Defenders of President Biden argue that he has no culpability for Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank because Netanyahu, not he, makes policy. But he provides the weapons and the intel and the running interference in the UN.
The Annals of Woke Progress
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For identity politics “woke” liberals, symbolic gains in diversity are all that really matter when gauging progress. Rather than focusing on policies that actually improve people’s lives, they promote privileged subsets of historically underprivileged groups. The absurdity and futility of this approach manifests itself when token representatives like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton join the ruling classes and become just as oppressive as the traditional old white males.
Your Values Are What You Do, Not What You Say
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The United States constantly does bad things that its political leaders claim go against the nation’s fundamental values. If you do something all the time, isn’t THAT your value?
The System Isn’t Broken. We Need a New System.
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To his credit, presidential candidate Julian Castro retweeted an image of yet another black man being choked by an aggressive white police officer. Not so much to his credit he failed to grasp that the problem is systemic.
Investigating the Investigators
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Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Trump. So Trump is investigating Mueller. Can we play turnaround with law enforcement too?
A Tragic Alternative
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After a LAPD officer reported a partner for kicking a homeless man, he was fired for filing a false report. Then Officer Christopher Dorner went on a rampage, shooting four people before being forced to commit suicide in a burning cabin. A tragic end, but what’s the alternative for people ground down by an unfair system?
