At their core, many are just bullies and it nicely appeals to the emotionally stunted desires of their base.
I recently watched a Nazi documentary on Netflix, and the parallels beyond concerning. If Trump is elected, you should expect Brown Shirt like violence.
For those who think my statement is alarmist, it takes time for fascist propaganda to build inertia, and we're somewhere in the middle of the progression. If you're paying attention, you can see and hear the rhetoric getting more violent. They are following a similar playbook to the Nazis by stimulating the rural communities with more and more nationalist rhetoric.
If we're going to get the analogy correct, you're right, Hamas would be the assholes that killed 1200 people at a festival, and then IDF/Israel killed 34,000+, 70% women and children, in response.
Seems like a balanced response from a country which you'd expect to desire the respect of other first world countries?
Oh wait. That's not an analogy.
Let's see what happens next? Spoiler! Israel annexes more Palestinian land for illegal settlements!
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Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll
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Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide ( www.gmanetwork.com )
"What's happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that," Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House....
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name ( youtu.be )
Pro-Palestine Protest Disrupts U of M's Graduation Ceremony as Schools Prep for Commencements ( www.rollingstone.com )