One thing that I really dislike of him is that he constantly says that Israel has the right to exist. No socialist believes that a genocidal settler colonial state has the right to exist.

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    8 months ago

    It’s very simple. The correct answer is “Palestine has a right to exist. Isreal does not and never has.”

    If you’re arguing there’s a better answer than the one he gave, that’s fine – just don’t wildly misrepresent what he said.

    As for whether your answer is actually better: if you leave it at what you wrote you play right into the bullshit “any criticism of Israel is a call for genocide” line. It’s a loaded question. A longer explanation would have to be too long and would never be included in the million attacks that would use the clip.

    I can see the argument for a stronger response, but I’m going to defer to the person actually out there getting their hands on state power over internet commenters.