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Joe Van Steenbergen's avatar

"And the power of Zionism, which has enabled ethnic cleansing of 2.3 million human beings, mostly children, to be accepted and supported by both political parties and the mainstream media in the West, is terrifying." Agreed; we should all be concerned about this, but too few seem to be.

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Benjamin W's avatar

I get it. But after the last few years, I've taken a hard look at what the gov/media describe as "far right" and, much like the Patriot Act, it's mostly a way to put average conservatives in the crosshairs of the deep state. I certainly don't identify with men who think that eating chunks of tortured animal flesh makes them "manlier" or with those that think that any mention of preserving the environment means that I'm in favor of stripping away all individual liberties and wasting billions on "green energy" scams and more subsidies for the wealthy. And I'd never want to ban abortion just because I think that late term abortions are abhorrent. That said, I have to push back on the idea that the average white American male is "anti-environment, anti-feminist, nationalistic, xenophobic, homophobic, war mongering, white hegemonic patriarchal far right." I know you didn't say that those terms apply to the average white American male, but, like everything else, the idea is to divide the country and conquer us all. And one of the ways this is happening is by trying to convince the left and moderates that anyone who loves America, or bar-b-ques, or sports, or supports the military, etc, is capable of being a violent "domestic terrorist."

Again, I'm not suggesting that you are doing this sort of lumping in. And, certainly, some of the people running things do fit the aforementioned terms. I'm just more aware than ever that TPTB want us divided when, in reality, most people have shared core values that are based on love and the rule of law. We need to find common ground if we're ever going to make progress on creating the world that our hearts know is possible.

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