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USA ONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Fetterman says TikTok creating ‘warped’ perceptions of Israel-Hamas war

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Fetterman says TikTok creating ‘warped’ perceptions of Israel-Hamas war

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USA ONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Tuesday claimed the social media platform TikTok is creating “warped” perceptions of Israel’s war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. When as…
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    Immigration and Israel would be the ones everyone is talking about now…

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/john-fetterman-is-the-status-quo-in-gym-shorts.html

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      His immigration stance is bipartisan. Bernie himself wants to limit immigration. I’m a radical immigration proponent (wanna be a citizen and land in USA soil, I’d make you a citizen), but the reality is my opinion is deeply unpopular.

      Sadly, protectionism is rampant in the Democratic party.

      https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/25/21143931/bernie-sanders-immigration-record-explained

      Israel is similarly bipartisan and not hard-right at all. 61% of Democrat voters support Biden’s Israel stance, even if they think Israel is being too aggressive

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/17/democrats-israel-polls/

      I absolutely guarantee you his constituents are higher than national average in favor of the policies he is stating.

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        Your argument for why someone with a D by their name can’t have a far right stance is other people with a D by their name have the same stance?

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          I’m saying that his stance is not “far right,” and is instead embraced across the political spectrum

          Words cease to have any meaning if “far right” just means “things I don’t personally agree with.”

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            But Fetterman is hard-right on his “water is wet” policy!!!

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              My doctor wife told me that water is only wet due to medical conditions.

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              Water isn’t actually wet

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            Um, akshually, have you even considered that maybe Bernie is also far-right??

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              Bernie is a Zionist, so yes he is far right.

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                Not hard to define anyone as far right when the defining line in your head is wether or not they chant ‘death to America’ 5+ times a day.

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                  No, supporting colonization is right wing. They steal Palestinian land, that is an undeniable fact.

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            I’m saying that his stance is not “far right,” and is instead embraced across the political spectrum

            And I’m saying that decades of the “left party” moving to the right doesn’t make conservative viewpoints suddenly the average and acceptable behavior for any Democrat.

            You’re literally arguing that we hold the party standard to the person furtherest to the right, but they’re not really on the right because a D is next to their name.

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              And I’m saying that decades of the “left party” moving to the right

              This is not a thing that has happened.

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                Look up HWs pressure on Israel and the resulting ceasefire, then look at Bidens statements on Israel and decide for yourself which is further right.

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                  Biden is probably the most people Israel president the US has had, not enough people know his political history, it’s basically why he was picked as Obama’s VP.

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