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#Trump the #warmonger! #maga fell hook line and sinker for all his campaign lies about kamala starting #ww3. But this also falls on those awesome US non-voters who chose to sit the last presidential race out. Maybe someday you'll get that perfect unicorn candidate, guys!! Here's wishing! 🦄🌈💞
maybe one day your sorry party might win back the white house. or at least one chamber of congress. how many you be so politically incompetent to lose to this bag of shit?
Iranian official reportedly says fuel ships may not pass to #Europe through the Strait of #Hormuz
If #Iran carries out its threat to block oil tankers, the whole West will collapse within days. #EU will face an existential threat, but what else can the #Brussels puppets do when they have been subservient to the #US since 1945? They will suffer their fate...
These europeists morrons will enter in war against Iran for sure. The weakning of there positions by Russia in Ukraine will be fatal to them. They are weak, their population hate them. All the card castle is about to fall.
@bluevelvet321 i dont know about days. do the european powers not have oil reserves? but either way, yeah. if iran does this, they will just carpet bomb the country. i think they'll wait. for now, they will only keep hitting israel.
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@benda@kolektiva.social I think that all of that will go out of hand because some people of the middle east will use those events to take actions against the US bases; The level of hates after decades of genocides in the region, libya, syria, palestine, irak ... is tremendous. This will fuel a regional extension of the conflict.
Oil experts warn that oil could surge everywhere between $120 to $300 dollars per barrel if the Strait is shut down, totally destroy global energy markets.
Such high prices would put enormous pressure on the government of the orange fascist, who would probably push for a resolution of the conflict as soon as possible to stabilize the situation.
@Spartacus First such a blockade won't be tolerated, second, the US and Canada produce enough oil for their needs, it's just not the kind of oil our refineries are well suited to distill. No doubt energy prices will rise but the world will not grind to a halt.
If Iran mines the straits there is nothing the US can do. Second the US produces a lot of oil but is still in deficit. And if prices rise in the world market they will rise inside the US no matter how much oil they produce. It's just capitalism.
@Spartacus Sure there is, we have mine sweepers, and no doubt our satellites would spot them in the act and destroy the vessels involved. It's not like mines are a new technology that we have not encountered before.
@Spartacus I imagine pretty much the same way it did in ww II except there are some newer technologies. Besides that, Iran relies on it's oil revenues for most of it's income, they'd also sabotage their own shipping.
@nanook except we are no longer in WWII and the US is not the superpower it once was. IF it ever was, that is. Iran relies on oil revenues and can continue to ship oil to its largest buyer, China, even with the straits closed.
@Spartacus How do you suppose they are going to ship it? You think maybe they're going to go through the Caspian Sea and via Russia? or perhaps through Afghanistan or Pakistan? I don't think so. You think maybe they have mines that can tell an enemy ship from their own? I kind of doubt it.
Iran has no effective air force, we do. They have not much navy either. This war isn't good for anyone, what Trump did was no doubt foolhardy, but also largely theatrical, we know we did not put a serious dent in their program, that is obvious, they were warned ahead of time so they had time to move nuclear materials in advance, the centrifuges were too deep to be hurt.
I still believe the reason we still don't have a full list of Epstein's clients is because Trump is on the list and Mossad is behind the Epstein operation. NBC News footage from November 1992 showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a party in Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. (YouTube screen capture)November 3, 2024, 2:52 pm In audio clip from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein said he was once Trump’s ‘closest friend’ Ok, it's hard to find out whether Epstein himself was Jewish but he was in the banking industry before he got into the child sex industry and that industry is dominated by Jews, especially in New York which is where he was from.
So it is still my belief that Trump was blackmailed into this and dropped the bunker busters not because he had any real hope of penetrating a mountain but to make a show for Netanyahu. Does that make him a good guy? No the fact that he could participated in behavior that allowed him to be blackmailed is not good, but I think you'd find that true for the majority of congress.
But you and I can speculate all day, it really doesn't matter as it won't affect how history plays out. I'm hoping this does not continue to escalate into a war between US / China / and Russia. I think that is the real risk, not an oil shortage.
@nanook This is exactly what it means for Iran to have complete control of the strait. To control who passes through and who doesn't.
The laying of mines in the sea is done in a way that will leave a free passage known only to the one who laid the mines. It's been done all along But the biggest mistake you're making is thinking that those who are pursuing this - and any other - war care more about human lives than oil prices. Well, they don't.
@nanook Dude, it's underwater. I understand that you are projecting what you wish, it's just that the world outside the US doesn't work that way. Youbl are way behind on war technology for the last 20 years or more And at some point you have to deal with it
@Spartacus I've had the opportunity to see some of the satellite data. Even from 200 miles up, the resolution is so good I was able to read the license plates of cars in a parking lot in spite of the obtuse angle.
But as I've stated it is just speculation, history will play out however it does, and honestly I'd much rather it play out the way you think it is likely to than the way I fear it may because at least your way we'll still be around to witness it.
I just fear with a handful of countries, two of them having more than 5000 nukes each, there is the potential for this to go a lot further south than just an oil shortage.
At any rate, I see no reason to get so hung up on the details. I think we can both agree that what Trump did was bat shit crazy and also quite the opposite of what he promised while running. But the dead is done, all we can do now is wait and see where the dust settles.
@Spartacus When you use pronouns like "they" without qualifying whom "they" refers to, it makes it rather difficult to make sense of your sentence.
Look, I see no point to posturing, history will play out however it does. But I do not see the threat of oil shipping being impinged upon as significant compared to the threat of US/China/Russia nuclear war.
The story: US President Donald Trump says three key nuclear facilities in Iran have been “obliterated,” while threatening more strikes “if peace does not come quickly.” This comes as Amwaj.
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The US military has bombed multiple Iranian nuclear sites on the orders of President Trump, immediately putting tens of thousands of US military personnel in the region at risk of an Iranian retaliation which can then escalate to full-scale war.
This is yet another betrayal of the American people by yet another president who clearly does not have its national interests in mind. Even if it initially looks as if things are going well for this course of action, well, Iraq and Afghanistan looked pretty good too… at first.
Trump turning neoclown also implies that the USA will renew its military and financial support for Ukraine.
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The words Gordon speaks in “BYE BYE 25!” have begun to disappear under Trump’s agenda. Les mots que Gordon prononce dans « BYE BYE 25 ! » ont commencé à disparaître avec la politique de Trump.
If he would say the same when Biden, Obama, Clinton or any other Dem president did the exact same grossly unconstitutional strikes, maybe we believed him.
""President does not have the right!"" emotional Sanders slams Trump's 'grossly unconstitutional' #Iran strikes"
Katrin Göring-Eckardt will Maja T. besuchen, die wegen brutaler Gewalt gegen Rechtsextreme in Budapest im Gefängnis sitzt. Auch etliche andere Politiker wollen nach Ungarn reisen.
Jedenfalls weis ich, was wir in Zukunft weniger sehen: Weniger nakte Frauenhintern beim #Beach-Ball . Und das auch wegen Transvestiten, die sich als Frauen ausgeben. Ich wuerde mich schaemen, auf den Hintern eines Mannes geguckt zui haben, weil ich dachte, es sei' de einer Frau.
"Acabo de bombardejar il•legalment un altre estat sobirà, saltant-me qualsevol normativa internacional. He llençat un piló de BOMBES i els iranians s'han quedat grogui, hahaha. Ara és temps per a la pau."
Benjamín #Netanyahu ve finalmente recompensada toda una vida de esfuerzos: tras intentarlo con cuatro presidentes (sin éxito) finalmente #EEUU🇺🇸 ha bombardeado #Irán🇮🇷 por él.
No sé si somos conscientes de lo JODIDAMENTE grave que es esto. Es un presidente estadounidense bombardeando otro país contra el que no está en guerra sin ninguna excusa oficial y sin permiso del Congreso. Son dos países (#Israel🇮🇱 y EE UU) bombardeando instalaciones nucleares.
El presidente de EE UU informa de que los objetivos de los bombardeos fueron las bases de Fordow, Natanz e Isfahán: “No hay ejército en el mundo que podría haber hecho lo que hicimos esta noche”
Y, de nuevo, la única forma de que Irán deje de querer el arma nuclear es que haya un Gobierno que no la quiera. ¿Y quién no la va a querer después de lo que ha pasado hoy? ¿Qué otros países no la querrán?
es increíble... Siglo XXI y sigue la lucha de ego a pesar de saber cómo acaba. Esta gente tendría que ir al frente a "luchar" en vez de mandar a sus soldados, así seguro que se pensarían mejor cada paso
Alexei Pushkov, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's Information Policy Committee, said that the American Civil War has already begun, and that the United States has entered a latent, low-intensity civil war.
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#Zionist's interceptor missile blasts through 'settler's home after failing to stop #Iranian missiles' Colonialists are not safe either way. Get the fuck out
@ChuffMeister IAEA has officially stated for days that all of Iran's enriched uranium has been moved to an unknown location and they have no evidence that it may be If you mean that this is now official.
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The President can unilaterally decide to bomb another country's nuclear weapons program, but he can't deport illegals without a federal judge's approval
'The US relies heavily on secret intelligence from Pine Gap in Central Australia to identify targets for bombing in the Middle East or for drone attacks elsewhere, often resulting in the death of civilians.'
The war on Iran seeks "US global dominance" and to "weaken China", said Donald Trump's former national security advisor, General Michael Flynn. He admitted t...
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🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸The Iranians report in the media that enriched uranium was removed from nuclear centers long ago and in advance.
Actually, there is no new information here; just 2 days ago, IRGC General Rezai confirmed on TV that Iran, in anticipation of a war with Israel, had removed the most valuable materials from its nuclear facilities in advance.
I'm guessing not much damage was done. Surface damage. The fact that no radiation leakage detected would indicate also no nuclear material was hit, or wasn't there, as removed like you mentioned.
The bombastic blow hard speech by Trump was thuggish. I've noticed recently in his tweets that he uses the Alinskey method. This makes him no better than any communist Democrat.
Nothing done for America, it's been all Israel day one. Sorry i voted for him, I'm out, partyless and dismayed.
The retarded plan to open the border for 4 years is showing its true intent. The fruits that it bares are far more insidious and can breed false flags conducted by israel. Remember it was HIAS at the Darian Gap that was orienting and prepping Chinese, and other anti American terrorists for entry into the US.
To find the autopen was operated by AIPAC and neocons be no surprise. A sole purpose for rigging an election to install a retarded demented president losing his mind daily.
Hindsight is 20/20. It was the Hegelian dialectic of create the problem to provide the solution to accomplish the agenda: Setup a most horrible leadership of Biden directed by his Jewish administration. Then offer that dim witted black woman as the opposition.
The brainwashed masses are still chanting "Save our Democracy."
I am more resolute to never vote again, unless it could possibly be the last time. I highly doubt such a great candidate will ever be allowed on the ballot.
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I still think that without a direct involvement of china and russia the US bases of the middle east will be destroyed and the US empire will collapse .
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I wouldn't get involved with someone deeply religious. I'd consider someone religious if they were sufficiently wishy-washy about it, though, e.g. people who are christian and believe in it at least enough to not call themselves atheists or agnostics but don't really DO anything christian.
That's potentially included in wishy-washy christianity. The important part is how they act on it. Though it certainly mystifies me how you can believe in that stuff and then act as if it doesn't, but that's kinda how people roll in my parts ...
I'm an atheist. I dated a woman once who believed in spirits. I think she experienced night terrors among other things and interpreted them as supernatural phenomena. It didn't cause problems then but I was a lot younger and I think now I'm less tolerant of that sort of thing. But who knows - I was crazy about her so maybe if I meet a woman I'm crazy about like that again then I'll tolerate anything.
More recently I've dated people who believe in a vague sort of life after death but never someone who practiced any religion. I think I would immediately rule out practicing religious people if I were going through a list (as when dating online) but if I met someone in person, really liked her, and then found out she was religious then I'm not sure what I would do. It would definitely be off-putting.
The problem for me isn't the lifestyle differences but rather my impression that religious people are missing the point about the basic nature of existence, when it really should be obvious. It makes me feel like I'm patronizing them, because to be frank I don't tend to think of them as my intellectual equals. (And I know that makes me sound like a pompous jerk.)
Yea I kinda get the same feeling. Although for a lot of people their religion does not preclude the acceptation/understanding of a physical world, it's a more of set of rites that they inherited and that's part of their identity. There's plenty of religious people who are scientists. For some, I imagine it may be difficult to reconcile.
I know that there are religious scientists and I think humans often compartmentalize beliefs in such a way that their belief about the supernatural doesn't affect their assessment of real-world situations. I'll even go further and say that often it seems like their belief affects their behavior much less than it logically ought to, with some (but not all) people who apparently sincerely believe in an all-seeing God and an afterlife still acting just like atheists in relevant situations. In this context, the fanatics are sometimes technically the more rational ones - I disagree with their premises, but their actions make sense if those premises are considered true.
I think people's behavior is determined much more by social conventions and the expectations of their community (in addition to pragmatic self-interest) than it is by logical reasoning. I'll risk being the preachy vegetarian by discussing people's attitudes towards eating meat. Most people sincerely believe that cruelty to animals is wrong, and also that factory farming (if not all killing) is cruel. Yet they eat meat. I even know some people who started eating meat again after being ethical vegetarians. Did they change their minds about whether or not harming animals is bad? No. If pressed, they feel guilty but they don't like to talk about it. The reason they're eating meat is because it's convenient and almost everyone expects them to, not because they reasoned from first principles. Likewise with religion - if no one else is giving everything away to the poor and everyone will think you're crazy if you do rather than praising you, you're not going to give everything away to the poor even if it would make sense to do so given what you believe.
Edit: Kidney donation is another example. I met a woman once who donated a kidney to a friend of her mother's. This person wasn't someone particularly dear to her, but she found out that he needed a kidney to live and she gave him hers. I think that what she did is commendable, but I still have both my kidneys. This is despite the fact that I sincerely believe that if, for example, I saw a drowning child then I would risk my life to save him. People would think I was a hero if I saved the child, or that I was a coward if I didn't try. Meanwhile almost everyone I know would think I went crazy if I donated a kidney to a stranger. My relatives would be extremely worried, and they would try to talk me out of it. I'm not going to do something difficult, painful, and (to an extent) dangerous when everyone I know would disapprove, even if in principle I think risking my life to save another's is a good thing to do.
I think your ideas here go into the right direction, but the confusing part for me is that many of the christians I know are so far below what you'd expect from a christian in these parts (which is already very little) - it's not that they don't give everything away to the poor, they're doing (as far as I can tell) nothing - they don't pray, they don't go to church, and they don't adhere to any of what the bible says they should do beyond maybe basic Golden Rule stuff. And it's not even like most families would make a big deal out of it if you left the faith or even became fully atheist. Most do pay the church tax, though, which is about 1% of your gross income.
Fuckin Australian government all "...clear that Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program has been a threat to international peace and security" theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…
A nuclear arms program *It does not have*, unlike for example, the US and Israel. *Who have been bombing the place*
You gutless fucks. You evil pieces of shit. You've advocated mass murder this entire time and you're advocating it now.
You have no conscience. You have no ethics. Quit pretendin you're any different to Trump. You just bargain as to who gets to be considered human.
Would it shock you if I told you that my brother and I and his friends occasionally meet at my brother's house to still play Pong and we love the hell out of it?
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Palestine Action to be added to list of proscribed groups alongside ISIS and al-Qaeda - for trying to stop mass murder of Palestinians
UK's Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to ban - or 'proscribe' the Palestine Action (PA) anti-genocide group over the summer, according to the BBC. The move will mean PA is treated as a terrorist organisation, listed alongside the likes of ISIS and al-Qaeda - and membership of, or support for, the group will become illegal.
Do non military personnel (as in citzens) have any legal avenues in the ICC to sue israel for war or other crimes. Or perhaps sue the UK for being accessory to those crimes.
@zleap Germany used to have this in their code of conduct but I don't think they cover crimes of Israel or US or other NATO nations, much less their own these days.
@zleap if they win here first. we'll see. i don't think they've got it. they will cause untold pain and damage to iran. but the ir and the iranian people will come out on top.
these are the people who couldn't beat the taliban. now they're up against the entire resistance. shit for brains president and prime minister don't know what they got themselves into.
@benda @zleap If we go by the information provided by the US and Israelis alone, this war and wider intervention are pointless. The missile production and escalation potential both favor Iran.
@jollycooperation @zleap honestly at this point israel should cease attacks, at which point the Iranians would do the same. the problem is that now it is about ego and about palestine. netanyhu cant stand the thought of admitting defeat. and even if he could, the immediate aftermath of this conflict must address palestine and the expedited genocide that has occurred since they attacked Iran.
@benda @zleap 100% facts, but the problem is even worse than that. This is part of collapse of the imperial project which geopolitical analysts have been warning about for some time. Financialization and logistical strain have greatly reduced the ability of the USA to operate across the theatres it planned to.
I agree, however Starmer was sidelined the other day so the UK is clearly not seen as a very 'good' ally by Trump, however the UKs idea of security is a total joke.
Boats still coming over daily Memembers of Palestinian action just walked or rode in to RAF Brise Norton and spray painted on a RAF refuling plane.
Note: Brise Norton back in the 80s held the US Nuclear missiles
The Government response is to ban the group, duh that won't stop people, armed guards on the entrance and perimeter of the base, with the power and ORDER to either shoot or detain anyone entering.
But we won't do that.
The UK is pathetic, which could be a reason Trump sidelined us, Trump is also dismissing the EU with regard to negotiations, this suggests that all this a huge ego trip for Trump rather than a genuine attempt to bring about peace and lasting change.
@benda @zleap even if the USA looses against Iran, they will clamp down on Latin America. The US may fall as a world power, but that doesn't mean they'll stop being a regional power. American Imperialism will try to reinforce their control over "their backyard", I fear a new period of coups and interventions. Mexico's security priorities are aligned with this goal (as the saying goes, "Mexico es el muro de Trump", Mexico is Trump's border wall).
@argumento @zleap god willing, the latin american resistance comes together as well. against their own puppet leaders and together against the so called u.s.
@benda @zleap inshallah. But the resistance can't be just in Latin America,we need a revolution in the US, a process that expands trough the continent.
If you can over throw the current regime and install a sensible government who is firm and fair this will go some way to bring anout change.
You cannot have open borders, but at the same time why do people seek to enter the US?, if you had better equality then there would be little need for economic migration, other than for say skill sharing, there would be little reason for refugees, again as there is equality in wealth.
You need to bring people in to take up certain jobs, so make this easier for people to do so, with the right visa you get afforded rights, (you may need to sort out better worker rights and unions though) So there are proper benefits to proper channels
At the same time, you cannot have people with criminal records coming, (and you certainly can't have people who have committed crime, esp serious crime as your president) so a proper robust immigration system is needed. That not only protects US citizens but ALSO protects other migrants and that includes from each other. Leave your problems at the border.
There needs to be a revolution yes, but not just against trump but big tech and social media giants who spread mis information and lies.
@zleap @argumento @benda Undocumented immigrants have helped most western countries to have a comfortable and functioning economy, something that they refuse to admit, but US is starting to feel the consequences of it and will see massive drop in labour intensive products and significantly higher prices.
@zleap @argumento from a politcal/electoral/campaigning position you aren't wrong. and one party does campaign in such a manner. neither one delivers. we need a singular issue to bring the vast majority of americans together on and its not a small task. that issue is either anti-war or anti-billionaire/corporation. and even then, they will politically or literally assassinate the candidate/group that makes any inroads with such a message.
@zleap @argumento the american empire is rotten to its core. its founded on the genocide of one people and the enslaving of another. followed by a few centuries more of that all over the world. we inspired the nazis with our border policies and jim crow laws. we're backing today's nazis. the system is sick. the electoral system doesn't leave room for the change that's necessary. unfortunately.
Most people in the US now apparently get their news from social media, this would be fine if you can guarentee the quality of the news feed(s) which you can't, couple that with AI generated articles, which as we have discussed on here, us usually not of a very good stanard.
If you add in a lack of education in terms of being able to think, apply critical thinking to things, and seeking out several news narratives, and forming better conclusions (all of which takes efforts)
Billionaires need to maintain the status quo to remain in power, they can do that my manipulating news feeds, and taking data to generate advertising revenue,
They also need to help politics maintain the status quo so nothing then changes, as you said voted in to power then not actually DO anything.
So unless people realise what is going on, and also get there is a better way of doing things, nothing is going to change, demanding another election to vote in another party who will also fail and the cycle will start again.
Even with Cambridge Analytica and other well noted breaches of data, nothing has shifted people away from Meta platforms.
I just hope the EU goes through with the massive fine for the various breaches Meta have been found to be guilty of, and follows through with enforcement.
Ideally they can put the money in to the EU developing alternatives to US corporate solutions. We need that as the UK / EU is being isolated by Trump.
@zleap @argumento yeah that kind of thing is real. if its not too late. if a significant portion of the strong economies boycott the u.s., then there could be change. but unfortunately, i think the issues of israel and russia will keep those states (the gov'ts) from pursuing that. it would have to be up to the people to take and fund the initiatives.
@benda @zleap @argumento Don't count on it. Iraq invasion and 4.5 million deaths didn't change the minds of the general public.
This will be forgotten very very soon and Hollywood will make a movie about the heroic act American air force saving the world from nuclear anhiliation.
Donald Trump launched direct US airstrikes on Iran, after helping Israel start a war of aggression. Tehran vowed to retaliate. It could hit some of the 40,000 US troops & dozens of bases in the region
After a couple of weeks with no #insomnia it's decided to come back again! Ugh. So now I'm drinking some #ChamomileTea infused with #melatonin in the hopes of getting some sleep. #InsomniaSucks
#IAEA: "No increase in radioactivity" from the bombings in #Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that, so far, there have been no reports of increased levels of off-site radiation following the #US bombings of Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz.
US supposedly , attack nuclear facilities. So either they weren't nukes there or they just didn't hit them enough. Take your pick. 😂🤣😂
@benda We all knew. Pentagon brass kept repeating to the politicians that they weren't going to accomplish anything with those stupid buster bunker bombs.
These weapons failed even in the tests. It's another marketing ploy.
exactly. trump wants out of this situation. netanyahu is going to try to rope him in. we'll see what he does then. but this was not a declaration of war. this is for the tweets.
Así que el saco de 💩💩💩 de #Trump ha bombardeado (oficialmente,claro) #iran Y El otro saco de 💩💩💩 de #Netanyahu lo felicita. Y ahora a esperar a ver si Iran decide algo peor.
Following a rich white man to war because you didn’t like the sound of a black woman laughing will go down in American history as one of the stupidest things ever.
@disisdeguey Given the current condition of #Palestinians after 5 months of this administration, the "blabla4genocide" argument strikes me for its careless disregard for the Palestinian people.
@contrasocial @disisdeguey That's not the point I'm making. If someone argues that a Dem administration would have not moved war to Iran (at least not under the current conditions), what's the point of bringing out that Dems and GOPs had the same stance about Palestine? It's exploiting the suffering of the Palestinians to prop up a political agenda re the USA. Or to claim one's own ethical purity, which is even worse, like "who cares about Iran war victims, I was right on Nov 6th"
@Eh__tweet @disisdeguey What's the point of not participating in a vote between two genocidal candidates? Is that seriously your question?
Neoliberals hit the furthest extent that they could push us all to the far right, and that point was literal fucking genocide. You need to adjust your blame, the Harris campaign had a very easy way to avoid all this. They thought they could force us all to vote for her with the threat of Trump. Well, they can't. Learn the fucking lesson.
@contrasocial @disisdeguey The point is making what's possible to avoid ADDITIONAL victims and suffering WRT what's already going on. Trump's victory brought nothing good for the Palestinians, and we now have war in Iran, migrants being disappeared in the USA, LGBTQ rights being maimed, poor people in the USA losing that minimal welfare they relied upon and counting. Maybe more wars to come all over the world. We may disagree on this, of course, but both PoVs deserve respect.
@Eh__tweet @disisdeguey The genocide was running at full speed under Biden, what we're seeing now is no different from what was happening, it would've progressed along the same path.
Again, maybe the Harris campaign should've considered whether defending the depravity of a far right foreign regime was worth throwing our democracy down the drain.
I completely disagree that genocide apologetics deserve respect, no matter how much respectable language they're wrapped up in.
@disisdeguey Not on this scale they weren't. You hit that fastforward button, you got what everyone told you you'd get. You chose the greater evil. You won. Get over it. @Strandjunker
@BenAveling @disisdeguey nobody said they voted for trump, they just said they don't support the Democrats, you're twisting the narrative. People want to hold them responsible for actively supporting genocide. You can't blame your way out of the democrats running on a loser platform that is pro genocide and unpopular, you lost. Get over it and hold *everyone* accountable to make things better.
@BenAveling @disisdeguey so we can hold you personally responsible for all the horrible things Democrats make and let happen if they get elected again as well or does the hypocrisy only flow one way with you? Also I'm European mate, I can't vote in your elections.
I’m not American either. But, much as you are trying to persuade ppl to let Trump win, I am trying to persuade ppl to oppose Trump, even if that means voting Democrat. So yes, if the Democrats get back in and if they turn out to be worse than Trump, you may in some small measure blame me. @disisdeguey @Strandjunker @GLaDTheresCake
@BenAveling @GLaDTheresCake The point is that Democrats are also like Republicans. There's no difference. Obama was a war criminal as much as it was Bush sr of Jr. And we don't need democrats to win again to demostrate how sweet or not they are, BIDEN (a so called Zionist himself) helped to kill thousands of Palestinians. WE WATCHED LIVE. #donaldtacotrump it's just the continuity of #USrael policy in the last 100 years. The real terrorists disguised as "saviors" The only hope is that US empire falls once and for all, soon.
@GLaDTheresCake @BenAveling @disisdeguey Good thing you didn’t vote for the genociding Democrats, the other candidate won and all the genociding is fixed now.
@MisuseCase @GLaDTheresCake @BenAveling This is the problem you still thinking in Black or white as an spectrum. They lied to you, both of them. The #USrael is not a democracy per se. Welcome to the Red pill side.
@disisdeguey While we definitely were not doing enough to stop the Israeli genocide in Gaza, it is disingenous to say that we were the ones doing the actual bombing. Yes, we sold them the bombs but that has been US policy for years now. Neither Harris nor Biden told Netanyahu to bomb civilians> He takes full blame. But noth Harris and Biden could have spoken up more for the rights of the Palestinians. No doubt about that.
Of course now we have another distraction so we can forget about it...
@BluesHarp You really live in denial, though. #USrael bombed #Gaza WITH US bombs, soldiers on land (you already forgot Gaza's harbour) there are witnesses talking about US soldiers shooting civilians. I mean, stop believing propaganda/hasbara. Your government LIES ALL THE F....ING TIME. I rest my case and now move on.
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