I’m not the biggest fan of BE, i think his online persona can be grating at times, and his takes on China are very half-baked and borderline ignorant, but on this issue he is 100% right. Everyone needs to hear this. If you invite liberal Zionists and Zionist apologist socdem politicians on your stream and don’t call them out as the supporters and enablers of genocide that they are, you don’t get to call yourself “pro-Palestinian”.

    • cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 days ago

      I don’t see how you can’t discount Bernie. Bernie was my gateway into socialism/leftism/eventual communism as well, but he isn’t the be-all-end-all figure, and you lose nothing by discounting him. It’s like training wheels on a bike. Eventually, you have to let go, because you don’t need them or they become a hindrance.

      I used to think Bernie was awesome, but that’s because he is a capitalist stooge and a horrible fucking racist prick. He MIGHT have been good up until the 1990’s, but it’s not the 90’s anymore.

    • ℝ𝔼𝔻 ℂ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕌𝕊@lemmygrad.ml
      4·
      5 days ago

      You guys, gals and theys need to work on your reading comprehension. I didn’t say I refuse to discount Bernie broadly (I do), however he has fed many into a communist pipeline (even if that isn’t his intention) and that should be recognized.

      Work on your nuance, please. Thank you.

    • Munrock ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 days ago

      Same. I also still have my placenta and even though my umbilical cord has long ago withered and fallen off, I keep it with me just in case.