Congressional staff say the mood inside the Capitol is tense, stifling and bewildering as members brush off their constituents’ outrage.

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    1 year ago

    I think this response is why there’s so little productive dialogue out there. Everybody is too deeply entrenched.

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      No, this is very productive… more and more people in the world are seeing the monstrosity the west has created in Israel - even USians are waking up to it.

      You’re not bemoaning a lack of “productivity” - you are bemoaning the fact that the propaganda shielding Israel which has been preventing “productivity” for the last seventy years is starting to implode.

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            I know that the “United States of America” is the only country with the word “America” in its name. I know that the “United Mexican States” also has the words “united” and states" in its name – are Mexicans “USians” too?

            I know that most Mexicans, by default, refer to people from the United States as “Americanos.” I know that most Canadians are quite happy not to be confused with the “Americans” from south of their border.

            I know that people from the United States of America have been referred to as “Americans” for over 200 years. I know that when someone makes it a point to start calling someone else by a different name than the one that’s preferred, that person is usually pushing some outside agenda and should not be taken seriously in the conversation at-hand.

            TL;DR: What does any of this have to do with your point about Israel and Gaza?

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              Mexicans, by default, refer to people from the United States as “Americanos.”

              Oh, I’ve heard them refer to you by plenty of terms.

              America have been referred to as “Americans” for over 200 years

              By whom? Your fellow colonialists? Lol!

              What does any of this have to do with your point about Israel and Gaza?

              You’re the one that went on this little tangent because somebody referred to you by a term you don’t approve of, USian - you tell me?

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                  Yet you still don’t seem to understand why a serious person

                  If I run into a serious person I’ll ask them about it.