Candelestine

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[–] Candelestine -3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Yes, so, a ceasefire resolution that makes one happen somehow. Instead of just saying "please cease fire now, but if you refuse then nothing happens". Which is all we've gotten so far.

[–] Candelestine 4 points 11 months ago

No, that is not my point. My point is that any assumption that our own American ethno-nationalists cannot make the Gazan situation dramatically worse is misplaced. It can get so, so much worse. It can potentially fully succeed.

We have American people that advocate for genocide too, you know. And when they say it, they're thinking the Holocaust, not a few thousand. They're not pretending, or playing around.

[–] Candelestine -1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Try floating a UN resolution that isn't just calling for a cease fire, and actually has some enforcement mechanism. That might be worth a look.

[–] Candelestine 11 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I don't disagree. Just realize, many, many more people can die. Netanyahu is a criminal, propped up by these ethno-nationalists. He doesn't care.

[–] Candelestine 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Bullshit.

Israel is a nuclear-armed nation, it is as immune to large-scale ground invasion as N Korea or Pakistan. They do not need our thousand pound bombs, nor our military alliance. This just isn't the 80s anymore.

Similarly, Reagan wasn't facing a criminal trying to take down his own justice system, relying fully on being propped up by ethno-nationalists that want Palestine, all of it, exterminated, just to maintain his own position.

We could probably stop them, if we threatened them with severe economic sanctions. Cutting off the weapons would simply make Netanyahu use even more indiscriminate tactics though, like starving them all, or firebombing the whole place. He can't accept a permanent cease fire though, because one would cost him, him personally, everything he has left.

That's the problem with strongmen. They don't actually give a fuck about people, just themselves. And they'd rather be an evil tyrant than a loser.

Probably can't fix that with a phone call, don't you think?

[–] Candelestine 20 points 11 months ago (15 children)

No, they are not all being killed. There are about 2 million innocent people in the entire Strip. Death figures according to the Gazan Health Ministry are around 30,000 currently.

It's not impossible though, it's been attempted before in history, by ethno-nationalist asshats just like Netanyahu's supporters.

This can get much worse. Many zealots want it worse.

[–] Candelestine 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maher is pretty centrist, actually. Dude is straight up anti-mask, for instance. He has quite a few conservative positions, he'd prob be a repub if they weren't batshit insane these days.

And, reread my comment, since I haven't even mentioned anyone moderating. That one came out of your brain, not my comment.

[–] Candelestine 3 points 11 months ago

No, but she had to battle sexism and subconscious biases. He's in a different situation.

Hilary probably should've gone for the nuts. It's not fair, but neither is politics.

[–] Candelestine 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, a fair number of people, most likely. People can have short memories with politics, and the presidential debates tend to draw a wide audience. On top of that, some people are simply new to the political world in the past 4 years, finally reaching voting age and such.

He's a veteran politician, spent decades in the Senate. There's probably few people on the planet that can handle yelling as smoothly as he can. He'll benefit from facing it down. People want strength and resilience in a president.

[–] Candelestine 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I disagree, I think showing the contrast directly is necessary in the face of modern media bubbling. Trump yelling over him does not hurt him.

[–] Candelestine 7 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Doing it would mainly call Trump's bluffs, and help put to rest the "handlers are hiding him from the public" line of attack.

And did fine by my personal opinion. If my memory serves, he mainly played to the calm in the face of Trump's crazy, and it worked well. Particularly with moderates.

[–] Candelestine 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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