More like pandering to the right.



>One of the weirdest political dynamics of the 21st century is
>the thorough marginalization of the anti-war movement.
>
>The folks who were ready to publicly, actively take to the
>streets and decry US military activity have been right about
>basically everything for more than fifty years now. And
>somehow we moved past the part where we go "those guys were
>right about Vietnam and right about Afghanistan and right
>about Iraq twice so maybe we should listen to them" and just
>take it for granted that those, past wars might have been
>disasters but the next one, well, that's probably going to go
>fine.
>
>Instead, they've been characterized as insane hippies
>disconnected from apparently quite complex global realities
>that absolutely morally require that we use robots to blow up
>wedding parties.
>
>I don't even like Gabbard that much, but the way she's
>maintained a national profile is through a pretty unusual act
>of political courage. If you don't think that's true, try to
>remember the last time you saw somebody on cable news take a
>firm position against war in general. It's incredibly rare
>because that conversation has been hijacked by the SERIOUS
>THINKERS who understand things that us idiots don't.

You cherry picking, Tulsi is called out because of her right wing pandering.