Opinion | Democratic leaders are failing the Mahmoud Khalil test
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Trump is pushing a new McCarthyism. But Democrats helped get us here.

President Donald Trump’s attempt to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil marks one of Trump’s most egregious assaults on democratic liberties since taking office. Yet too many Democrats, particularly in party leadership, are responding to Trump in the most mealymouthed way possible. But this is a problem of Democrats’ own making: Their trepidation stems from their own history of repressing speech critical of Israel — and now we’re all at risk of paying the price for it.

    • EmpireInDecay@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Democrats refusing to listen gave us this outcome, refusing to see biden’s deficiencies and demanding a primary gave us this outcome. Accepting genocide as the ‘lesser evil’ gave us this outcome. Their selective outrage and refusing to hold their own people to the same standards they hold Republicans gave us this outcome. Refuse to accept responsibility for their failures gave us this outcome.

      • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        You got what you asked for: Trump. And, you are pleased with ever one of his actions. Now, there will be even more genocide that before! Good job!!!

        • EmpireInDecay@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Liberals gave us Trump both times and still won’t learn from their mistakes in 2028. Liberal ‘lesser evil’ gave us incremental fascism

          • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
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            1 day ago

            I mean you’re not wrong, but what options were we presented with? It was always democrats or republicans for decades. The third party was always going to lose. What we needed was Bernie to win a primary, but I think we all know that was never going to be allowed.

            Now we are going down the authoritarian government road China and Russia has been on for decades. Sounds like a shitty life for everyone but the rich.

            Aside: My guess is Amazon announcing that Alexa would be monitoring all audio is just the start of the always-on monitoring China has with cameras in homes. I bet Trump will demand that everyone buy one, lol.