Horrible people. They above everyone deserve Trump.
Yup, at this point that might be true.
But overall it's just exemplary for the spirit of our time, that complicated issues and conflicts are seen through a black or white lense. Especially in this conflict there's a lot of grey. Unfortunately society seems to have increasing difficulty to form a more balanced opinion. I can understand such a mindset with regard to Ukraine, where you have a clear right vw. wrong side, this conflict though is much more complex.
This 100%. This is it summed up. Unfortunately this issue has become a completely black and white issue for these people, when it's much more complex than the 'Genocide Joe' people (and the right-wing Israel people as well) want to admit.
We've witnessed this pattern at all fronts over the last couple of years. It's not just the Israel-Gaza conflict. The same was true with regard to Covid, you were either an "authoritarian Covid tyrant" or a complete "anti-lockdown lunatic". These sentiments were predominantly driven by the loudest and most radical voices on social media and influenced the minds of millions. We're also seeing this on several cultural issues, like BLM, abortion, law enforcement or immigration.
An accurate analysis of this development would be enough for an entire doctorate or 2k page academic study; my own theory is that the increasing complexity of the world (globalization, technical advances, cultural exchanges, digitalization, industries coming and going etc.) has just blown people's minds and evoked a deep seated demand for easy solutions and simple black/white thinking on complex problems. Populist political candidates and movements are masterminds in exploiting these demands and translate them into electoral success. On top of that, traditional political parties and mainstream governments have largely failed to effectively counter these narratives. Maybe in some cases because people no longer listen to them and have little faith in institutions as such anyway.
