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naraburns  nihil supernum  7mo ago (text post)   29958 thread views

Israel-Gaza Megathread #2

This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.

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but a lot of stuff coming from the White House right now seem like they're just pivoting really hard to the Squad alignment.

What stuff? The SoS dissent memo? +?

The SoS dissent memo?

SoS dissent memo? I tried various searches but couldn't figure out what you're referring to.

I think referring to this, unless I misunderstood. It's been claimed to have 400+ signatories, but I don't know if a draft has been made publicly available or how much I trust those numbers.

I have no idea what extent, if any, the State dissent memo has any real meaning, or even if the claimed numbers are genuine.

Providing aid and funding to Hamas without credible commitments against military use or for searches by a third party to limit weapons smuggling is what I'd consider failing to bring table stakes. The public emphasis on antisemitism and Islamophobia wouldn't be nutty if it came from Red Tribers, but for the same reason that All Lives Matters were unacceptable slogans for two years straight, it's a very specific sort of message to have on an official account. (EDIT: the message has now turned into just Islamophobia). More generally, there's been no serious (and arguably no) Sister Souljah moment in response to the Squad and especially Tliab, even as they've gotten pretty brazen.

This was the Sister Souljah moment, I'd say.

Also, I would guess that this widely reported attack probably served as the motivator for the official White House condemnation of Islamophobia.

That's fair, but despite the objections of a lot of soccons, I don't think AOC is in the White House.

Yeah, a lot of this has been pretty mask off from the left, and it seems like the mask off part is just how little control the ‘moderates’/‘adults in the room’/establishment whatever you want to call it has over the activist class.

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