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As for the current hatred of Israel, we once again have a post that simply ignores Oct 7, 2023. Hamas is a terrorist organization, funded by Iran, which has had totalitarian, terrorist power in Gaza for well over a decade. It is just one of the Iranian backed terrorist organizations whose sole purpose is to destroy Israel and kill Jews.

Six hostages of the Oct 7 terrorist attack (which killed 1200 innocent people) were executed recently, by Hamas. Yet, Israel and Netanyahu get blamed. I have yet to hear any of the clueless prognosticators offer a plan that will reliably bring peace to Israel and Jews. Or to anyone, for that matter. You can like Jews and Israel or not. That's not the point. The point is peace. Israel is not the problem. Quit playing make believe.

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If only we could get rid of Bibi...

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'Respectfully disagree... " Then goes on to say that his oppenent knows nothing.. "no one who knows anything about the history of .... ". Goes on with... "It is absurd... " Hard to take anyone seriously who can't see the reflexive spite and lack of self awareness.

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I wonder if Shikha realizes everyone is a stealth authoritarian. I'd start there because Noah and Michael have a better handle on how populism works from where I am standing.

In a nutshell, Shikha sounds like the reason Democrats keep losing and MAGA keeps winning. We'll see if Kamala can turn the boat around!

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Why do you think everyone is a stealth authoritarian?

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In my experience, observing myself and others, humans are hard-coded to control their environments. They do it in their mental and physical worlds. We are so driven to control our experience of reality that we'll act on our worst instincts to maintain it. (There's a whole other conversation on what exactly we are aiming for in controlling things.) Part of Trump's power is how he appeals to this and vindicates what we're all thinking.

Funny... I was worried I might not have a leg to stand on for that last sentence. But Kamala's pivot to the center and running away from wokeism makes my point for me.

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