Siochain Gera Valia 🍉🕊️

I don’t get why Leftists are mad at Graham Platners treatment. Y’all started it with Kamala. People are just matching your energy! Is it cuz you know deep down you was acting foolish so seeing it happen to your candidate gets you irate? Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun huh?

Graham Platner: “If I had my way, elections would last two months, they would be publicly funded, and if a billionaire looked at a TV ad the wrong way we’d put ‘em in jail.”

I met Ben once. We were seated at the same dinner table. At first, we did not recognise each other. Neither of us had any idea we would end up at the same table. I asked him where I knew him from. He replied, “Ben, from Ben & Jerry’s.” I smiled and said, “Nice to meet you. I’m Alex, Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern United States.” This was at the height of the Ben & Jerry’s Israel controversy. I decided not to raise politics, out of respect for our gracious host. But I was also biding my time, because I suspected he would not be able to resist bringing it up. About an hour into dinner, he came over to talk. I saw it as an opportunity to understand where he was coming from, to explain a few things, and to keep the conversation as civil as possible. And to be fair, it was civil. He was pleasant, curious, and polite. But quite quickly, I also realised he was completely ignorant about Israel. He had never visited the country or the region. He had basic facts wrong, not only about the narrative, but about the foundations of the conflict itself: the makeup of the countries involved, the history, and the deeply rooted reasons each side sees the conflict the way it does. For him, it was simple: there are people who appear oppressed, so someone must be the oppressor. I do not blame Ben personally. He is a businessman who sells ice cream. Why should he be expected to understand Israel, the Middle East, or geopolitics? The real problem is with those who treat him as an authority. The media gives him a pedestal to speak about issues he clearly does not understand. And that is the absurdity of it all: taking an ice cream salesman and presenting him as a voice of moral clarity on one of the most complex conflicts in the world.