Fetterman's growing on me

[LuFins Dad]

Damn it, John! WTF are you up to?

https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/us-news/fetterman-blasts-squatters-violent-crime-i-am-not-woke/

[Horace]

Concern for squatter’s rights is the ultimate in performative empathy for the imagined oppressed, co-existing with zero empathy for real victims of crimes.

[George K]

[George K]

Paraphrasing a comment: "One more CVA and he'll go full MAGAT."

[LuFins Dad]

[jon-nyc]

Me neither.

[George K]

[Renauda]

@George-K

There are a lot of analysts saying that as well. Tehran had to do something more for domestic consumption than to engage Israel directly over the strike on its consulate. After all, that airborne ordinance this weekend had to fly over Jordanian and Saudi territory (Syrian too, although it probably doesn’t matter much) to get to Israel. Now done, Iran would prefer an immediate return to the shadow war with Israel it has been waging since 1979.

[Mik]

Yep. It would seem this was all to not look weak internally.

[George K]

@Mik said in Fetterman's growing on me:

Yep. It would seem this was all to not look weak internally.

"We launched hundreds of rockets into the (secondary) Great Satan!"

[Mik]

It would be interesting to see how this was evaluated in the Iranian press.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Fetterman's growing on me:

@LuFins-Dad said in Fetterman's growing on me:

"And, second, I think that also was — Iran had to have some fireworks after Israel smoked that Iranian general, and I am here for that."

Not sure I am understanding that one…

I think he means that, after the strike on the embassy, Iran felt like it had to so some kind of pro-forma retaliation.

I understood that much of it, but the “I’m here for that” comment after bashing Biden for not offering Israel unconditional support. It felt like a contradiction, and even sounded like he was enthusiastically supporting the Iranian counter-attack.

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Fetterman's growing on me:

@George-K said in Fetterman's growing on me:

@LuFins-Dad said in Fetterman's growing on me:

"And, second, I think that also was — Iran had to have some fireworks after Israel smoked that Iranian general, and I am here for that."

Not sure I am understanding that one…

I think he means that, after the strike on the embassy, Iran felt like it had to so some kind of pro-forma retaliation.

I understood that much of it, but the “I’m here for that” comment after bashing Biden for not offering Israel unconditional support. It felt like a contradiction, and even sounded like he was enthusiastically supporting the Iranian counter-attack.

I think George has it right. And...

Since Pennsylvania is a swing state and he is a Biden man, reckon he's given Biden a bit of cover while throwing some shade on him? As in Biden is wrong on this issue, but so right on all of these, which is why I support him?

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

I’d like to see some polls. I imagine these protests are likely turning some public sentiment away from Palestine.

[Horace]

The more the public hates Palestine protestors, the more special and courageous those protestors are. This is why they got that advanced degree in some social science. This is what they trained for.

[Horace]

Look at the size of that Starbucks seating area. Nothing but space in the Midwest.

[George K]

@Horace said in Fetterman's growing on me:

the more special and courageous those protestors are.

You forgot "stunning."

[LuFins Dad]

@Horace said in Fetterman's growing on me:

The more the public hates Palestine protestors, the more special and courageous those protestors are. This is why they got that advanced degree in some social science. This is what they trained for.

Courageous until you call them the wrong chosen gender. Then they evidently kill themselves en masse.

[Horace]

I mean they just walked in there and insulted everybody in the place. The manageability of the situation rests on the protestors being the only angry, unhinged people in the situation.