As Gaza burned, Yglesias yawned, saying Biden couldn't stop the bloodbath. The ceasefire deal announced yesterday, which Trump forced on Netanyahu, showed he just didn't care.
This is a great hit job. I’m not being sarcastic—I really did find it a worthwhile read as someone who teaches about Arendt and violence. The target deserves this trenchant criticism.
Thanks, appreciate it. There's seriously some moral defect with this guy. How do you think, let alone write & publish, “Foreign factories should be more dangerous than American factories?"
devoid of a moral compass. I was in college during the Iraq war, his support for the war led to a concerted campaign demanding he join the military and get his ass to Iraq. The typical neoliberal response , his intellect should be allocated efficiently to maximize its productivity. In layman’s terms “I’m too smart to fight wars I support. “
The little entitled wuss claims to use data driven analysis, but his conclusions tell a different story. Lectures progressives to temper their “radical” positions on climate change , gun control, worker rights, monopolies, on Sam Bankman Fried, because, as we all know, he’s rich, the list is endless.
At an event, I confronted him, asking to explain his conclusion that progressives “magically” wanted Obama to jail banksters . His answer was a non-answer, rapidly proceeded to join his group. I effed him for his snobbish and cowardly attitude.
His positions on Gaza are lazy and dishonest. He can understand Rashida Tlaib’s anger because she’s Palestinian, but it’s sus’ of non-Palestinians to care for it. Yeah, little fuck , I hope we never cross paths again, I won’t be too polite.
Well, he did admit he made a mistake about the 2003 invasion & was real sad about the 500,000 or so Iraqi corpses, but he had a good explanation: "When Hillary Clinton, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, John Kerry, Joe Biden, John Edwards, etc. told me they thought invading Iraq was a good idea I took them very seriously. I knew that Carl Levin & Nancy Pelosi were on the other side, but the bulk of the leading Democratic voices on national security and foreign policy issues were in favor of the war. So was Tony Blair. These were credible people whose views I took seriously." There's no place in hell...
Keep on, go after the lot of them; and the fat cats who pay their way. The young will soon be uncovering the rotteness of this systematic moral corruption and the political structures it maintains, of which Israel in Gaza is an intimate part.
This is a great hit job. I’m not being sarcastic—I really did find it a worthwhile read as someone who teaches about Arendt and violence. The target deserves this trenchant criticism.
Thanks, appreciate it. There's seriously some moral defect with this guy. How do you think, let alone write & publish, “Foreign factories should be more dangerous than American factories?"
Exactly. You nailed it. In my language, he fails “basic human.”
Excellent run down of the neoliberal hack,
devoid of a moral compass. I was in college during the Iraq war, his support for the war led to a concerted campaign demanding he join the military and get his ass to Iraq. The typical neoliberal response , his intellect should be allocated efficiently to maximize its productivity. In layman’s terms “I’m too smart to fight wars I support. “
The little entitled wuss claims to use data driven analysis, but his conclusions tell a different story. Lectures progressives to temper their “radical” positions on climate change , gun control, worker rights, monopolies, on Sam Bankman Fried, because, as we all know, he’s rich, the list is endless.
At an event, I confronted him, asking to explain his conclusion that progressives “magically” wanted Obama to jail banksters . His answer was a non-answer, rapidly proceeded to join his group. I effed him for his snobbish and cowardly attitude.
His positions on Gaza are lazy and dishonest. He can understand Rashida Tlaib’s anger because she’s Palestinian, but it’s sus’ of non-Palestinians to care for it. Yeah, little fuck , I hope we never cross paths again, I won’t be too polite.
Well, he did admit he made a mistake about the 2003 invasion & was real sad about the 500,000 or so Iraqi corpses, but he had a good explanation: "When Hillary Clinton, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, John Kerry, Joe Biden, John Edwards, etc. told me they thought invading Iraq was a good idea I took them very seriously. I knew that Carl Levin & Nancy Pelosi were on the other side, but the bulk of the leading Democratic voices on national security and foreign policy issues were in favor of the war. So was Tony Blair. These were credible people whose views I took seriously." There's no place in hell...
Keep on, go after the lot of them; and the fat cats who pay their way. The young will soon be uncovering the rotteness of this systematic moral corruption and the political structures it maintains, of which Israel in Gaza is an intimate part.
Oh, I'm working my way thru the list, the problem is there are so many of them & a new one pops up every day.
"Yglesias [ ...] became bored, yawned, and slowly rolled over in bed and fell asleep.'
No less bored than anyone reading his anodyne, Beltway-ish commentary...feh!
Like watching a rotisserie chicken go round & round...
I have no quarrel with your criticism of Yglesias, but are you sure Trump deserves credit for the Gaza ceasefire?
My spidey sense is reminded of these past Republican capers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Chennault
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory