You got the one example you wanted and you want to duck out already?

You don’t get to make a massive post shaming people for criticising a politician and then get upset when people respond.

Surprisingly enough, a one-sentence Twitter link has led you astray!

Bernie’s communication director lied? That sounds like a bad thing to do given they could be complicit in genocide.

The bill blocks a particular sale by Trump of weapons to Israel.

So only offensive weapons then…

What’s carved out of it?

Carved out is the absence of Bernie blocking the iron dome missiles that israel uses to act with impunity… Bernie would never touch them since the existence of the occupation is necessary in his mind.

https://x.com/anna_bahr/status/1950335108864479631

“Offensive” arms only.

Why are you making up what I said?

Whee look at the goalposts go

Failing to call it a genocide in 77 years is not moving a goalpost. Its basic human decency

I am honestly a little bit surprised to see so many people eager to jump up and provide examples of the type of bad faith argument I was talking about in my original comment.

Bad faith is what Bernie has done, always blaming Nentanyahu, continuing the flow of any arms, trade and people to the settler state.

No, his bills were always weasely with what restrictions they placed. They always had easy to reach exceptions that continued the flow of trade to the occupation. They always allowed more Americans to settler in the land and steal homes from the Palestinians.

Bernie never truly has taken an anti-zionist position. He always ultimately props up the settler state. Even in his latest speech he blames the resistance.

He’s been doing what most of Lemmy would like to see someone in the US Congress doing

He has focused more of his time criticising the Nentayahu government specifically, rather than the fundamental concept of running a settler colony. He has only recently starting naming the full israeli government. He still believes in sending weapons, aid and trade to the occupation ensuring the continued murder of the Palestinians can continue.

is just going to get smoothly replaced by these users with some other reason to nailbite about him

Because ultimately Bernie still supports the conditions that will continue the genocide. He is still a liberal zionist. He will still buy a beachfront property in Gaza once it is cleansed but I guess its ok if he cries the entire time.