Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "The Israel conflict is a Bud Light moment for wokeism - pro-Hamas unis are losing funding and jobs" video.

  1. I've always been always will be left of center, but in the purely classical sense. Liberty and limited government. But in today's bastard tongue, I'm "right." I hate how the language got twisted. I was always for equal treatment under law, and felt like the 14th Amendment was redundant, if you follow the stated intention of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence (The self-evident truths that form the axiomatic foundation for the law). I never cared who slept with whom, unless they slept with my partner. I never cared what religion a person practiced as long as they respected the rights of others. I've always lived by "Charity starts at home," and never believed the federal government had any say in anything but defending the Constitution and the national soil. That last may entail federal infrastructure projects. That, to me, is true liberalism. I don't think the government exists to solve the human condition. It's job is to intervene just enough to preserve the Constitution, and the human condition is for people to solve for themselves. Or even, maybe, enjoy a little bit.
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  2. Here's the thing: The state of Israel was created by force by foreign powers. It is surrounded by nations who despise how it was created and the creation, itself. I totally understand BOTH sides. What I don't understand is why we continue to double down on an unwise use of force 75 years ago. There will always be tension and escalation, as both sides see themselves locked in an existential struggle. In such a struggle, atrocities abound. The usa needs to QUIT propping up artificialities abroad. This is NOT the American Way. Our leaders for decades have measured their own worth by a European yardstick, when we, the people, REJECTED that yardstick over 2 centuries ago. We have military bases all over the planet. We destabilize and overthrow foreign governments at our whim. It's disgusting for any American who believes in the founding principles of the usa. Trouble is, our leaders think they're royalty, when ours is a nation of commoners, who believe in self determination, liberty, and personal responsibility. That's why we're lied to, every day.
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  3. There's also a rift between civil libertarians and the neocons on the Republican side, and evangelical Christians are currently siding with the neocons. If it were any other nation, U.$. would slap sanctions on Israel so fast it'd make your head spin. U.$. is Israel's bank roll and enabler, and Israel is U.$.'s proxy. Each caters to the other, government-to-government, to the detriment of good people in both nations and neighboring countries. I don't think it was right what was done in 1948. That was 75 years ago, and righting that wrong could very easily descend into a repetition of that wrong in the opposite direction if Israel's destruction is chosen as the solution. Israel is clinging to two contradictory paradigms: Love of the idea of Jewish ethno-state, a homeland; and, commitment to humanist principles of inalienable rights, equal treatment under law, and self-determination. I think Israel feels under siege at all times and rightly believes the threat is extreme and therefore justifies extreme action. "Extremism in the defense of freedom is no vice." - Barry Goldwater I can easily see Hamas as $panish Guerrilleros in 1812, or Polish partisans in 1943. Atrocious behavior by savages. $avages created by conditions and circumstances. That 17-year-old torturer saw his mother and sisters abused and his father murdered when he was 15. Now he's man-grown and it's payback time. "Asymmetric warfare" is what Dave Chapelle called it. They are caricatured in the West, but (suicide) bombers are heroes striking back against tyrants at impossible odds. Our "terrorist" is their cult figure, and someone for young boys to look up to. I'm not a big fan of the Arab/Muslim side, but I know some of their history and why they are as they are. It's not all pretty and it's not all their fault. It would take a lot of work, but we have the tech to turn much of that region into a garden. They did it, before the Mongols came. They can do it, again. But not with foreign powers destroying everything every few years.
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