Trump launches anti-Semitism crackdown as he orders deportation of pro-Hamas

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23. The "warning" was in both directions. Yet only one side is now held responsible and taunted with "FAFO" and..

"no sympathy".

Which, by the way, seems like just a nicer way of saying "FAFO".

But I am glad to hear your unconditional support for First Amendment rights. There should be no exemptions - we are all equal, right?

Warning your party that their actions or lack thereof will result in loss of support is not transactional. It's a declaration of a very basic democratic principle. We vote - or not vote -according to our conscience and our beliefs. Who among us can say with certainty that if it were OUR people, our tribe, our young kids, subjected to the bombs provided by OUR party, how we would vote? None of us are in their shoes, luckily. But we should be able to recognize the impossible position they were in and the impossible choices they had to make. Maybe we should ask why they were put in that position in the first place.

An alarming recent poll found that of the MILLIONS of "lost votes" for Harris (those who voted for Biden but did not vote in 2024), about a third gave their reason as Gaza. These people were not all Muslims/Arabs. Like wth? Shouldn't that prompt some urgent, critical self-reflection, some outreach or reconciliation with those voters? Some rethinking of foreign policy positions? They may be lost forever otherwise.

Maybe it's just easier to keep blaming "them" and engage in the unseemly schadenfreude of FAFO (not directed at you, but I have seen it too many times).