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In reply to the discussion: After tanking a U.S. election, what more damage could pro-Gaza/Hamas people possibly want to commit? [View all]Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)54. Think of it as an "and-or" divider.
>> By linking the two together and then saying they got what wanted and even deserved is to divide us.
I don't see it that way. But then, I'm less hypersensitive and not always on the lookout for something to be outraged about. In any case, the word order and punctuation reads to me as something being open-ended enough and ambiguous enough that it leaves room for individual interpretation from the reader. Since there are many different shades and degrees of support for Gaza/Hamas the writer's choice of words and punctuation reflects that simple fact. As a result, readers are free to choose an interpretation that applies... or they are equally free to choose one that doesn't apply... and then use that as a basis for outrage and to question the motives of others.
I don't see it that way. But then, I'm less hypersensitive and not always on the lookout for something to be outraged about. In any case, the word order and punctuation reads to me as something being open-ended enough and ambiguous enough that it leaves room for individual interpretation from the reader. Since there are many different shades and degrees of support for Gaza/Hamas the writer's choice of words and punctuation reflects that simple fact. As a result, readers are free to choose an interpretation that applies... or they are equally free to choose one that doesn't apply... and then use that as a basis for outrage and to question the motives of others.
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After tanking a U.S. election, what more damage could pro-Gaza/Hamas people possibly want to commit? [View all]
PeaceWave
Feb 2025
OP
Pick something on the MAGA agenda and they probably want it. They have been closet Trump supporters all along.
LonePirate
Feb 2025
#1
So many idiots in that bunch. Bet some of them were among the batch of deportees sent to Guantanamo and Guatemala.
brush
Feb 2025
#51
I did. I also said that the facts have nothing to do with how their minds work.
Beastly Boy
Feb 2025
#17
I can't disagree that they voted against Harris, stupidly, and are partly responsible for...
brush
Feb 2025
#24
Lots of former Sanders voters that I know have told me they didn't vote for Hillary and they didn't vote for Kamala.
Jit423
Feb 2025
#31
"...from at least some..." That's the operative phrase. IMO most are/were pro-Gazan...
brush
Feb 2025
#23
I am with you. I too am pro Gazan and anti-Hamas, anti-Netanyahu, but also anti-Trump, anti-Elon and anti-Putin.
Jit423
Feb 2025
#30
They voted for Trump. Trump won. I am the victim of their vote. They are the perpetrators. I am not blaming myself.
Beastly Boy
Feb 2025
#37
It is rather unusual to think of perpetrators as victims. Most people can't get themselves to engage in such folly.
Beastly Boy
Feb 2025
#57