@AlexThomp Firefighter here. Firefighters in the US are overwhelmingly conservative, their unions overwhelmingly liberal (politically). It's always bothered me. I've never taken seriously an endorsement from my union into consideration when I vote. Their endorsement is pure politics.
@jrigamonti Seeing innocent people get killed is wrong and awful, whomever they are. I struggle with coming up with a solution, since obviously Israel has to address this threat to their people, and Hamas lives and operates among innocent Palestinians. How do they do that without collateral
@jrigamonti I hear you, I am much the same (re: global events). But are the Jewish people not also an oppressed people group? Doesn't Hamas have, in it's very charter, genocidal language towards the Jews? It just struck me as odd to see you comment on one and not the other.
@jrigamonti So, I've seen you posting quite a bit about the awful things happening to Palestinians, but, unless I missed it, I haven't see you post anything about the awful things that happened to Israelis, including the attack on October 7. Is this on purpose?