President Biden vowed on Monday to veto a House Republican bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel, calling it a “cynical political maneuver” intended to hurt the chances of passage for broader legislation that would provide money for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the U.S. border.

House Republicans fiercely oppose the larger bill, which was unveiled by a small, bipartisan group of senators over the weekend. It calls for $118.3 billion in spending and would overhaul some of the nation’s immigration laws to deal with recent surges of migrants at the southern border.

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  • EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    This is the same type of argument I come across when debating against COVID disinformation and climate change: politicians and/or scientists were wrong/exaggerated some things in the past, so that gives me the right to reject the facts now.

    When were really hate a group of people, usually the reason is that we are much more like them than we are willing to admit.

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      9 months ago

      Ive given the GOP rhetoric plenty of tine to simmer. I was born and raised in it.

      It’s bullshit. It’s a pyramid scheme cult.

      No matter what the words ssay, the agenda is unchanged.

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        9 months ago

        Okay you reject their worldview. What does this have to do with my point?

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          9 months ago

          You claimed the reason we don’t trust them now is hate, hate that blinds us.

          My point is the reason we don’t trust them is historical evidence.

          • EatATaco@lemm.ee
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            9 months ago

            You claimed the reason we don’t trust them now is hate, hate that blinds us.

            No I didn’t. I said that when we hate a group of people it’s usually because we are more like them then we are willing to admit.

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                    9 months ago

                    I’m just dogpiling

                    In the other post you are telling me I’m just parroting. . .and here you’re talking about how you’re just following the herd around. Hilarious. You think you see yourself in me, but it’s really just yourself you hate.

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        9 months ago

        The scale is inconsequential when it comes to ignoring facts because you believe someone lied to you in the past. The fact that this needs to be explained is kind of embarrassing.

        • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Scale, context and nuance is absolutely everything, thinking in absolutist black and white terms makes you a child that just parrots without an ounce of critical thought, assuming that statements that are applicable to some situations are right for other situations, this is self-evident to everyone here except you, hence you’re getting clowned on.

          Hope that explains it!