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Duchess's avatar

God it is depresssing how far and fast they are going.

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Linda Hagge's avatar

Okay, this is going to be a response to the Blaze article about Tlaib's statement about the Nakba. First, the term is used by both Israelis and Palestinians, not just Palestinians, and it is a shameful fact of history that many an Israeli politician has referred to numerous times with embarrassment. It is referred to often in the Jewish press. Second, Tlaib is hardly "far left"--she is left of the Democrats as a whole, yes, which makes her slightly left of center. The Democrats are a right wing party, just not quite as right wing as Republicans overall. Neo-liberalism, invented by Bill Clinton, is a right wing philosophy. (The current Democrats, however, are more right wing than Republicans on foreign policy. Tlaib apparently shares their view, since she just voted for that huge gift to Ukraine.) The only left-wing party in the US is the Green Party. Finally, Tlaib is absolutely right about the state of Israel--its formation was a horrendous catastrophe, and Zionism is a reprehensible and criminal philosophy. Orthodox Jews by and large reject it.

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