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Why do I keep seeing people on here call Bernie a liberal zionist?
I think he supports 2 state solution, right? So some people consider that a form of Zionism. Which seems a bit questionable because I believe that has also been Hamas's position for the last few years, although they don't call it that.
Maybe there's more to it. To be honest I'm not overly worried about the exact positions of one of the more outspoken critics of Israel in congress. I'd much rather focus my ire on its defenders, which are many.
He don't believe that zionism is a colonial project and said that bds is antisemitic
Horseshoe theory is a psyop. It's not a thing.
Unsure if edgy sarcasm or ML propaganda... Please disambiguate.
‘Horseshoe theory’ is nonsense – the far right and far left have little in common
Yes. I mean, the only thing they have in common is they are part of the human political spectrum...
It truly boggles my mind that people don't understand enough about politics and propaganda to realize this.
We’re not indoctrinated with this theory for no reason. Anti-communist propaganda serves bourgeois interests.
Best guess? They're either truly dedicated satirists, gone off the metamodernist deep end into deep post-irony, or they've genuinely decided that modernist Grand Narratives weren't really all that bad (let's just ignore all the atrocities they brought about). After all, far-left modernist narratives aren't at all like those other, far-right modernist narratives! They're different, just like everybody else who is selling a utopia (that's only practically attainable through an authoritarian regime).
It's a thing, it's just inaccurate — that doesn't change the hard facts that both sides somehow find their way to differently flavored authoritarianism.
I mean, it's a thing the way all propaganda is a thing, but it's not just inaccurate it's deliberate because that's how propaganda works.
If you truly believe this you have no concept of what Socialism and/or Communism actually is and have fallen HARD for CIA propaganda.
Start with the FOIA section of the CIA website before they take it all down and read up on what the actually admit to when it comes to propagandizing US citizens.
Good luck.
Yeah you'll need to be more accurate than 'start with the FOIA section' — right now I'm laughing at John Mulholland being paid $3k by the CIA to write a fucking 'guide on trickery and deception'.
Unless you're trying to say I've fallen for propaganda because they're good at sleight of hand, at that point I can just direct my laughter in your direction.
Keep reading. You'll get there eventually. I'm sure you're patient and diligent enough. I have faith in you.
YOU CAN DO EET!
Right.
While I'm doing that, how about you look up burden of proof buddy?
You'll figure it out. Actually, on second thought, you likely should have already known about this. Which does beg the question 'Why are you acting like you don't?' .
That's a Ken M type account. Go with it.
Did he bring tree branches instead of clubs?
Ken M
Ken M.
No, no. Ken M.
Are you sure? Because it's Ken M.
Now you got it. :D