I examine why Tulsi Gabbard attracts such a special degree of loathing from across the political spectrumhttps://spectator.us/left-tulsi-gabbard/ …
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Replying to @mtracey
"Gabbard scrambles ideological assumptions" this is true in the sense that I was initially attracted to her when I believed her to be strong anti-war, until I started hearing/reading her opinions about her belief in the 'war on terror' just not outright regime change
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Replying to @FluorescentGrey @mtracey
would make the argument that this is partly why the right is so into her, she doesn't challenge any of *their* assumptions regarding their strong belief in the fundamental nature of the 'war on terror', she actually feeds into them.
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Replying to @FluorescentGrey @mtracey
of course this premise has become very convoluted in the sense that the primary (80% or more of) anti-Syrian intervention talk revolves around what level the CIA proxy forces are jihadist or not, its not Gabbard specifically who is warping the debate, she's been warped by it imo
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Replying to @FluorescentGrey @mtracey
escaping the snowstorm of johnny-come-lately Gabbard critiques here is an interesting one that makes several important points from Zaid Jilani from 2015. I have an extremely difficult time placing her in 'anti neocon' camp https://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/curious-islamophobic-politics-dem-congressmember-tulsi-gabbard …pic.twitter.com/gpmcXx2jwj
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Replying to @FluorescentGrey @mtracey
take away all the stuff about her being an Assad collaborator or a 'favorite of the right' and a lot of valid criticism remains about right-wing ideas about Islam baiting her into taking extremely problematic positions
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The "Assad collaborator" stuff is what I really wanted to focus on here, but you're right there are other aspects of her political sensibility that warrant legitimate scrutiny
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