The warning bell keeps clanging.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@HolgerFiallo I do not see Hamas and the Palestinian people as synonymous with each other, and do not think that the atrocious violence being visited on the Palestinians is in any way justified by their political history or choices. I also see the violence Hamas perpetrated against Israelis a year ago as atrocious — but don't think a response of even more horrific violence in any way moves toward a just, humane solution to the problems of the region.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@CatHerder I'm with you. From the outset, I've asked myself how anyone could listen to the man and vote for him. I can only conclude, as you do, that they and I see the world very differently.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@BootsChantilly @MiriShuli Same here.

[davidmiller@masto.ai]

@wdlindsy it's right to sound the alarm, we just need to temper our expectations based on the evidence we've already seen.

[iveyjanette@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy No, they're cheering Soon-Shiong. He too is right-wing conservative.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@IveyJanette I see. Because I don't know the history of the publication, I wasn't sure. Soon-Shiong is closely connected to Elon Musk. That tells us something very imporant about him, I think.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@davidmiller I don't read any of the commentators in the thread to be denying that we need to temper our expectations based on evidence. I also suspect they'd agree with Timothy Snyder that obeying in advance and allowing those who want to make us feel hopeless are not options, either.

[iveyjanette@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy And it's not good.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@IveyJanette No, it's not.

[iveyjanette@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy We're regressing into the days of yellow journalism circa 1900.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@IveyJanette Yes, we are. The age of the robber barons….

[iveyjanette@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy And it's

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@IveyJanette Indeed.