• Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    After AOC voted present rather than no on a 1B USD funding bill for Israel’s iron dome:

    According to the congresswoman, “In the macro of national impact, I probably should have gone with my values - which would be to vote ‘No’ - but in the micro, I do believe this created a window in our community to bring all folks to the table.”

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      7 months ago

      Maybe I have something like schizophasia or whatever that is, but this sentence itself without translation to normal language already read wild.

      In general I probably shouldn’t have participated in holding that guy with my buddies while other buddies kick him until he’s dead, but in specifics I think this is a positive thing that we’ve done it together.