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Israel/Palestine

bluestateguy

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2. I remember going to an anti-Iraq war protest in 2004

Reply to shira (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 09:06 PM

Jun 2016

At least that's what I thought it was; that's what it was advertised as being. Instead, it was a mixed stew of anti-Iraq War, anti-Israel, pro-choice, pro-labor, pro-LGBT, pro-environment and animal rights (animal rights?) demonstrators.

The Left tends to want to link every cause together, even when the connections are bizarre and non-existent.

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Wow, Marc Lamont Hill drank the anti-Israel Kool-Aid [View all] shira Jun 2016 OP

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I remember going to an anti-Iraq war protest in 2004 bluestateguy Jun 2016 #2

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