The Biden administration, in alliance with the fascist-led Republican Party, is criminalizing political opposition to the Gaza genocide, the greatest war crime of the 21st century.
    • archomrade [he/him]English
      3•23 days ago

      I had this conversation yesterday(?) with someone else, but the article here had a pretty uncharitable decontextualization of what I thought was a pretty vague ‘both sides’ comment anyway.

      It wouldn’t be hard for him to say “I condemn antisemitism, but valid criticism of Israel is not antisemitic”, but there’s a clear electoral incentive to avoid taking even that rational stance.

      No matter how you slice it, Biden is dropping the ball here.

        • archomrade [he/him]English
          1•23 days ago

          I think now – and I could be wrong – that the incentive is actually becoming the other way.

          I assume you’re referring to popular sentiment, and I agree, but there’s another electoral vector in play here that has more to do with AIPAC support and fundraising, which I think is in conflict with popular sentiment and might keep Biden on his current strategy of vague deflections. If you’ve caught any broadcast media coverage in the last day or two on these protests, you might notice a distinct focus on the ‘antisemitism’ framing, and I think that has a lot to do with those institutional structures.

            • archomrade [he/him]English
              1•23 days ago

              Now, we have people like Rashida Tlaib or Bernie Sanders talking straight about Israel, and as far as I can tell, nothing happens to them beyond some people getting mad and press releases and things.

              It might be a little better now but the entire ‘squad’ is being targeted by pro-israel super PAC money.. It might just be because popular sentiment has swung so far against Israel that it’s getting lost in the noise, but it’s definitely still there.

              I hope you’re right, though.