I’ve barely seen ANY anti-Semitic bullshit that justifies the media narrative. It’s almost like the Israel lobby has spent billions each year trying to tie together criticism of Zionism itself with anti-Semitism, thereby cheapening actual anti-Semitism and allowing even the expression of Palestinian solidarity to be…

“Hamas’s power base is in a place from which Israel voluntarily withdrew, haha.”

But can you say that one side has a bigger impact on the other, that one side is ultimately the driver of the conflict? Or do you think Hamas would still send the rockets if Israel were to suddenly stop their settler expansion and ethnic cleansing?

“I can condemn the US for invasions and sanctions and condemn Cuba for their numerous human rights violations.”

The problem is that the Israel lobby has done their utmost to equate the two. They very nearly succeeded equating anti-Zionism to anti-Semitism, that’s official US policy at this point, regardless of whether its a Rep or Dem in the White House.

This is the weirdest kind of centrist argument, like what does approaching this situation from the middle actually accomplish? And how does one go about conceptualizing a “middle” in this whole thing? Where is the middle in a war between a military state with billions of $ in defense spending and more from US support…

I wonder if Israel realized that when it decided to fund and promote them to counteract Fatah and the PLO?

So you wouldn’t even denounce American interventionism in foreign countries? Like is recruiting and training radicalized exiles to invade a country and then enacting devastating sanctions against it when that fails too “morally grey” to condemn?

I’m ten years out of high school but I still remember being a senior and thinking all the incoming freshmen were still basically kids fresh out of middle school. I really think anyone at that age willing to pursue a child is a burgeoning pedophile

Yes! Fuck Joe Pesci!

Does that include Chloe? I’m halfway through and predicting a Jaina/Jacen Solo scenario in the endgame, how far off the mark am I?

I’m halfway through and I really like Duhamel in this despite the hair and makeup, and I actually find myself admiring his character in the same way Alt-Righties admire Rorschach, except the author is Millar and not Moore so I’m actually justified

It was pretty crazy, and it felt a bit gratuitous after Mark and his friends were just hanging out at the burger place.

Never claimed he did, calm down. He figures out the betrayal first because he was literally mentored by him, he shoots him rather than trying to reason with him as he would have before because he learned the two big lessons from him don’t trust anyone( further cemented when Qira leaves) and people are predictable

I thought I was specific enough, he’s FAR more willing to kill, less trusting, less idealistic, overall more competent and decisive. The Han we see at the start would not have shot Beckett like he did after being mentored by the man. And after having his dearest friend/love betray him for her own ambition, he’s far…

Well there’s the problem, personality and character are different things. It sounds like you wanted the actor to change his whole demeanor, and that would’ve been unnecessary. He’s young Han who’s been through a fair bit of misery, puts on the charm and swagger despite it and then goes through a journey that…

He shoots Beckett, knowing he would outdraw and kill him otherwise and then immediately has his faith in Qira destroyed when she bails on him and tops it off by refusing the call to rebellion despite clearly sympathizing with them and outplaying his new buddy Lando for the Falcon. All of that clearly sets up the…

Solo is a pretty mediocre movie with baffling choices but its still fun, and there IS a character arc. He gets his cynicism and his shoot-first, semi-selfish attitude from his mentor and childhood romance’s betrayal, that’s one of the few story beats the movie gets right

He didn’t have full control until the Prequels and before Return of the Jedi, he was working with Kurtz who along with Marcia Lucas, Kershner, etc were the real creative forces behind those movies.

Is there an option for downloading just the first game remastered? Like no offense to anyone who like ME 2 or even 3 but the first game is not only a classic but actually grounded in the “Element zero” world it creates and the story makes sense. I loved playing ME 2 as a kid but that tonal shift and story just does…