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Blinken claims that what separates US and Israhell regimes from Hamas is respect for international law and the laws of war. 🤡
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Liberals are just as low-information as MAGAs, they just use media sources with a cleaner sheen of faux respectability. They believe in a large number of myths foundational to their political beliefs, part of their nationalist, pro-bourgeouis democratic ideology. When you tell them the US stands for international law and human rights they nod along and say, "yeah that's right and we're good unlike those [designated enemies]". The fact that both the US and Israel constantly flout intentional law, their own treaties, commit war crimes, etc etc doesn't register as a real challenge to their beliefs at first. They still have v the designated enemies to compare to and can quickly stop thinking about the inconsistency by plunging themselves back into the capitalist media rationalization machine (pervasive ready-made narratives).
It's possible to break through the pattern but a lot of people get stuck in it.
I agree. One of my brothers is the epitome of this. As far as he's concerned, the NY Times is all you need. A lifetime (or longer) of propaganda can be hard to overcome. Being relatively comfortable and raising young kids also seems to make it extra hard to accept certain unpleasant realities.