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As an American, I'm honestly sick and fucking tired of both political sides wasting my tax dollars on stupid shit that I've never voted for in the first place (the left squandering tax dollars on Ukraine, while the right squanders tax dollars on Israel).

I'm no fan of Hamas or Palestine by any means but wtf has Israel ever done for the American taxpayers who have been funding them for a while now? Arms dealing doesn't count because that only ever benefitted American career politicians and the military-industrial complex, not the American taxpayers themselves.

Here is my dad in a nutshell:

- American Christian of Jordanian-Palestinian descent

- born in one of the years of Generation X to both Baby Boomer parents

- supports legalized marijuana laws for individuals 21 and older

- kinda okay with gays, but not fully in-line with the LGBTQ community

- supports freedom and liberation of Palestine (including Gaza)

- hates Israel to the core

- hates guns

- likes electric cars, but really loves gas cars (though he also thinks gas, and especially diesel cars and their exhaust-based pollutions cause cancer); absolutely not a fan of diesel trucks

- originally wanted Barack Obama and Gary Johnson to win in 2012 and 2016, respectively; but now he is a full-fledge Trump supporter -- open and proud of it (except for his stance on Israel)

- super-pissed about California's gas prices (especially in his city)

- a huge fan of celebrities like Taylor Swift, Snoop Dogg, Madonna, Eminem, DJ Khaled, and Tyrese

- also loves Elon Musk and the beloved Steve Jobs (I'm not sure he likes Bill Gates, though; maybe?)

- cares a lot for African Americans (to various degrees), makes himself aware that they are being oppressed

- sells (used) cars and trucks for a living

- does not care for Ukraine; well, he kinda does, but he doesn't like the current administration (thinks Zelenskyy is no better than Putin!)

- divorced once, married to another woman with two of her daughters (not his own)

- was both strict and cool with me growing up

- became more heavily anti-west due to the conflict with Israel and Palestine

- and naturally, he is anti-war and anti-violence.

Here is my mom in a nutshell:

- Lebanese-American Christian of Armenian descent (ex-Catholic)

- born in one of the years of Generation X to a Baby Boomer mother and a pre-Baby Boomer father

- kinda okay with gays, but not fully in-line with the LGBTQ community

- thinks guns should be more restrictive to own

- pro-choice and pro-life at the same time

- is almost completely on board with Trump (and prefers him over other Republican candidates, too)

- supported Barack Obama way back in 2008, but became far more conservative over the years

- divorced once, but currently married to a father with one son of their own

- huge Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens fan, and somewhat likes Andrew Tate and Elon Musk

- not a fan of Hollywood or most of its celebrities, but a huge enjoyer of the film "Sound of Freedom"

- smokes cigarettes so much that she makes me even buy some for her sometimes

- believes marijuana should be legalized especially for medical use

- absolutely hates Biden and dislikes every politician associated with him regardless of party/ideology

- doesn't like Israel at all, but her stance on Palestine is still very unpredictable

- acknowledges and supports DACA to a certain degree; she was actually highly disappointed that a hardworking janitor was no longer able to work for her building management

- works full-time (usually from 8:30am-5:30pm)

- has just recently homeschooled her and her husband's son

- God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Bible are the absolute truths in this world; she expects me not to take the Bible too literally, though

- believes in holistic health

- believes in the cure of autism

- absolutely hates communists, socialists, and cancel culture

- not necessarily anti-vax, but "will not comply" in the near future after getting two shots and a booster

- pretty much anti-mainstream media (unless it's conservative mainstream or religious media like Washington Examiner, Fox News, CBN, etc.)

I am seeing a lot of ignorant people posting and thinking that Hamas = Palestine.

Hamas rules Palestine. Hamas was voted in by Palestinians. Hamas enjoyed popular support by Palestinians (not sure about that right now though). But Hamas is NOT Palestine.

Hamas is a terrorist organization. Period. Palestinians are an ethnicity and a regional group of people.

Assuming that all Palestinians are and/or support Hamas is like saying ALL Germans in WW2 were Nazis. Of course Nazi ideology dominated Germany but many Germans were against it (and there was internal rebellion).

But if you can’t denounce what Hamas did on Oct 6th you are a terrorist sympathizer and likely an anti semite. There is absolutely no way around that.

And all the collateral damage (innocent Palestinians being killed) right now is 100% the fault of Hamas. They are TELLING Palestinians to stay out when Israel is telling them to leave. Israel had no choice to do this. Not because they were attacked but if they show any weakness then Hezbollah will attack them from the North which will could eventually turn into a world war.

Also for the record I do NOT believe an innocent Israeli civilian’s life is worth more than an innocent Palestinian’s life. Is sickening and horrifying that so many innocent lives in the Gaza Strip are being lost.

But what disgusts and horrifies me is how many westerners are openly supporting Hamas right now. They aren’t even making the distinction between the Palestinian people’s freedom cause vs. the actions of a terrorist organization.

At best you are willfully ignorant if you support Hamas and don’t know all the facts. But we are observing rising anti semitism from western leftists now. It’s greatest irony is they are usually the ones that like to call other people they don’t like “Nazis”.

I'm so curious about this. Full disclosure I consider myself a "left facing pragmatist." Which basically means I would be indistinguishable from a "right facing pragmatist" apart from the direction I would like to move in.

But anyway, I'm sure everyone has heard by now of the Israel Palestine conflict. Minutes after the opening salvo pretty much the entire right wing was trying to blame Biden (of course, who else) for giving Iran 6 billion dollars. That was a lie, as the 6 billion to which they refer was actually Iran's own money. But instead of backing off the doubled down and insisted that being able to use 6 billion for one thing freed up 6 billion for attacks. So naturally it is now being reported that Iran never got the monet and in fact it's being frozen.

Don't right wingers feel even a little bit mad that they were lied to? And to be fair the outrage may very well be part of the reason Biden thought to have the 6 billion frozen, but that could have been brought to his attention without lies. Because it seems the reason for the lies is because the benefit is it increases the chance of scoring political crits but the cost is nonexistent because right wing voters don't hold their liars accountable..

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-to-hold-off-on-disbursing-6-billion-in-iran-oil-revenue-unfrozen-in-prisoner-deal-4007cc51