W.J. Astore
Biden denounces violence, destruction, and hate, but only in America
President Biden read a short statement today in which he stated "order must prevail" across America. Sometimes squinting at the teleprompter and occasionally slurring his words, Biden said there's no place for violence, destruction, and hate in America. Apparently, there is a place for violence, destruction, and hate in Gaza, as his administration continues to send more bullets and bombs to Israel in its war of annihilation there, but no matter.
Follow this link for Biden's statement.
The best part of Biden's statement came at the end, when he was asked if student protests had changed his mind at all. "No," Biden replied.
Who says Joe Biden can't speak simply, clearly, and honestly?
Biden puts a premium on order in his short statement on campus protests
An important point I was reminded of as I read Helen Benedict at TomDispatch today is how campus protests and coverage of the same in the U.S. is being used to obscure ongoing mass death and suffering in Gaza. The mainstream media here loves a good domestic "law and order" issue featuring controversy and (limited) violence, but forget about honest coverage of massive destruction in Gaza and mass murder of Palestinians.
In sum, Biden has always been a law and order man, with an emphasis on order, boasting of using police and prisons for social control. So his stance today was totally predictable—and totally retrograde and unproductive.
Biden, who in 2018 confessed he had no empathy for youth today and their complaints about tough times, is certainly showing that he indeed has no empathy for them.
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