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Veteran
Dude is a straight clown. Reminds me of that @G.O.A.T fakkit.
AOC juelzing when asked why she voted for the iron dome to Israel
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But "a lot us" didn't take that leap forward. She did. Win or lose she took the chance.
saturn7
Politics is an EXCHANGE!!!
Sarah Silverman coming for her neck. The Promised Land needs their shekels.
This a Pro-Zionist fluff piece
Sarah Silverman Calls Out AOC, The Squad for Opposing Iron Dome Funding For Israel — But With Inaccuracies
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/sarah-silverman-calls-out-aoc-the-squad-for-opposing-iron-dome-funding-of-israel-but-with-inaccuracies/
By Jackson RichmanOct 6th, 2021, 3:56 pm
Comedian Sarah Silverman last week called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her fellow “Squad” members over opposing U.S. funding for the Iron Dome, an air defense system in Israel that has saved countless lives from rockets fired into the Jewish state by Hamas and other terrorist groups.
While Silverman’s condemnation of The Squad when it comes to funding for the Iron Dome should be applauded, it’s worth noting her support does come with a lot of anti-Israel baggage that the American left tend to take as given facts.
The House of Representatives last week passed a bill that would give $1 billion to fund the Iron Dome. Ocasio-Cortez voted “present,” but later came out with a statement of apology and opposition to the bill, which came about shortly after progressive House Democrats stripped Iron Dome funding from a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the U.S. government and avoid a government shutdown.
“They need it,” said the comedian on The Sarah Silverman Podcast, referring to Israel and the Iron Dome. “None of them talk about Hamas. No one in The Squad is bringing up Hamas. I can’t, it’s so bizarre.”
So far, so good. But then Silverman took a wrong turn.
“Yes, the Occupation is not right. There cannot be justice in a place where there are people who have no freedom of movement,” she said. “But they elected Hamas.”
Silverman is correct in that Hamas was elected. In 2006 Hamas, which the United States formally considers a terrorist group, came to power in Gaza in 2007. Israel has not occupied Gaza since leaving and evicting its own citizens from there in 2005. Only Hamas is to blame for the problems in Gaza, where civilians are restricted from leaving. Israel has every right to defend itself and that includes not allowing people to come from Gaza into Israel and vice versa due to the potential security risks. This has been validated by the tunnels that Hamas has dug between Gaza and Israel so that Hamas terrorists can sneak into Israel and launch attacks against innocent civilians.
Calling out The Squad, Silverman asked, “Why do none of them even mention Hamas, a group that until just a few years had a mission statement that said kill all Jews?”
Hamas’s mission statement has not changed. Hamas has not stopped launching rockets from civilian areas, such as schools, in Gaza into Israel. Hamas still does not recognize Israel. A 2017 document that Silverman referred to is nothing short of window dressing and even Hamas has said that it does not replace its 1988 charter, which is essentially a second version of Mein Kampf, except that it not only targets Jews, but also the Jewish state, which was founded in the wake of the killing of six million Jews in the Holocaust.
The part of Hamas’ 1988 charter that Silverman referred to stated, “The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: ‘O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.’”
The 2017 document reads, “Hamas affirms that its conflict is with the Zionist project not with the Jews because of their religion. Hamas does not wage a struggle against the Jews because they are Jewish but wages a struggle against the Zionists who occupy Palestine. Yet, it is the Zionists who constantly identify Judaism and the Jews with their own colonial project and illegal entity.”
Except waging war on Zionism is waging war on the Jewish state, and therefore Jews. Martin Luther King, Jr. is reported to have said, correctly: “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism.”
Silverman mentioned that Hamas “congratulated the Taliban for taking over Afghanistan.” That was accurate.
But then, Silverman accepted another left-wing assumption, saying “Israel is not good for Palestine, but you are kidding yourselves if you think Hamas is good for Palestine.”
While Silverman correctly said that Hamas is not good for the Palestinians, Israel, which is the only true democracy in the Middle East, treats all of its citizens – Jews, Muslims, Christians, etc. – equally. Israel has a policy of allowing Palestinians to become Israeli citizens, but many, if not most, Palestinians have chosen not to. Granted, it is not easy for Palestinians to become Israeli citizens. Were the Palestinian Authority an ally, the process for Palestinians to become Israeli citizens would be easier.
“The whole thing’s just f***ing gross. But f***, it’s not simple,” said Silverman. “Please do not defund the Iron Dome.”
Yes, what The Squad and progressives did in stripping Iron Dome funding from the CR, in addition to most of The Squad and a handful of other far-left Democrats voting against the standalone bill to fund the defense system, was, to use Silverman’s words, “f***ing gross.” But, contrary to Silverman’s assertion, it’s simple: Voting against Iron Dome funding is a vote against America’s closest Mideast ally and for Israel’s adversaries including Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
“But just talking to The Squad here, you know, my family lives there. It just seems to prove the point that I didn’t think existed, which is people only really like Jews if they’re suffering,” said Silverman. “Dead Jews get a lot of honor.”
Silverman is spot on. Anti-Semites love nothing more than decreased Jews.
Nonetheless, she expresses her “love” for Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Squad members Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), calling them “cool” and “kickass” as she agrees with their domestic policies (which is a rebuttal article by itself).
However, she called the opposition of The Squad to Iron Dome funding as “really scary.”
“You make it hard,” continued Silverman. “Not having the Iron Dome is gonna kill people.”
Except it’s not hard. Silverman can stop supporting The Squad and those like them who are anti-Israel. Instead, she can support Democrats such as Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY), who share Silverman’s progressive stances on domestic issues but are also pro-Israel.
Silverman is right, ultimately, that without the Iron Dome, there would be a lot of dead innocent civilians in Israel.
Watch above, via The Sarah Silverman Podcast.
This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.
This a Pro-Zionist fluff piece
Sarah Silverman Calls Out AOC, The Squad for Opposing Iron Dome Funding For Israel — But With Inaccuracies
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/sarah-silverman-calls-out-aoc-the-squad-for-opposing-iron-dome-funding-of-israel-but-with-inaccuracies/
By Jackson RichmanOct 6th, 2021, 3:56 pm
Comedian Sarah Silverman last week called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her fellow “Squad” members over opposing U.S. funding for the Iron Dome, an air defense system in Israel that has saved countless lives from rockets fired into the Jewish state by Hamas and other terrorist groups.
While Silverman’s condemnation of The Squad when it comes to funding for the Iron Dome should be applauded, it’s worth noting her support does come with a lot of anti-Israel baggage that the American left tend to take as given facts.
The House of Representatives last week passed a bill that would give $1 billion to fund the Iron Dome. Ocasio-Cortez voted “present,” but later came out with a statement of apology and opposition to the bill, which came about shortly after progressive House Democrats stripped Iron Dome funding from a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the U.S. government and avoid a government shutdown.
“They need it,” said the comedian on The Sarah Silverman Podcast, referring to Israel and the Iron Dome. “None of them talk about Hamas. No one in The Squad is bringing up Hamas. I can’t, it’s so bizarre.”
So far, so good. But then Silverman took a wrong turn.
“Yes, the Occupation is not right. There cannot be justice in a place where there are people who have no freedom of movement,” she said. “But they elected Hamas.”
Silverman is correct in that Hamas was elected. In 2006 Hamas, which the United States formally considers a terrorist group, came to power in Gaza in 2007. Israel has not occupied Gaza since leaving and evicting its own citizens from there in 2005. Only Hamas is to blame for the problems in Gaza, where civilians are restricted from leaving. Israel has every right to defend itself and that includes not allowing people to come from Gaza into Israel and vice versa due to the potential security risks. This has been validated by the tunnels that Hamas has dug between Gaza and Israel so that Hamas terrorists can sneak into Israel and launch attacks against innocent civilians.
Calling out The Squad, Silverman asked, “Why do none of them even mention Hamas, a group that until just a few years had a mission statement that said kill all Jews?”
Hamas’s mission statement has not changed. Hamas has not stopped launching rockets from civilian areas, such as schools, in Gaza into Israel. Hamas still does not recognize Israel. A 2017 document that Silverman referred to is nothing short of window dressing and even Hamas has said that it does not replace its 1988 charter, which is essentially a second version of Mein Kampf, except that it not only targets Jews, but also the Jewish state, which was founded in the wake of the killing of six million Jews in the Holocaust.
The part of Hamas’ 1988 charter that Silverman referred to stated, “The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: ‘O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.’”
The 2017 document reads, “Hamas affirms that its conflict is with the Zionist project not with the Jews because of their religion. Hamas does not wage a struggle against the Jews because they are Jewish but wages a struggle against the Zionists who occupy Palestine. Yet, it is the Zionists who constantly identify Judaism and the Jews with their own colonial project and illegal entity.”
Except waging war on Zionism is waging war on the Jewish state, and therefore Jews. Martin Luther King, Jr. is reported to have said, correctly: “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism.”
Silverman mentioned that Hamas “congratulated the Taliban for taking over Afghanistan.” That was accurate.
But then, Silverman accepted another left-wing assumption, saying “Israel is not good for Palestine, but you are kidding yourselves if you think Hamas is good for Palestine.”
While Silverman correctly said that Hamas is not good for the Palestinians, Israel, which is the only true democracy in the Middle East, treats all of its citizens – Jews, Muslims, Christians, etc. – equally. Israel has a policy of allowing Palestinians to become Israeli citizens, but many, if not most, Palestinians have chosen not to. Granted, it is not easy for Palestinians to become Israeli citizens. Were the Palestinian Authority an ally, the process for Palestinians to become Israeli citizens would be easier.
“The whole thing’s just f***ing gross. But f***, it’s not simple,” said Silverman. “Please do not defund the Iron Dome.”
Yes, what The Squad and progressives did in stripping Iron Dome funding from the CR, in addition to most of The Squad and a handful of other far-left Democrats voting against the standalone bill to fund the defense system, was, to use Silverman’s words, “f***ing gross.” But, contrary to Silverman’s assertion, it’s simple: Voting against Iron Dome funding is a vote against America’s closest Mideast ally and for Israel’s adversaries including Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
“But just talking to The Squad here, you know, my family lives there. It just seems to prove the point that I didn’t think existed, which is people only really like Jews if they’re suffering,” said Silverman. “Dead Jews get a lot of honor.”
Silverman is spot on. Anti-Semites love nothing more than decreased Jews.
Nonetheless, she expresses her “love” for Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow Squad members Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), calling them “cool” and “kickass” as she agrees with their domestic policies (which is a rebuttal article by itself).
However, she called the opposition of The Squad to Iron Dome funding as “really scary.”
“You make it hard,” continued Silverman. “Not having the Iron Dome is gonna kill people.”
Except it’s not hard. Silverman can stop supporting The Squad and those like them who are anti-Israel. Instead, she can support Democrats such as Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY), who share Silverman’s progressive stances on domestic issues but are also pro-Israel.
Silverman is right, ultimately, that without the Iron Dome, there would be a lot of dead innocent civilians in Israel.
Watch above, via The Sarah Silverman Podcast.
This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.
It still doesn’t mean when the outcome is all going to be the same. That change shyt and other rhetoric she spews means nothing as long as lobbyist and big businesses run Congress. She isn’t the first person to stance those stances in wanting change, yet they either fell in line or got replaced by someone else who would.
As I’ve said before, she’s fighting a losing battle and will continue to do so.
RARI_Godwind
St. BAWGustine - DarkSkxxxn
In 5 years there’ll be hundreds of her that far more aggressively dedicated in their principles sooo…… 
The difference between how the Democrats treat the black community and the Jewish community is that the Jewish community will make it be known that there will be repercussions and will follow through if you don't vote along with them.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Thats politics. She's not stupid she just miscalculated the situation. She has to pick her battles and she decided this isn't the one. You can imagine going against the grain 24/7 isn't easy and you burn though your political capital rather quickly. She is just trying to gain some back.
Oh yeaaa, Micro macro….I figured that’s what she was thinkin
At anyone buying this shyt
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THE ONE
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
This is what we keep saying. AOC is the source of ppls ire but she doesn't move the needle anywhere outside of her district in New York. She's pretty and became popular cause she's young and pretty.
She has not done ANYTHING substantial in politics yet, at all.
Even the fight going on between the progressive wing of democrats and the centrists right now: she is a nonfactor in that, nothing but a foot soldier. We see Bernie and Pramila Jayapal on the Frontline of this, not AOC.
And this is why she's a nonfactor. Yall want her to go into politics trying to be a revolutionary and she tries to do that and got slapped down by folks on both sides of the aisle. Why? Because those dreams and big ideals are okay before you get in the game. But once you're in the game, you better learn how things work or you won't get a thing done. Politics is about being able to work with others and maneuver folks into a position to do what you need them to do to help your ppl. If you can't do this, then you're useless.
Sindicated
Knowledge is the Greatest gift
So what do they get out of it? We see what Israel gets out of it and the instability in the Middle East is largely because of America and Israel in the first place. You can’t take someone’s land then be mad when they fight back Israel is the main reason the world is as fukked up as it is.
The average person couldn’t even tell you tell you who she is and know way more about AOC.
