Or it’s the result of the right making it such an uncomfortable world for trans people to live in that people on the left have sometimes been a little exuberant in their protection
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Or it’s the result of the right making it such an uncomfortable world for trans people to live in that people on the left have sometimes been a little exuberant in their protection
Nah its just neoliberalism.
Warren views the wrongs of the political system as being a bunch of corrupt individuals ruining it for the rest of us because they aren't playing by fair rules. Her plan is make stricter rules and put in place ''better'' individuals. So it makes sense that her views on trans issues come down to asking an individual trans person to decide if potentially the new administration is better than the last one.
Think you may have got the wrong end of the stick here.
Expecting Bernie to win Iowa, although you wouldn't know by these odd polls in the lead up
Im expecting him to win in the first count - genuinley not sure what will happen if there is then something like 15% of votes to redistrubute - gut feel he gets enough of the yang gang to hold on but it might be tighter
What a joke. DNC have changed their debate rules which benefit Bloomberg.
Looks like DNC are doing their best to hand Trump a 2nd term.if they overturn a plurality for bernie, there will be heavy blowback
Trump will trounce the Dems in November if they dare to pull that kind of stunt.
Surely they cant be that dumb?
I'm sure there are a few hardcore DNC types who want a centrist at all costs. Won't happen though.
Tablet Magazine has an article criticisng Bernie's description of his father as a "Polish" immigrant arguing that "the chances of mistaking the Brooklyn-born socialist and Larry David doppelgänger for an ethnic Pole seemed slim."
Is the ultimate argument, then, that Jews are not Poles, that the Polish identity does not apply? Some might say this is a dangerous road to go down, but I'm sure the good folks at Tablet know better!
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/297961/weekend-at-bernies
Deeper in, we have
which is untrue, he has harsher criticisms for Saudi Arabia and at times Russia as well. As for calling governments racist, he did so with the current Indian govt as well, which, by the "exceptionalism" standard means he is Hinduphobic as well.
A nice nugget here especially in retrospect:
The rest of the articles is the degrees-of-separation and guilt-by-association stuff which in large quantity helped destroy Corbyn, but I think Bernie is better positioned to withstand them.
Is the ultimate argument, then, that Jews are not Poles, that the Polish identity does not apply? Some might say this is a dangerous road to go down, but I'm sure the good folks at Tablet know better!
https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/297961/weekend-at-bernies
Deeper in, we have
which is untrue, he has harsher criticisms for Saudi Arabia and at times Russia as well. As for calling governments racist, he did so with the current Indian govt as well, which, by the "exceptionalism" standard means he is Hinduphobic as well.
A nice nugget here especially in retrospect:
The first major negative ad against Bernie came from "Democrat Majority for Israel"
The rest of the articles is the degrees-of-separation and guilt-by-association stuff which in large quantity helped destroy Corbyn, but I think Bernie is better positioned to withstand them.
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they are running scared.
Who is Emily Tisch Sussman you ask....
I think the more relevant question on possible double standards is if & how he refers to racism (or visions of ethnic cleansing) from major anti-Israel players like Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran? Does it play a role in his portrayal of the conflict, did it in the past?
Hindus in Kashmir were murdered and driven out of their homes, from many thousands (who had been there for centuries), a few dozen remain. Whether it is a genocide I don't know, it is certainly ehtnic cleansing. The terrorists who drove them out, with local support, were funded and trained in Pakistan. The overall dispute itself is between two nuclear-armed powers, one of which has initiated 3 wars, and that one isn't India. Previous Pakistani leaders have talked about the inherent weakness of cowardly Hindus and of waging eternal war to destroy India; the terrorism seems to be a natural outgrowth of that strategy.
None of these were mentioned by Bernie in his statement on the elected Indian govt.
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Or maybe some countries, with close ties to the West, or a total military advantage over the populations they are trying to control, get a lot of coverage.
And what is Bernie's plan? To get rid of the system all together? US has passed progressive policies within the system itself. So yeah, putting in better individuals to formulate policy favourable to LGBTQI+ community is going to make a change. Problem with Obama was not that he did not try a completely upheaval pf the system but that he put in the same old establishment corrupt in charge of the institutions. Problem here with Warren's plan is she is giving into the worst kind of social media activists even if they belong to progressive side.
Don't see Bernie crowd this time uniting behind someone like Biden regardless of where Bernie might finish.
The projection from these people is breathtaking.
https://newrepublic.com/article/121...umas-once-die-hard-supporters-arent-sold-2016
I know little about the Kashmir situation and take your word for it - you're at least open about the bias then. I think that as a basis for analysis and political practice, this is fatal. And all the more remarkable because it's completely unnecessary*, as there's no logical connection between acknowledging factors of anti-Hindu hatred and violence and calling out the Indian government on their wrongdoings. Applying this method to the Israeli-Palestinian (and wider ME) conflict can only end up in an ideological car crash.
*depending on motives, of course
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DNC "unofficially" backing Bloomberg then
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/...equirements-opening-door-for-bloomberg-110017
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/...equirements-opening-door-for-bloomberg-110017
That's the future. In the present, there's already the link you replied to, debate rules are bing changed so that Bloomberg (who does no meet donor requirements) will enter.
In that case Hillary won this round, she now has the green light to attack more without response.
Probably a wise move by Tlaib to deescalate since it wouldn't help hers or Sanders cause in any way. Dems need to find ways to unite if they want to win in Nov.
If the Democrats want to win in November, they need to put a muzzle on entitled Hilary and hide her away with no social media access or speaking engagements. The more she is in the public eye the better Trump's chances to win are going to be
Hilary has had 2 or 3 unprovoked attack interviews before this, she is not waiting to split. She sees the danger of the left and is doing her best to stop it, or she personally hates Bernie and is willing to take the aprty down for that. It's not like the media is going to stop covering her if Bernie's people don't respond.
She shouldn't be doing it either (imo). Both sides need to knock it off and focus getting this guy out of office.
I think it's a case of humouring him more than anything because he's pouring tens of millions into ads against Trump.
The lack of hate(Which acts as a cover for not really wanting to fundamental change things)will be the downfall of this new western left.
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Neera is a neo-liberal jackass that will defend the Clintons with her last dying breath. I've gone toe to toe with her as a journalist in DC. She's a slave to the money provided to her fake progressive organization by the DCCC. It's allll about the money.
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