Not that this makes it right, and his views are clearly uninformed (or at least under informed), but he signed that letter like 5 days after the October 7th attack.
A month later he replied “same here” to a tweet saying “I’m pro-Palestinian AND vehemently anti-Hamas. I’m also pro-Israel AND vehemently anti-Netanyahu.”.
And several months later he tweeted “I fully support Gaza/Palestine. Despise Hamas.”
While I would prefer he take a more hard lined stance, and there’s a lot to be said about how taking a soft stance on a genocide might as well be the same as supporting it, I think it’s still fair to say he’s gone less “Dark Side” and more “Fall of the Rebublic era Jedi Master on the Council… uh… side”.
yeah, i want to be given grace for my views as i still had (and obviously have) some learning to do so i’m giving him the same. he seems to be heading the right direction. that is the best a person can hope for.
Yep, there is no shame in being wrong. Choosing not to learn on the other hand. The fact that he’s continuing to update his views as he learns more is the right action.
Not that this makes it right, and his views are clearly uninformed (or at least under informed), but he signed that letter like 5 days after the October 7th attack.
A month later he replied “same here” to a tweet saying “I’m pro-Palestinian AND vehemently anti-Hamas. I’m also pro-Israel AND vehemently anti-Netanyahu.”.
And several months later he tweeted “I fully support Gaza/Palestine. Despise Hamas.”
While I would prefer he take a more hard lined stance, and there’s a lot to be said about how taking a soft stance on a genocide might as well be the same as supporting it, I think it’s still fair to say he’s gone less “Dark Side” and more “Fall of the Rebublic era Jedi Master on the Council… uh… side”.
yeah, i want to be given grace for my views as i still had (and obviously have) some learning to do so i’m giving him the same. he seems to be heading the right direction. that is the best a person can hope for.
Yep, there is no shame in being wrong. Choosing not to learn on the other hand. The fact that he’s continuing to update his views as he learns more is the right action.
Right? Wrong but improving is way better than right but getting worse. Give it a few months, I know which one I’d rather have on my side.