It’s very understandable to handwave it away and dismiss it,

I very much disagree. Handwaving it and dismissing it misses the entire point of why deliberately murdering civilians is bad.

but yeah, we should just briefly accept that violence against innocent people is wrong and immediately turn it back to Israel, who, by far, hurt and kill way more innocent people than Hamas ever could.

I don’t know about ‘ever could’ - if the IDF was entirely incompetent instead of just vile, I wouldn’t trust Hamas not to simply play this card in reverse. Their long history of antisemitism remains… suspect. On top of being theocratic loons.

But that’s why Israel supported Hamas to undermine Fatah. Much easier target for Israeli PR.

Welp, looks like he started the whole thing off an old comment he found. He was looking for a fight by directly going with the most controversial statement he could find.

That’s not even the most controversial statement in the thread, man.

From my point of view, Israel is waging war on civilians mostly. Hamas is a non issue that can only deal the damage Israel let’s them.

I would agree. I would go so far as to say that calling it war is generous. It’s nothing more than a genocide. Hamas isn’t much more than a cat’s paw for Israeli domestic politics - which makes the defense of their targeting of civilians (something both morally abhorrent and without significant gain for the Palestinian people) all the more ridiculous. At least, ridiculous from an anti-Zionist point of view.

Terrorist groups can’t be defended, but they can’t be used as justification for wholesale slaughter of a civilian population either. That’s the main issue that I think gets people riled up.

The main issue in the real world (thankfully). Unfortunately, on the Fediverse, there’s a fairly large contingent of folk who think that ethnic cleansing is Good, Actually, if it’s pointed towards Israelis.

Thanks for the link.

np

Not sure about when it was recognized that the Peninsula was a boot, but it was drawn as such in maps derived from 2nd century AD originals, and high heels became popular in the 17th century AD amongst male nobility who wanted to emphasize their height, status, and the resulting fact that they needed to do nothing requiring practical movement.

I’m betting we’re about to see the Venezuelan political pendulum swing with the impertus of a howitzer shell towards fascism.

Implying it’s not already fascist?

I’ve seen you around and have a vaguely positive association with your username, take that as you will

Unexpected!

I recognize you!

I recognize you!

I know you for being both conscientious and fun 🙏

Also for having interesting experiences to share (though, as you note, everyone is a dog on the internet, dog)

Like seeing you around, can confirm; do like you for being here

Romepost Romepost

Damn, really removing all excuses for me not to edit the photo? Fine, I’ll open up paint real quick, but this is basically slave-driving, I’ll have you know

Just a meme scavenger, sir, doing my best to be entertaining!

I searched for a version with the text not cut off, but I couldn’t find it, which meant my only alternative was to change it myself.

That sounded too much like work

That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. OnlyFans as-is struggles with accountability, appropriate age, and verifiable consent. Imagine that with a decentralized system of enforcement and accountability.

Yeah, don’t fucking come here. Not now, not in the future. We can’t be trusted again for a very long time - longer than just an election or two.

Fantastic idea, I hope it becomes mainstream. I’ve been meaning to try plant-based meat alternatives for a while, for environmental reasons.

We can’t expect God to do all the cooming

Crossposted!

You’re the truest example of a scratched liberal.

Because I take the “democratic” in “democratic socialism” seriously?

You’re sitting here quite literally simping for an attempt to coup a government instead of participating in democracy, explicitly along the lines of an authoritarian government which had overthrown leftists in Russia.

Sorry for believing in democracy, I understand that your curious form of ‘anarchism’ apparently thinks that the Vanguard Party knows what’s best for the unwashed masses, and must impose that will by force upon them.

The People’s Hierarchy!