Andrew Lawlor
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Andrea. You know nothing about me, or my views. You have read one comment and immediately labelled me an antisemite.
Try to hold more than one thought in your head.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
You make far too many assumptions. When did I use a slur?
I am well aware of the lofty origins of the Zionist movement. But extreme Zionists today are bent on the wholesale destruction of Palestine. Some of them are in government in Israel.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
It may be a moot ideology to you, but unspeakable crimes are being committed today in the name of Zionism.
Just as Communism was corrupted by human actors, Zionism is wielded as a shield for the slaughter of innocents.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
If Zionism has achieved its goal, why are self-proclaimed Zionists still conquering Palestinian land? Why are Zionists within the Israeli government wanting to remove all Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank?
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
Most 'isms' are a good idea - in theory.
In practice, however, human nature often corrupts the ideal.
This is as true of Zionism as it is of Communism or Socialism.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
That's incredibly accurate. But you misspelt Zionists.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
It is a hostage release plan.
In response to a journalist this week, Trump said he had no interest in phase two.
Netanyahu said this week that he had not agreed to Palestinian statehood.
The Good Friday Agreement took four years of negotiation.
This pile of horse shit was done in 4 weeks.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
Again, you are projecting onto me the views of others.
I simply pointed out that Trump's peace plan is a crock of shit. Your response is to make thinly veiled allegations of antisemitism.
You are not talking to "the people who want Israel to be ended."
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
You will struggle to find any evidence that I ever said that. I accept Israel's right to exist.
I also accept Palestine's right to exist.

One quarter of Israel's population is non-Jewish. They are no less Israeli than their Jewish fellow citizens. Being Jewish and being Israeli are different things
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
This is a peace plan. It runs to 36 pages - 35,000 words.

Trump's ceasefire plan consists of 21 bullet points. It was cobbled together in haste as part of his Nobel Peace Prize campaign and it will not hold. The US under Trump is an untrustworthy partner. Israel has always been so.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
Sinwar and the other top Hamas leaders had not yet been born when this war started.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
What this week shows is that if the US had stood up to Israel two years ago, this need never have happened.
Trump only turned when Netanyahu bombed his business partners in Qatar.
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He's too busy invading the United States!
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None, Nil, Zilch, Zero.
He will feel aggrieved, but that's just what comes of NOT ending seven wars (or is it 10, now.
I've lost count)
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
Watch Trump instantly lose interest in peace in Gaza & Ukraine as soon as he doesn't win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday

#speirgorm
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
Connolly won the first debate fairly handy. I think a lot of people had their first experience of her last Monday. She exudes genuine empathy and always has a firm grasp of her subject.
The other two were marooned at sea far too often and had to fall back on party soundbites.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
The way he breaks eye contact when he says he didn't see it is a sure sign that he has seen it.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
The Supreme Court is part of the Judiciary, which is one of the three branches of government.
The Senate and the House (Congress) make up one single branch - the Legislature
The third branch is the Executive - the Presidency.
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Dana was a household name and a huge cultural icon for the demographic that votes in Presidential Elections. Before the campaign few of that group knew of her deeply conservative Christian TV persona in the US. To them, she was a sweet 16 y/o Derry girl who won Eurovision in 1970.
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There are 234 Oireachtas members. 20 signatures represent the support of just 8.5% of the Oireachtas.
If your ultra-orthodox Christian beliefs don't command 8.5% support (or 11.5% of directly elected TDs) then you are part of a fringe movement.
The "will of the people" is not being blocked here.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
I'm left wondering why he thinks the UN gives a flying fuck about grocery prices in the US! 😕
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
There is not mass submission right now - simply mass apathy.
The vast majority of Americans (white middle class) remain largely unaffected by Trump's policies. A good proportion of those voted for Trunmp and think that what he's doing is wonderful.
andrewlawlormusic.bsky.social
If it's a boy, put a wine cork in the toilet and play a game of piss on the wine cork. He'll develop his aim and have fun. And the cork won't flush away!
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Americans are so weird.
First it's, "No kings!"
Then, "OMG, our president didn't bow down before the King!"
British royalty is the embodiment of all the evil that was done in their name for centuries. Nobody should show them deference.