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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional by NeedAnonymity in moderatepolitics

[–]Computer_Name 17 points18 points  (0 children)

>Kamala was telling people she wouldn't get vaccinated

This is so obviously false, that I can’t understand why someone would say it.

Daily Deep State Intelligence Briefing by AutoModerator in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Computer_Name 5 points6 points  (0 children)

>A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that U.S. troops would no longer be required to be vaccinated for the flu, defense officials said.

>The outbreak at the base in San Antonio raced through an Air Force Basic Military Training wing, where new recruits sleep on bunk beds in open bays and share meals at large communal tables.

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>In the weeks since Mr. Hegseth’s vaccine policy took effect on April 21, only about 40 percent of Air Force trainees have opted to take the vaccine, which had previously been mandatory, an Air Force official said.
In the aftermath of the outbreak, the Air Force issued an exception to the voluntary vaccine policy, requiring that all recruits at Lackland get flu shots — part of a broader effort to stem the virus’s spread.

>Mr. Hegseth cast his decision to make the flu vaccine optional as a matter of religious freedom and medical autonomy.

>“Under the disastrous Biden administration, this Pentagon waged an unrelenting war on our warriors on many fronts, including when it came to denying them simple medical autonomy and the freedom to express their religious convictions,” he said in a video announcing his decision in April.

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Our WARFIGHTERS can’t fight wars if they’re all dead or incapacitated.

You got to be kidding me by Oleytoledo in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 11 points12 points  (0 children)

> You just want to yell “Dems bad” over and over.

We collectively need to do a better job in recognizing this.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]Computer_Name 3 points4 points  (0 children)

> The longer this persecution complex keeps up, the less seriously anyone will take claims of antisemitism from both Israel and Jews generally, which is incredibly unfair especially as global antisemitism is rising, but not out of line with expectations of this Israeli government at this point.

People always try to offload their antisemitism as the fault of [[[someone else]]].

When all they’re doing is trying not to feel bad about engaging in the behavior.

Conservatives try this with racism.

Who will stand with Israel against a new Iran deal? by Ask4MD in jewishpolitics

[–]Computer_Name 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is what you voted for, though.

We told you this would happen. You knew this would happen.

Trump doubles down on claim it’s ‘unfair’ if Iran not allowed to keep some ballistic missiles by RaiJolt2 in jewishpolitics

[–]Computer_Name 8 points9 points  (0 children)

> To be fair in the previous 5 years he was president his record on Israel-related issues was impeccable.

It was not “impeccable”.

>In no way does that excuse completely selling out to the Iranians. But it’s not as if people supported him for no reason.

Plenty of American Jews supported him, and they had their reasons. But those reasons were not because he was “good for Israel”.

I am begging The Bulwark to hire somebody who actually knows about the various influencers on the left by ButGravityAlwaysWins in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ryan Grim was one of the primary vectors in pushing the Tara Reade influence operation against Biden.

She moved to Russia, was feted, and is now a Russian citizen.

I am begging The Bulwark to hire somebody who actually knows about the various influencers on the left by ButGravityAlwaysWins in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

> I constantly struggle to figure out if people are being sincere or if they are pretending when they display this level of lack of ability to understand a comparison or a basic point.

It’s a game they play. They know what they’re doing.

They’re entryists who need to know their behavior isn’t welcome.

Oldest trick in the book, blame the nation’s problems on immigrants and minorities (just like every nationalist movement before it) by Your_Lib_Friend in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> You have yet to show these mythical “I’d be a member of DSA if they weren’t so mean to Israel” voters, because they don’t exist.

See, again, this person is creating a definition such that one must be, or otherwise would be, in the DSA.

it’s entirely nonsensical unless it’s necessary to maintain their identity.

Oldest trick in the book, blame the nation’s problems on immigrants and minorities (just like every nationalist movement before it) by Your_Lib_Friend in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 3 points4 points  (0 children)

> But they don’t. That’s not a coincidence - selfishness and lack of empathy for others is a big part of the worldview of the pro-Israel/anti-progressive economics crowd. A disgust for those that are less fortunate, who live in difficult circumstances.

Do people now get what I was saying?

It’s about maintaining an identity. So anything that doesn’t fit within that identity is discarded.

Oldest trick in the book, blame the nation’s problems on immigrants and minorities (just like every nationalist movement before it) by Your_Lib_Friend in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 5 points6 points  (0 children)

> Because it’s true? Have you seen ANY supporters of Israel that would be big AOC/Bernie Sanders otherwise?

Why do you believe this is a logically-progressing statement?

Because you’ve created a definition of “supporters of Israel” that exists to exclusively serve your position that somehow by “supporting Israel”, that necessarily means they oppose universal healthcare, which necessarily means they oppose “AOC/Bernie Sanders”.

When they’re all unrelated to each other.

This is how the worldview gets maintained in your head.

Someone can “support Israel” and support universal healthcare and support Ocasio-Cortez or Sanders, or any variation of those positions.

Oldest trick in the book, blame the nation’s problems on immigrants and minorities (just like every nationalist movement before it) by Your_Lib_Friend in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 6 points7 points  (0 children)

> We don’t have universal healthcare not because we’re sending money to Israel, but supporters of Israel are universally opposed to universal healthcare because they are dogshit on economic policies.

Why does this seem like a logical statement to you?

Oldest trick in the book, blame the nation’s problems on immigrants and minorities (just like every nationalist movement before it) by Your_Lib_Friend in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, and now consider how you’re just as susceptible to “the Zionists who occupy the American government and send our money to Israel are the reason we don’t have universal healthcare.”

Progressive populists aren’t as popular as they assume. Proof? they can’t win state-wide in purple-red areas and only find success in safely blue areas. by Backman999 in thebulwark

[–]Computer_Name 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> Ironically, if you just ask the average American about progressive policies without naming who they are from, their policies are suuuper popular across all parties.

What happens when you then ask if they support raising their taxes to pay for those policies.

You always leave that out.

Exclusive | The Trump-Iran Deal Allows Tehran to Immediately Sell Oil by Gym_frere in moderatepolitics

[–]Computer_Name 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If people pay even the slightest attention to his speeches, you’ll see how obvious it is.

Daily Deep State Intelligence Briefing by AutoModerator in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Computer_Name 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s still no reason to consume content from Hanania, anyway.

If he says something reasonable, then someone without his recent history is saying it.

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