also bombing the Rafael crossing which is the only way out:

The United States government is the largest supporter of islamic terror groups in the world. Nearly every major group in the last 40 years got its start with support from the US (including Hamas). Hopefully, we can all agree this is a bad thing and we should stop giving money to these groups.

You'll have to pry it from Biden's cold, dead hands. This generation of Democrats refuses to cede power to the next generation.

This is the misunderstanding that's causing a lot of problems. The Democrats are not a leftist party. They are a liberal party. You are right that wealth redistribution is not a pre-requisite. In fact, it alienates you from the party (like Bernie + the squad). An oversimplified explanation: Conservative - Capitalism is good and the social "problems" it causes aren't actually problems. If you're poor, it's largely your fault. Liberal - Capitalism is good, but has side effects that we need to address with social policy. Energy for reform is directed at social issues such as antiracism, discrimination, etc... Some wealth redistribution, but heavily reduced through means testing and bureacracy Leftist - Capitalism is bad. Things like poverty and social inequality are symptoms of a root cause. Energy for reform is directed towards economic reform. Universal programs like welfare and college. No means testing. Everybody, rich and poor, is eligible for these programs paid for by wealth redistribution from wealthy to the state.

You realize democrats can come up with the same justifications for their policies?

This also is not true. Hamas won a plurality with 44% of the vote to Fateh 41%. The overwhelming majority of Palestinians have never voted for Hamas.

It’s so funny that conservatives say things like this but the more our country distances itself from these countries, the more you say things are going wrong and we need to return to the way things used to be when you were growing up. Well guess what, things were much closer to those countries back then! Our government and economy wasn’t totally controlled by multinational corporate interests, we had a strong social safety net, strong unions and labor protections, healthcare and education didn’t ruin you financially, the food wasn’t poison, etc…Now that we’re living in the capitalist, deregulated utopia you dreamed of everything sucks!

@Husker_Du Here's a question. Trump handed out over $20 billion in aid to farmers during his term. He increased it significantly from where it was. That is direct wealth redistribution from the tax payer to farmers. Is that not socialism to you? What about the $800 billion in Covid relief checks? $1800/person paid for by the rich? How is that not socialism to you? Genuinely curious how you feel about these things?

In your mind, what is the difference between Bernie and FDR? Is the Conservative Party of Canada a socialist party? They support single-payer healthcare. The Tories? Them too. Every conservative party outside the US in the developed world does. Is the US the only non-communist country in the developed world? I'm genuinely curious what you think.

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Willie, go look at FDR's policies and compare them to Bernie's. They're nearly identical. Is the UK a Socialist country? Canada? France? Germany? Bernie is a standard Labour Party member over there. Government Healthcare and Welfare.

No, that's what it's always meant. When you say leftist, the word you actually mean is liberal. You may see them as synonymous, but there are deep ideological divides. Leftist = anticapitalist, anti-imperialist ; Liberal = capitalist, imperialist Bill Maher is a liberal. Liberals have always supported empire and capitalism. If you're referring to Ukraine, Liberals have gone nuts on that because of so-called "Russiagate." That is not a leftist thing and nearly every major leftist outlet and organization has been calling for a cease-fire since the first days of the invasion. You have a very narrow sense of the history of political development which is what happens when you get all of your political news and views from twitter conservatives. Ban is right. The "Left" in America used to be much stronger. Bernie would have been a mainstream democrat from 1930-1970. He's nothing more than an FDR "new deal democrat." The Communist Party USA used to have millions of card carrying members. Eugene Debs ran for president for the Socialist Party from prison in 1920 and received nearly a million votes. America in general was a far more "left-believing" country prior to the Reagan Revolution. High taxes and wealth redistribution through a robust welfare state were the common sense beliefs of the public through the golden age that modern conservatives pine for. Following the 1970's recession, Reagan stormed to power and ended the FDR era. The neoliberal turn by the Democratic Party led by the Clintons ensured it wouldn't return for a long time (or ever).

What concrete things does he support to make him a leftist? Wealth redistribution? No. Racial Justice? No. Does he oppose the US empire/military industrial complex? Hasn't seen a war in the Middle East that doesn't make him rock hard. Hating religion and loving drugs doesn't make you a leftist. He's a centrist democrat who likes to smoke.

Bill Maher is not a leftist. He’s always hated Muslims.