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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Biden’s “very fine people” moment
Date: 04/24/24 11:58 AM
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dersh.substack.com - Biden has a very fine people moment

This week Mr. Biden had his own moment of unclarity. Asked on Monday about current events on campus across the country, he said: “I condemn the antisemitic protests. That’s why I’ve set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.” He then mumbled a few unintelligible words.

Mr. Biden seemed to be saying that pro-Hamas demonstrators are no worse than pro-Israel demonstrators who believe that “what’s going on with Palestinians” is ultimately Hamas’s fault for invading Israel, barbarically attacking its people, and using Palestinian civilians as human shields.

Some lib is going to claim that the protests going on at Columbia and other whacko institutions of allegedly higher learning are “anti war” and not-the pro-Hamas tent parties they actually are.

Biden’s comments are a bad attempt at having cake and eating it too.

Mr. Biden should unqualifiedly condemn antisemitism and harassment and violence against Jews. Trying to balance that justified condemnation by suggesting a false moral equivalence is wrong and will hurt him politically. Most Americans understand the difference between the murderers and rapists of Hamas and the defenders of Israel, even if they sometimes fault Israeli actions. If Mr. Biden fails to understand that difference—or, worse, understands but deliberately blurs it—voters will see through his politicization of a clear moral issue.
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