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Our society lacks nuance in its discourse. liberalmuse Oct 2023 #1
They also think everyone has chosen a side. There is no side in this conflict. It's us. KPN Oct 2023 #34
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 onecaliberal Oct 2023 #89
You are right. crim son Oct 2023 #92
This John Cusak? lapucelle Oct 2023 #102
That says it for me too! ananda Oct 2023 #2
Next one will be fought with rocks and sticks Kennah Oct 2023 #37
He defined exactly how I feel. roamer65 Oct 2023 #3
Sums it up for me as well. Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #4
Yup, I am anti-terrorist. Period. BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #5
"The GQP supports terrorists in the US...Proud Boys, etc." LenaBaby61 Oct 2023 #23
Nat-C or Nazi No Matter the Name Their Evil Depravity's Always The Same MayReasonRule Oct 2023 #65
Having nuance means challaging simple black and white framing Mosby Oct 2023 #6
then maybe they can just take off to Cancun till everything blows over prodigitalson Oct 2023 #11
Right inthewind21 Oct 2023 #75
What's ridiculous is saying it isn't AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #13
HRW is hopelessly biased against Israel. Mosby Oct 2023 #16
A 13 year old article is your source? AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #26
Here more information about HRW JohnSJ Oct 2023 #44
Did you see this? AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #54
Yeah, also in breaking news FoxNewsSucks Oct 2023 #69
This John Cusak? lapucelle Oct 2023 #103
This John Cusack? lapucelle Oct 2023 #109
THIS n/t malaise Oct 2023 #50
it isn't just any old article, it's from a RW disinfo site affiliated with Reagan/Bush/Trump neocons Celerity Oct 2023 #53
Why are you posting a RW disinfo site (NGO Monitor) affiliated w/ Reagan/Bush/Trump neocons on here? Celerity Oct 2023 #51
Yikes nt redqueen Oct 2023 #59
Yikes indeed. lapucelle Oct 2023 #106
I'm not anti Israeli or pro Palestinian. Magoo48 Oct 2023 #67
This source is far from unbiased RocRizzo55 Oct 2023 #81
Indeed it is. lapucelle Oct 2023 #107
He apologized for that tweet. Are we going to allow for rehabilitation or not? SoFlaBro Oct 2023 #114
I'm certainly not going to thank John Cusack for a virtue signaling tweet lapucelle Oct 2023 #115
So that's a "no", then? SoFlaBro Oct 2023 #118
It's an "I'm certainly not going to thank John Cusack for a virtue signaling tweet lapucelle Oct 2023 #119
Even John Cusack should be given the opportunity for rehabilitation. Stupid tweet? Own up to it, SoFlaBro Oct 2023 #120
... lapucelle Oct 2023 #121
I wonder why HRW deleted this tweet. lapucelle Oct 2023 #108
Wait, you just framed things black and white. Confusing. KPN Oct 2023 #35
If it's not, in fact, an "open-air prison" FoxNewsSucks Oct 2023 #70
how would you define how Palestinians are kept in Gaza then? LymphocyteLover Oct 2023 #93
That cuts thru the BS. Short and succinct. n/t ms liberty Oct 2023 #7
THANK YOU Skittles Oct 2023 #8
I am also fed up with ..."BOTH SIDES." Stuart G Oct 2023 #31
I've been hearing about their beefs my entire life Skittles Oct 2023 #38
I'm fed up with the human race, in its entirety. CrispyQ Oct 2023 #64
Well said Deuxcents Oct 2023 #94
That makes him anti-Hamas and puts him on the side of the Israeli and Palestinian people. lapucelle Oct 2023 #9
600 children slaughtered...parents give their children to Hamas as shields or is it forced?. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2023 #71
At annual summer camps Hamas trains kids to fire guns, kidnap Israelis Arazi Oct 2023 #76
Deflection...from the massacre underway propaganda...what, no fake beheaded babies? Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2023 #78
This John Cusak? lapucelle Oct 2023 #104
Apparently folks neither want to think nor to read. lapucelle Oct 2023 #84
Don't believe any of the 600+ children killed in Gaza were killed by Iranian supplied weapons. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2023 #96
What does that even mean? lapucelle Oct 2023 #97
Yeah. I don't like many of the actions or outcomes I see or expect to see soon. RockRaven Oct 2023 #10
+1 BootinUp Oct 2023 #15
Exactly. nt redqueen Oct 2023 #12
I fucking support Israel but there's a lot of goddamn shit they do towards Palestine that I dislike. SoFlaBro Oct 2023 #14
Folks seem quick to say what shouldn't be done, and unable or unwilling to say what they think onenote Oct 2023 #17
What they SHOULD do is work toward a two-state solution. NH Ethylene Oct 2023 #63
and how does Israel work towards a two-state solution with Hamas onenote Oct 2023 #116
NEGOTIATIONS RocRizzo55 Oct 2023 #82
And at what point has Hamas ever expressed a willingness to negotiate? onenote Oct 2023 #117
So true. Mostly unable. marybourg Oct 2023 #101
You inthewind21 Oct 2023 #111
K and R Holy crap did he nail my exact stance on all of this! nt Quixote1818 Oct 2023 #18
John Cusack under fire for antisemitic 'follow the money' tweet Mosby Oct 2023 #19
Gross! AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #28
He apologized. Mosby Oct 2023 #30
Sorry Mosby, but a person isn't the sharpest if he doesn't realize the tweet he was posting JohnSJ Oct 2023 #42
If he has a pattern of that crap then you'd have a point uponit7771 Oct 2023 #61
Yeah that sums it up. Demobrat Oct 2023 #20
Same here Leith Oct 2023 #24
In this queue ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #49
Amen! nt pazzyanne Oct 2023 #21
This works for me Bettie Oct 2023 #22
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2023 #25
You're quite welcome AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #27
This John Cusak? lapucelle Oct 2023 #105
Great Post, Thanks for posting AntivaxHunters , and Thank You John Cusack for writing this. Stuart G Oct 2023 #29
"Am I pro-sneaking-in-coded-language-hyperbolic-anti-Israel-tropes-into-my-rants?" Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #32
You got that out of what he said? AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #33
If I must: Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #36
Is it ridiculous that major human rights & orgs are AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #39
It absolutely is ridiculous. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #40
Sorry but those groups have tons of credibility AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #55
The analogy is ridiculous based on its content, not anyone's credibility. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #86
You're free to believe what you want AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #88
You are free to stick to what you want, Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #90
Ok. Ya. Good. AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #100
John Cusack's other tweet. lapucelle Oct 2023 #110
No surprise. Beastly Boy Oct 2023 #112
Too bad he didn't vote for Hillary in 2016, and thought Obama was worse than Bush. JohnSJ Oct 2023 #41
Even if he is a political dumbass, the message above BootinUp Oct 2023 #43
I meant: "even though he is a [dumbass] ..." BootinUp Oct 2023 #45
Understood. Every republican administration since reagan has made the situation in the middle east JohnSJ Oct 2023 #46
I was just making that BootinUp Oct 2023 #47
The worst were the bush's, especially the second one which destabilized the entire region. JohnSJ Oct 2023 #48
Of the the 3 I listed... BootinUp Oct 2023 #62
Exactly. Ignorance. betsuni Oct 2023 #52
He voted for Hillary in the general AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author JohnSJ Oct 2023 #98
Thank you for posting! BlueMTexpat Oct 2023 #56
I wondered so ......... twodogsbarking Oct 2023 #58
That about sums it up for me. My heart is breaking for the affected innocents. NNadir Oct 2023 #60
Here's a thoughtful commentary about this dilemma of being forced to take sides: TheRickles Oct 2023 #66
This is getting to be a pattern Sympthsical Oct 2023 #68
That's right. The day Israel sets out with the express purpose of killing civilians is a day JudyM Oct 2023 #91
Count me in on that. Lunabell Oct 2023 #72
yes. i also did a paper on cannibalism in high school- is it tradition or an aquired taste. pansypoo53219 Oct 2023 #73
yes. i also did a paper on cannibalism in high school- is it tradition or an acquired taste. pansypoo53219 Oct 2023 #74
My goodness, Pansy, you are my hero. EarnestPutz Oct 2023 #80
But, Mitt said "We're all children of the same God." in 2012. czarjak Oct 2023 #77
K&R Blue Owl Oct 2023 #79
I'm pro war if it's fought by the leaders who declare it and then send other people to get killed housecat Oct 2023 #83
mic drop. WarGamer Oct 2023 #85
This is perfect! Oneironaut Oct 2023 #87
Well then you belong to the wrong species. marybourg Oct 2023 #95
Sure inthewind21 Oct 2023 #113
Feel? betsuni Oct 2023 #99
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