So, the reason I asked why you were opposed to granting people basic rights and equality is I said Palestinians should have basic rights and equality, and you questioned that idea. Do you believe Palestinians deserve equality and basic civil and political rights, or not?

The biggest problem here is having a martini sent over via Uber. There’s no way it’ll still have that wonderful layer of tiny ice chips spread across the surface. MONSTER!

Now when we apply that same problem to Jesus Christ, a funny thing happens.

Because if you try and talk with nuance, then the Israel stans come for you and call you antisemitic. Which is stupid, because they themselves have helped rob the word of any meaning.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/how-gaza-became-an-open-air-prison.html

Or Israel can stop slaughtering civilians under its domination and instead grant basic civil and political rights to all the people under its domination. Why do Palestinians deserve any less?

I’m not terribly interested in defending the often murderous bombing raids waged by the Allies against German cities which incinerated so many people, and which I frankly think were downright barbaric in and of themselves (WWII, for me, is the absolute nadir of humanity, and you only need to look to the actions of the…

Soooooo many gifts that orange thing gave us...

An element of trump-ism that has seeped into greater society is the binary idea that everything is a transaction with a clear winner and loser, with no room for grey or nuance (that is, unless you’re a weak coward). As far back and as complex as the conflict is, it’s just about all grey and it sucks that chosen…

Bibi’s “help Hamas to help Israel” strategy is well known. There’s no conspiracy or leaps in logic here. It’s been openly discussed in Israeli and Arab circles for years.

My sister and I were talking about the bombing of the refugee camp and I told her I thought Netanyahu knew the Hamas attack was coming at some point and did nothing so he’d have an excuse for the annihilation of Gaza, and she said she’d had the same thought.

I don’t understand why nuance is so hard for people here. Hamas can be totally wrong, and Israel’s response to Hamas can be totally wrong. Don’t know why so many people think they have to pick a side and pretend it’s all rosy.

well stated

She so is acting like a Karen. 

Amy Schumer has been a shit person for awhile now but her reaction to all this puts her on a whole other level of asshole. Fuck her. 

Yep. I have no problem describing Hamas’s slaughter of 1,400 Israeli civilian, wounding of 5,400 more, as despicable barbarism. I’m confused about why I would describe Israel’s actions that have slaughtered twice as many children as anything other than despicable barbarism.  But I have this weird thing where I think…

Hey white people , if you could stop shoe-horning MLK into every fucking bad political take you have that’d be great, m’kay?

Love to see Karen Schumer whitesplaining MLK to everyone.

100%. I will not be forgetting these celebrities who make it clear that they have zero issues with the deaths of thousands and thousands of Palestinians to “avenge” October 7. As a Jew myself, seeing the responses to genocide is just appalling. Seeing people still contort themselves after yesterday’s bombing of a…

When +8,300 people have been bombed to shit, most of them were civilians, half of them were children, and you’re rooting against a cease-fire, you’re the problem.