I'm 62 and agree with everything that the young people in this article said.
Manny people who support Kennedy are able to see past the cloud of propaganda that the media has been blowing into our faces like a smoke screen for decades, obfuscating the truth.
The cause of many of our nation's ills can be triangulated to the corporate capture of:
1) regulatory agencies
2) elected officials and
3) corporate media.
We're living in neo feudalism which is quickly dividing the nation economically into 2 levels of society -- the Royalty and the Plebes, as the Middle Class that I grew up in shrinks. All due to corporate takeover of our decision makers and rulers.
Bobby has been a breath of fresh air for this former Democrat. He is especially equipped to begin to dismantle this mess since his position in the powerful Kennedy clan has made him since birth a part the elites. He will be our Trojan Horse in Washington.
Excellent post! It precisely elucidates most of the reasons why Im energized to vote for the first time in my life. Witnessing a Kennedy/Shanahan win will forever change my perspective on the power of social media and truth in this amazing but politically corrupted country 🇺🇲
I am a baby boomer to, and this article was so inspiring and well written. That young person should turn it into her professor she would get an A+, and if her professor was not for Kennedy, he would be after he read this! If this word can spread, we will have another President Kennedy!
Here's the bad news for Kennedy from the Harvard Youth Poll the author cites:
"When young Americans are asked whether or not they believe Israel's response so far to the October 7 attack by Hamas has been justified, a plurality indicates that they don't know (45%). About a fifth (21%) report that Israel's response was justified with 32% believing it was not justified. Across most subgroups, more young Americans say the actions of the Israeli government were unjustified than justified. Republicans see Israel's actions as justified (36% justified, 16% not justified), while Democrats (14% justified, 44% not justified) and independents (19% justified, 30% not justified) feel the opposite is true.
* * *
"Asked whether or not they sympathize with various groups involved in the war, we found that majorities of young Americans hold sympathy for the Israeli (52% sympathize) and the Palestinian people (56% sympathize), while they have far less sympathy for their governments (29% sympathize with the Israeli government; 32% with the Palestinian government). "
It looks like Kennedy's gung-ho support for Israel who can do no wrong, while Palestinians can do no right, does not cut it with young people, as it does not with old people either, such as Dennis Kucinich. It certainly took the wind out of my sails for Kennedy and I'm older than Kucinich.
Ethnic cleansing by Israel is Kennedy's blind spot. JFK didn't support it. On the contrary, he supported the right of Palestinians to return to their homes after their "cleansing" in 1948, just as the UN Mediator Folke Bernadotte recommended before he was assassinated by Israel. A lesson to be learned? They do mean business.
There is no issue which is more nuanced and more sensitive than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is also no other candidate who is actively working with Israelis and Palestinians to permanently solve the issue and end the war with a permanent peace - not merely one more ceasefire, like the ones going back over 80 years.
Like with every issue, Robert F Kennedy Jr. takes the time and effort to understand an issue, get personally involved, and explain it in great detail and with humanity and compassion. His conversations with Palestinians and Israelis through his "Path To Peace" audio podcasts are an example of this:
I have to take issue with your view of Kennedy on the Israel-Palestine conflict, though I sincerely wish you were right and I wrong. Alas, his bias is plain from the start and he even admits it. This bias appears to be based on a view of the conflict as one between Israeli security and Palestinian response, rather than a matter of human rights. This framing favors Israel with a right to defend itself against resistance, which is then branded as terrorism and refusal to negotiate. This framing also normalizes the advantage Israel gets from its every act of aggression ("defense" in the Israeli security lexicon) so that Israel's illegal gain becomes the new starting point for negotiation.
Since there's no looking back in this framework, it doesn't start with the seedbed of all the violence, namely, the first occupation of Palestine for the purpose of building the state of the Jews (der Judenstaat). The acquisition of land by force for this purpose is the original crime and it continues to this day. Therefore the solution to the conflict is not "nuanced," as Glenn says. It's simple and perfectly obvious: stop committing the crime.
Today (July 19), the International Court of Justice told Israel this very requirement, stop committing the crime. The court held that the entirety of Israeli's occupation from the Six Day War on is illegal. It recognized Palestinians' right of return and self-determination, and ordered Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and to pay reparations. A galvanizing decision.
That's the moral solution and it's based on human rights, not Israel's security. Once you start with Israel's security as the issue, you're one step from "Israel has a right to exist" and "Israel has a right to defend itself." Does a rapist have a right to defend himself? Hell no. Does he have a right to exist? Not as a rapist.
It's too bad Kennedy doesn't ask himself what would JFK do to resolve this conflict. JFK worked (some say died) for disarmament, not just nuclear disarmament but complete disarmament. He supported a Palestinian right of return or compensation if return was not chosen or possible (just like today's ICJ ruling). JFK was an advocate for the self-determination of colonized peoples. All that would be a good framework for a solution. I wish Kennedy would go there.
Meanwhile, our response to hot rhetoric may be overblown. "From the river to the sea Palestine must be free" doesn't mean just kill every Jew there. It's perfectly compatible with a one-state solution, which many good minds advocate. Same for those who say the state of Israel should not exist. By the way, many religious Jews and rabbis hold this view. Remember when Khrushchev told America "We will bury you"? We went nuts but this was just a Russian way of saying we will outlive you, i.e. communism will outlast capitalism. Speaking of JFK and Khrushchev, I wish we had the likes of these two opposed leaders negotiating an end to this conflict, not to mention Ukraine.
I think , like many issues, the people are focused on the symptom and not the source of the disease. Kennedy has openly said he’s all for the killing Palestinians. He said it’s all tragic. But he is focused on remedying the cause of all these wars and America’s role in them. That’s the message that should be spotlighted. Why do people miss this? Because they don’t take the whole picture in and listen to all the info. It requires an attention span. They are being driven by truncated media clips that spin the narrative whatever direction is beneficial for them.
Wake Up folks! Kennedy wants peace and knows how to achieve it! 🇺🇸 And he also knows we have to start all our healing here at home, Not in other countries with other countries century old problems.
Like with every issue, Robert F Kennedy Jr. takes the time and effort to understand an issue, get personally involved, and explain it in great detail and with humanity and compassion. His conversations with Palestinians and Israelis through his "Path To Peace" audio podcasts are an example of this:
I 100% agree. People want it to be black and white. That’s unrealistic. And these politicians feed into that. Bobby is the candidate I’ve heard attempt to look at it from angles and form an opinion that isn’t pro or con really. I’d call it fluid and humane for both sides. His series Path to Peace is fantastic conversation and very informative.
Are we so media driven that we are going to overlook the genocide currently taking place in our own country in favor of genocide occurring in foreign countries? Because I am pretty sure that is the intent of the Globalist controlled media.
"Targeted Justice files $1.3 Billion lawsuit against the DOJ, FBI, & DHS"
I'm old enough to know why the CIA needs to be terminated with extreme prejudice on a permanent basis.
"I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo." - Pres. Harry S. Truman
I spoke highly of Bobby to many people over the last year. The "leaked" video is now concerning to all of them. I touted his campaign as being transparent and that he would really help this country. I am all for him working with Trump if that is what is best for the future- but I am beyond disappointed by him not speaking to us - via a podcast with an interviewer to come clean about what happened. Whether it was his son that did it without his knowledge or not- it happened. His campaign is all about being honest and straight forward but I don't know now that he is about the truth, and unfortunately, the work I did trying to get people to listen to him was all for naught. Come on Bobby- you held yourself up and we need to hear from you what the heck is going on.
He did acknowledge it and he felt horrible about it. We can’t even call it a leak. It was def deliberate by Bobby 3. I can’t see him bashing his son publicly. I’m sure tempers flared like crazy for that convo 🫣 but I thought his tweet summed it up. It happened. He can’t undo. All he can do is apologize and move forward. I’m hoping JK gets some more info in HP this next week.
Brava. As a baby boomer and professor I read the above article and thought how terrific this young American is a critical thinker. Now
let’s get all the Boomers on board and make a Kennedy president. Yes we can!!!!
Yesss! 100%👍
Totally agree!
I'm 62 and agree with everything that the young people in this article said.
Manny people who support Kennedy are able to see past the cloud of propaganda that the media has been blowing into our faces like a smoke screen for decades, obfuscating the truth.
The cause of many of our nation's ills can be triangulated to the corporate capture of:
1) regulatory agencies
2) elected officials and
3) corporate media.
We're living in neo feudalism which is quickly dividing the nation economically into 2 levels of society -- the Royalty and the Plebes, as the Middle Class that I grew up in shrinks. All due to corporate takeover of our decision makers and rulers.
Bobby has been a breath of fresh air for this former Democrat. He is especially equipped to begin to dismantle this mess since his position in the powerful Kennedy clan has made him since birth a part the elites. He will be our Trojan Horse in Washington.
I'm 63 and I do too!
Likewise, very well written, Carrie!
Excellent post! It precisely elucidates most of the reasons why Im energized to vote for the first time in my life. Witnessing a Kennedy/Shanahan win will forever change my perspective on the power of social media and truth in this amazing but politically corrupted country 🇺🇲
This is an insight-rich, meticulously written piece. Merci!!
I am a baby boomer to, and this article was so inspiring and well written. That young person should turn it into her professor she would get an A+, and if her professor was not for Kennedy, he would be after he read this! If this word can spread, we will have another President Kennedy!
Here's the bad news for Kennedy from the Harvard Youth Poll the author cites:
"When young Americans are asked whether or not they believe Israel's response so far to the October 7 attack by Hamas has been justified, a plurality indicates that they don't know (45%). About a fifth (21%) report that Israel's response was justified with 32% believing it was not justified. Across most subgroups, more young Americans say the actions of the Israeli government were unjustified than justified. Republicans see Israel's actions as justified (36% justified, 16% not justified), while Democrats (14% justified, 44% not justified) and independents (19% justified, 30% not justified) feel the opposite is true.
* * *
"Asked whether or not they sympathize with various groups involved in the war, we found that majorities of young Americans hold sympathy for the Israeli (52% sympathize) and the Palestinian people (56% sympathize), while they have far less sympathy for their governments (29% sympathize with the Israeli government; 32% with the Palestinian government). "
It looks like Kennedy's gung-ho support for Israel who can do no wrong, while Palestinians can do no right, does not cut it with young people, as it does not with old people either, such as Dennis Kucinich. It certainly took the wind out of my sails for Kennedy and I'm older than Kucinich.
Ethnic cleansing by Israel is Kennedy's blind spot. JFK didn't support it. On the contrary, he supported the right of Palestinians to return to their homes after their "cleansing" in 1948, just as the UN Mediator Folke Bernadotte recommended before he was assassinated by Israel. A lesson to be learned? They do mean business.
There is no issue which is more nuanced and more sensitive than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is also no other candidate who is actively working with Israelis and Palestinians to permanently solve the issue and end the war with a permanent peace - not merely one more ceasefire, like the ones going back over 80 years.
Like with every issue, Robert F Kennedy Jr. takes the time and effort to understand an issue, get personally involved, and explain it in great detail and with humanity and compassion. His conversations with Palestinians and Israelis through his "Path To Peace" audio podcasts are an example of this:
Path To Peace - Episode One: https://youtu.be/HwRUfFxHnoE
Path To Peace - Episode Two: https://youtu.be/p3qNrAItcpw?si=NE2ass08jkLSjJ0d
I have to take issue with your view of Kennedy on the Israel-Palestine conflict, though I sincerely wish you were right and I wrong. Alas, his bias is plain from the start and he even admits it. This bias appears to be based on a view of the conflict as one between Israeli security and Palestinian response, rather than a matter of human rights. This framing favors Israel with a right to defend itself against resistance, which is then branded as terrorism and refusal to negotiate. This framing also normalizes the advantage Israel gets from its every act of aggression ("defense" in the Israeli security lexicon) so that Israel's illegal gain becomes the new starting point for negotiation.
Since there's no looking back in this framework, it doesn't start with the seedbed of all the violence, namely, the first occupation of Palestine for the purpose of building the state of the Jews (der Judenstaat). The acquisition of land by force for this purpose is the original crime and it continues to this day. Therefore the solution to the conflict is not "nuanced," as Glenn says. It's simple and perfectly obvious: stop committing the crime.
Today (July 19), the International Court of Justice told Israel this very requirement, stop committing the crime. The court held that the entirety of Israeli's occupation from the Six Day War on is illegal. It recognized Palestinians' right of return and self-determination, and ordered Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and to pay reparations. A galvanizing decision.
That's the moral solution and it's based on human rights, not Israel's security. Once you start with Israel's security as the issue, you're one step from "Israel has a right to exist" and "Israel has a right to defend itself." Does a rapist have a right to defend himself? Hell no. Does he have a right to exist? Not as a rapist.
It's too bad Kennedy doesn't ask himself what would JFK do to resolve this conflict. JFK worked (some say died) for disarmament, not just nuclear disarmament but complete disarmament. He supported a Palestinian right of return or compensation if return was not chosen or possible (just like today's ICJ ruling). JFK was an advocate for the self-determination of colonized peoples. All that would be a good framework for a solution. I wish Kennedy would go there.
Meanwhile, our response to hot rhetoric may be overblown. "From the river to the sea Palestine must be free" doesn't mean just kill every Jew there. It's perfectly compatible with a one-state solution, which many good minds advocate. Same for those who say the state of Israel should not exist. By the way, many religious Jews and rabbis hold this view. Remember when Khrushchev told America "We will bury you"? We went nuts but this was just a Russian way of saying we will outlive you, i.e. communism will outlast capitalism. Speaking of JFK and Khrushchev, I wish we had the likes of these two opposed leaders negotiating an end to this conflict, not to mention Ukraine.
I think , like many issues, the people are focused on the symptom and not the source of the disease. Kennedy has openly said he’s all for the killing Palestinians. He said it’s all tragic. But he is focused on remedying the cause of all these wars and America’s role in them. That’s the message that should be spotlighted. Why do people miss this? Because they don’t take the whole picture in and listen to all the info. It requires an attention span. They are being driven by truncated media clips that spin the narrative whatever direction is beneficial for them.
Wake Up folks! Kennedy wants peace and knows how to achieve it! 🇺🇸 And he also knows we have to start all our healing here at home, Not in other countries with other countries century old problems.
He has never said ‘I’m all for killing Palestinians.’ He’s for the total destruction of Hamas.
I think Alec meant to say “against” the killing.
Yes, thank you. My brain goes faster than my thumbs 😂😂
Like with every issue, Robert F Kennedy Jr. takes the time and effort to understand an issue, get personally involved, and explain it in great detail and with humanity and compassion. His conversations with Palestinians and Israelis through his "Path To Peace" audio podcasts are an example of this:
Path To Peace - Episode One: https://youtu.be/HwRUfFxHnoE
Path To Peace - Episode Two: https://youtu.be/p3qNrAItcpw?si=NE2ass08jkLSjJ0d
I 100% agree. People want it to be black and white. That’s unrealistic. And these politicians feed into that. Bobby is the candidate I’ve heard attempt to look at it from angles and form an opinion that isn’t pro or con really. I’d call it fluid and humane for both sides. His series Path to Peace is fantastic conversation and very informative.
Are we so media driven that we are going to overlook the genocide currently taking place in our own country in favor of genocide occurring in foreign countries? Because I am pretty sure that is the intent of the Globalist controlled media.
"Targeted Justice files $1.3 Billion lawsuit against the DOJ, FBI, & DHS"
https://rumble.com/v2ozrqs-targeted-justice-files-1.3-billion-lawsuit-against-the-doj-fbi-and-dhs.html
I'm old enough to know why the CIA needs to be terminated with extreme prejudice on a permanent basis.
"I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo." - Pres. Harry S. Truman
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/116719-i-never-would-have-agreed-to-the-formulation-of-the#:~:text=I%20never%20would%20have%20agreed%20to%20the%20formulation%20of%20the,would%20become%20the%20American%20Gestapo.
I’m 73.
Not only do I support RFK, I also will NEVER vote for a Uniparty candidate again for any position.
I spoke highly of Bobby to many people over the last year. The "leaked" video is now concerning to all of them. I touted his campaign as being transparent and that he would really help this country. I am all for him working with Trump if that is what is best for the future- but I am beyond disappointed by him not speaking to us - via a podcast with an interviewer to come clean about what happened. Whether it was his son that did it without his knowledge or not- it happened. His campaign is all about being honest and straight forward but I don't know now that he is about the truth, and unfortunately, the work I did trying to get people to listen to him was all for naught. Come on Bobby- you held yourself up and we need to hear from you what the heck is going on.
He did acknowledge it and he felt horrible about it. We can’t even call it a leak. It was def deliberate by Bobby 3. I can’t see him bashing his son publicly. I’m sure tempers flared like crazy for that convo 🫣 but I thought his tweet summed it up. It happened. He can’t undo. All he can do is apologize and move forward. I’m hoping JK gets some more info in HP this next week.
ALARMING – ALL indications are that Trump assassination was ordered:
https://rumble.com/v579890-trump-assassination-attempt-30-min-deep-dive-on-dhs-and-fbi-malfeasance-wnd.html
SAME players as J6 bombs planting – Trump Assassination Attempt - Strange Smoke Around DHS & FBI
https://rumble.com/v578rpv-trump-assassination-attempt-strange-smoke-around-dhs-and-fbi-w-chanel-rion.html