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In reply to the discussion: Gen Z Is Listening to What Netanyahu Is Saying. Is Biden? [View all]RainCaster
(11,327 posts)6. an interesting viewpoint
I'm part of that older (boomer) generation who has watched Israel spout "never again" about how they were treated by Germany, while remaining silent about ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. So I am more aligned with Gen Z on this issue.
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She is correct, same as Hillary was in 2016 and later about Tulsi Gabbard, etc.
betsuni
Jan 2024
#120
I certainly don't think President Biden is lying about his support for Israel because of politics.
tritsofme
Jan 2024
#41
DU is on the internet. DU is very, very skewed to the older age cohorts. DU has small, but extremely organised and vocal
Celerity
Jan 2024
#52
Or, DU has a strong presence of a wise and pragmatic group of tried and true democrats
Patton French
Jan 2024
#88
+1, dictatorships like Purina don't restrict over the air broadcast they restrict the Internet
uponit7771
Jan 2024
#89
In a choice between the BBC or TicTok for news I know what I think is more prone to bias
EX500rider
Jan 2024
#43
I'm following a murder case of an 18 year old pregnant women who was on her way to deliver her baby.
LeftInTX
Jan 2024
#68
By looking. I use my eyes. I see GenZ replying and forwarding influencers and shit eating propaganda scumbags.
SoFlaBro
Jan 2024
#69
NKa size make it an exception. Larger countries can't jam broadcast but can restrict internet access easily
uponit7771
Jan 2024
#96
I'm part of the straddle generation, and my position on Israel has changed over the past few years.
Lonestarblue
Jan 2024
#3
Why didn't he act to prevent it? Especially given the ample intelligence and warnings,
Crunchy Frog
Jan 2024
#54
Netanyahu thought peace was being purchased with Qatari cash going to Hamas
Martin Eden
Jan 2024
#85
No, it is not victim blaming, it is a factual recounting of historical events that empowered the terroristic Hamas.
Celerity
Jan 2024
#106
Exactly. And that's exactly why any reasonable intelligent think-for-themselves person would take
KPN
Jan 2024
#44
Can't even wrap fish with NYT any more. Let's stir up generational division.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jan 2024
#17
Whomever the leadership at the time choose to respond to violence in a progressive way and won. I don't see Bibi being .
uponit7771
Jan 2024
#108
They're similar enough, terrorist attack needed response Bibis was bad Indias good
uponit7771
Jan 2024
#125
Some have been so blinded by preconceived bias. Israel is one of the few democracies in the middle east
JohnSJ
Jan 2024
#77
Most? I'll go along with too many, but not sure "most" applies especially to younger generations.
KPN
Jan 2024
#47
True, but not most in my view. Biden would not have been elected in the first place if that
KPN
Jan 2024
#51
Hamas is on Telegram, but Telegram posts can probably be shared cross platform.
LeftInTX
Jan 2024
#75
(1) Many showing this same sort of ridiculous logic were old enough to vote and...
W_HAMILTON
Jan 2024
#100
Have you checked the horrors of what the settlers are doing in the West Bank
womanofthehills
Jan 2024
#122
Yep, Dictatorships like Xi and Putin don't restrict TV / Radio they restrict the Internet
uponit7771
Jan 2024
#90