As I was walking to the precinct, I was met by a candidate for Congress, specifically a Democrat candidate for the Congressional seat in my district. We were having a genial conversation until I saw the "Free Palestine" button on his shirt.
He pleaded with me that he was doing it for "humanitarian reasons", but I was having nothing of that. My response was "Hamas has nothing to do with humanity, they should be eradication from the earth. I know my history, and I've been to Dachau twice. I support Israel 100%, good day to you!"
Americans have no collective memory or cultural heritage. It is both a strength and weakness.
The same thing which allows us to (strength) change, adapt and grow, cut our losses is also what makes us (weakness) naive, unreliable, make stupid decisions if you look at it from a historical or cultural perspective.
Example: we can pivot from being highly negative and discriminatory, to affirming and subsidizing LGBTQIA within a 10 year time period, with every US politician slobbering all over the issue.
America is also a nation of extreme fads and trends with every politician jumping on these and riding them like a surfer.
What you end up with, is a moron US politician today wearing an idiotic button without him even truly understanding the issue. It simply looks/sounds cool today.