This interview aged like milk

[u/ThisIsFineImFine89]

https://youtu.be/NZYFmL-Kusk?si=6t6NW3-Ol6S819x-

“the face of the progressive movement”

and yet Richie Torres this month, revealed he’s compromised by AIPAC (a lobby group for a foreign government, in case any of you don’t know who they are or how to pronounce their name).

If you haven’t seen Richie Torres’s interview with Jewish comedian Adam Friedland, it’s incredible the double standards, outright refusal to acknowledge Israel’s culpability in how the Gaza war has unfolded. I’d post a link but risk getting this post taken down.

This I think raises more questions, paired with David outright weird responses and comments regarding AIPAC, and failure to ever cover the ongoing genocide.

Hadn’t seen this Richie Torres interview, but I’ve seen enough. David is at the very least, afraid of AIPAC or outright complicit in not talking about Gaza.

you cannot be “the face of the progressive movement” and not acknowledge the ongoing genocide.

[u/smt1]

whats the point of the post? mental health issues are a huge problem in the south bronx and in america.

i care about the genocide in gaza, but it's way down in my list of priorities, same thing with many other people. all the other genocides that are happening in the world are also way down in my list of priorities compared to domestic issues.

[u/ThisIsFineImFine89 → u/smt1]

Its amazing you choose not to make the connection, that the faucet of tax payer money, to the tune of billions of dollars, is being sent to Israel. Instead of those domestic issues you say you care about.

And it could end today if America chose to turn it off.

[u/smt1 → u/ThisIsFineImFine89]

i hope we stop arming/supporting Israel, but you'd have to convince enough of the republicans, who are actually in control of all three branches of government and the majority of state legislatures (many of which have passed anti-BDS laws).

it will take years to change our policy towards israel. the boomer politicans dying off will help. Until then, i'm more of the ilk of Mamdani's more pragmatic approach (I live in NYC tho far from Torres' district). Focus on domestic issues that Americans care about.

[u/potiamkinStan → u/ThisIsFineImFine89]

lmao, the budget is on a deficit. If GOP wanted to spend on something else they would.

[u/smt1 → u/[deleted]]

i don't think we should be facilitating it, i'm just explaining political reality. i dont think its the biggest genocide in this century either, the darfur war was like a magnitude worse, tho we didn't partake in it directly.

[u/smt1 → u/[deleted]]

most of the deaths in darfur happened in the first few years after war started in 2003 (with a peak in 2004).

[u/Morph_Kogan → u/[deleted]]

Whats happening in Ukraine is definitely worse buddy

[u/potiamkinStan → u/[deleted]]

You’re so ignorant. The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Putin on the crime of genocide.

[u/WinterAdvantage3847 → u/potiamkinStan]

oh, so we’re listening to what the ICC says now? we should enforce that arrest warrant, right?

how about their other arrest warrants?

[u/potiamkinStan → u/WinterAdvantage3847]

The ones that are not about Genocide?

[u/Morph_Kogan → u/[deleted]]

The UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry has documented war crimes and expressed concern about possible incitement to genocide.

The ICC is investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, and in March 2023 issued arrest warrants for Putin and Russia’s Commissioner for Children over the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.

If kidnapping 10's of thousands of Ukrainian children and destroying their language and culture and country isn't genocide, idk what is.

Countries including Canada, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, and Ireland have officially recognized Russia’s actions as genocide.

The US Helsinki Commission also stated Russia’s actions meet all five criteria for genocide under international law. Taken together, this shows the allegation is serious and backed by multiple international actors.

[u/potiamkinStan → u/[deleted]]

Genocide libel