Shared by George Takei today on Mastodon.

Full of gems like: "Don’t dismiss their anger and pain. For people who consider themselves progressive, the war in Gaza with its high civilian casualties can create a strong sense of turmoil, disillusionment, frustration, and even stronger emotions like fury and disgust."

How to know if you're progressive?

  1. Does the genocide high civilian casualties of brown people frustrate or disgust you?

Here's the article if you want to lose some brain cells https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/biden-gaza-israel-2024-election

  • edge [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    But this rarely works because 1) in their mind, nothing could be more evil or harmful than genocide

    How can someone possibly write this and not second guess themself? Yes, genocide is indeed pretty much the most evil thing.