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Post by greenleafone7 »

dgellow wrote: post #317
greenleafone7 wrote: post #141

What is weird in all of this is why is the US obsessed with israel so much exactly! Was it a random choice; did they had a random number generator pick it? Why are they not going to such lengths for other random countries in the opposite side of the world for example? And if an official's number one priority is not the people that pay him and have granted him his power, should he be in that position? The US is turnin…

> The US is turning into a planetary joke We are way past the point where we have to use the present continuous tense

I maintain hope

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Post by mmooss »

onemoresoop wrote: post #313
mmooss wrote: post #297

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There's nothing weird about a religious ritual in a religious setting. > not a medically licensed > hire a doctor and do it in sanitary conditions. Most procedures are done at home by unlicensed people (e.g., family, home healthcare aids). The people who perform circumcisions are trained, experienced, and, afaik, licensed. There's no crisis of bad health outcomes. It's a non-issue created by anti-semites to attack Ju…

I think some religious rituals are weird as hell and are better of relegated to the past or at least asapted to the present. Female mutilation is atrocious, male circumcision is similar but not as debilitating to the non consenting subject. Move the age of the procedure to a consenting age and nobody will give a damn. But wait, why put in danger the practice since young adults may refuse to do it? Better put the head…

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Post by vrganj »

sequoia wrote: post #229
vrganj wrote: post #159

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* AIPAC is one of the biggest donors to US political campaigns. * Entanglement of tech industries * Israel serves as an outpost of US imperialism in the Middle East. * Shared understanding with fellow Settler-Colonialist state * On a related note, it's a country with a big white-reading population in a mostly brown neighborhood. * Evangelicals believe Israel is where the battle that rings in the Second Coming will ha…

People think AIPAC is some all powerful unique lobbying group, in fact they're not even in the top 10 major lobbyists. Did you know SpaceX gave 5x as much as AIPAC in 2024? AIPAC was also outspent by Coinbase, by Ripple, and several other companies[0]. And this "18th largest lobbyist" position is after a post-october-7 surge in spending. Pre-october-7 (2022) they were ranked forty sixth in terms of spending. Can you…

Maybe people focus on AIPAC because they have a problem with any or all of the other bullet points I mentioned that AIPAC supports and enables and that your whole long message never addressed?

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Post by greenavocado »

bigyabai wrote: post #291
viciousvoxel wrote: post #129

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Nowhere was Israel mentioned. Please stop with these antisemitic dogwhistle posts in this thread.

Do you even know who Jared Kushner is? He is basically conjoined at the hip with Israeli society: https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-son-in-laws-ties-to-isra...

Of course he knows. This is hasbara

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Post by godwinson__4-8 »

greenleafone7 wrote: post #321
godwinson__4-8 wrote: post #264

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The answer: Evangelical Christians The same reliable voting block that thinks the current president is basically the second coming despite the fact he is an obvious nihilist. They are obsessed with Israel for similarly delusional reasons. I have few things in agreement with Tucker Carlson. But the way he made Mike Huckabee or Ted Cruz squirm on basic questions about Israel was delightful. These people are motivated b…

From what I understand the 'current' leadership in Israel-even with how they behave-they are still the most left of all possible options. The ones that could come after it are even more extreme.

You are both misinformed and also correct.

It would be more accurate to say the current administration in Israel is only in power because it has entered into coalition with the far right. This does not make it "the most left of all possible options".

There are certainly more "mainstream" options available though I'm not sure calling them "left" would be accurate. However it is also true that the Israeli far right is not going anywhere and has only grown in power. It is not like they are a key part of the current government by accident. They may have more or less power in the future, who knows. For his part Netanyahu has embraced the far right because they were willing to support him even as he was being indicted by the courts. Recall the protests against the government in Tel Aviv not that long ago [1]. In this way he really is like Trump, teaming up with right wing forces to hold the courts at bay for personal reward.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform_p...

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Post by jojobas »

surgical_fire wrote: post #59
jojobas wrote: post #47

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I don't think it qualifies you to judge the political spectrum in the UK as much as you think it does.

You realize it's a global publication with localized editions right?

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Post by jojobas »

kergonath wrote: post #119
jojobas wrote: post #49

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It might not be radical, but the spin is everywhere, whether they are talking about industry trends, current events or gardening.

No, it’s not everywhere. Reporting is fair and accurate.

Everything fitting the leftist agenda will be accurately reported and spun upon, anything not fitting will be ignored. On top of reporting, plenty of opinion matter will be delivered, making it hardly fair.

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Post by wpm »

mmooss wrote: post #332
onemoresoop wrote: post #313

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I think some religious rituals are weird as hell and are better of relegated to the past or at least asapted to the present. Female mutilation is atrocious, male circumcision is similar but not as debilitating to the non consenting subject. Move the age of the procedure to a consenting age and nobody will give a damn. But wait, why put in danger the practice since young adults may refuse to do it? Better put the head…

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Whose freedom are you talking about and to do what?

You seem like you are interested only in defending the parent's freedom to mutiliate their child's genitals, not the child;s right to not have parts of their flesh flayed off for no reason.

Do you not believe a child has a right to not have parts of their body removed for non-medical purposes without their consent?

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Post by darthwalsh »

gspr wrote: post #79
Aerroon wrote: post #18

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If you get trespassed then wouldn't the police get involved?

They weren't trespassing, they were invited! Aside: why do Americans always talk about trespassing as something that is done to the trespasser? Isn't trespassing the act itself? If I plant myself in your livingroom uninvited, then surely I am trespassing . Why do so many people instead say that I "get trespassed"?

Because it's a common phrase? Same as "get carded"?

English is flexible; almost any combination of words can start to have meaning.

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Post by efreak »

darthwalsh wrote: post #339
gspr wrote: post #79

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They weren't trespassing, they were invited! Aside: why do Americans always talk about trespassing as something that is done to the trespasser? Isn't trespassing the act itself? If I plant myself in your livingroom uninvited, then surely I am trespassing . Why do so many people instead say that I "get trespassed"?

Because it's a common phrase? Same as "get carded"? English is flexible; almost any combination of words can start to have meaning.

Tresspass is not a reflexive verb. It does not happen to you, rather it's an action you perform. Saying someone got trespassed is like saying you were driven when you go somewhere in your car, or that the door opened itself; you're taking the agency away from the person doing the trespassing and saying that they didn't actually do it themselves, but rather someone else did it/it something that happened to them.

This isn't a judgement on the article; it you don't want to say they were trespassing, then you should say it differently: they were _charged with_ or _accused of_ trespassing, etc.

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