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Come back when you actually know something instead of vaguely gesturing at possibilities. My argument and sources were clear. I spent too much time digging already, and forgive me if I don’t want to spend even more time researching every suggestion for your 9 day old Lemmy account.

There is an obvious cultural connection between different Arabic Islamic extremist groups in the Middle East. Yes there will be cultural differences, and differences in dialect, but the meaning of this word isn’t one of them.

What do you hear?

Video Mirror

Best I can tell, other native Arabic speakers do not agree with what you say.

Video Mirror

Yes it does. Hamas isn’t some benevolent force of freedom fighters. The language and ideology of ISIS and Hamas are one and the same.

Sabaya سبايا has a specific meaning in the context and culture in which is was used. That meaning was used to degrade and frighten the captives. It’s by no means a stretch of the imagination to believe this

Connotation also matters. Sabaya (or saby for short) was a specific term that ISIS used to refer to their female sex slaves.

https://lemmy.world/comment/10288666

After that link I literally added redacted screenshots of a primary source that was published by ISIS

It does not matter what the publisher of the document in the first link thinks about Zionism. I don’t know and I don’t care.

Because the hostage families decided to release recovered footage to put additional pressure on getting them released.

Also, because I went down the rabbit hole trying to find info on this stuff, I think I’ll share additional evidence I gathered. Specifically that sabaya (or saby for short) has been used in the context of ISIS taking female slaves (often for sex).

From Infatuated with Martyrdom Female Jihadism from Al-Qaeda to the ‘Islamic State’

Clippings from Dabiq Magazine (English Language Magazine Published by ISIS):

From the infamous Reddit AMA: https://archive.ph/s2tqH

This article from November of last year would dispute your claim.

A group of young girls; صبايا

With the letter; Sad / ص

e.g. “girls / 9abaya” went out for a walk.

This word is not a conversation here, just for clarification. —  A group of women/girls of war’s loot — (sex slaves); سبايا

With the letter; S/س

Sabaya سبايا which are literally the war’s loot of girls/women, and according to Islam is Halal.

The word “Sabaya” unequivocally means “women captives at war for sex”.

The Atlantic – Bias and Credibility

Bias Rating: Left-Center


Factual Reporting: High


Country: USA


MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: Mostly Free


Media Type: Magazine


Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic


MBFC Credibility Rating: High Credibility

About MediaBiasFactCheck.com

Methodology

Ad Fontes Media Rating: Left / Generally Reliable

Article By Graeme Wood

Non-gift link article if anyone prefer that for whatever reason:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/26/west-bank-aid-trucks-gaza-settlers/

If you’re referring to APrime, he did release an updated statement on Twitter/X.

Last year, I made the decision to leave LMG influenced by a series of negative emotions that clouded my judgement. So over the past few months, I’ve taken the time to apologize privately to Linus, Yvonne, and others on the team because my actions and words were unfair to them.

Throughout my five years of employment there, they’ve shown nothing but kindness and forgiveness. We've had our differences, but none of them justified the comments I made or the disturbances I caused after my departure.

My decision to leave was unfortunately precipitated by a challenging period in my personal life, which I felt was affecting my work. The "drama" unfolded while I was on vacation, a time when I was hoping to recharge. Instead, I returned feeling more frustrated & immediately quit.

Since then, I’ve continued with therapy, which I had started in the Spring under the company health plan, and this eventually led to a diagnosis of certain mental health conditions. I’m grateful for the support I received, as it helped me understand and address these issues.

I genuinely miss the people at LMG (though the feeling may not be mutual) & feel my motives for leaving were misguided.

However, I’ve been fortunate to work with some incredibly talented and wonderful people since, & I’m excited about the prospect having more in the future. :)

Have you ever looked at the DeArrow extension?

Ironically, the claims weren’t even against him, but rather someone else (unnamed) at his company (Linus Media Group).

The video is on Floatplane (paid service)

Reuters – Bias and Credibility

Bias Rating: Least Biased


Factual Reporting: Very High


Country: United Kingdom


MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: Mostly Free


Media Type: News Agency


Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic


MBFC Credibility Rating: High Credibility

About MediaBiasFactCheck.com

Methodology

Ad Fontes Media Rating: Middle / Reliable

Article By Steve Gorman And Andrew Hay

As you can see, they hired an outside legal firm to declare that they did nothing wrong in enabling said sexual harassment because there wasn't a paper trail, despite them admitting that the victim was told to talk it out with the abuser.

You are assuming intent, and ignoring the false statements made. What I see is them hiring a third party to do an investigation, exactly what the public called for. Would you rather the former employee pay for it?

They followed up by threatening the victim with a lawsuit for continuing to speak out.

There was no threat, only a statement of fact that the evidence was strong enough for a defamation case, and that they did not wish do go down that path.

was met with the vitriolic, violent hatred you'd expect from a woman pointing out the misogyny of the internet's favorite tech boy.

Yeah, I’m just gonna go ahead and say you can’t see past your own biases on this one.

I haven't forgotten that George H.W. Bush (the President's father) was literally in a meeting with a member of the bin Laden family when the attacks occurred.

Got a source for that?

Best I can find/remember, it is a distortion of this passage from Dan Briody’s book The Iron Triangle, or at the very least it is an unproven claim.

A Chance Meeting

That same morning, in the plush setting of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, DC, the Carlyle Group was holding its annual international investor conference. Frank Carlucci, James Baker III, David Rubenstein, William Conway, and Dan D'Aniello were together, along with a host of former world leaders, former defense experts, wealthy Arabs from the Middle East, and major international investors as the terror played out on television. There with them, looking after the investments of his family was Shafiq bin Laden, Osama bin Laden's estranged half-brother. George Bush Sr. was also at the conference, but Carlyle's spokesperson says the former president left before the terror attacks, and was on an airplane over the Midwest when flights across the country were grounded on the morning of September 11. In any circumstance, a confluence of such politically complex and globally connected people would have been curious, even newsworthy. But in the context of the terrorist attacks being waged against the United States by a group of Saudi nationals led by Osama bin Laden, the group assembled at the Ritz-Carlton that day was a disconcerting and freakish coincidence.

If the reader is inferring things, that is a good thing.

Infer

1. To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

That said, if the article itself is inferring things, one could argue that is a use of weasel words by the publication. However, this is not the case when they give specifics, explaining their qualified statement(s). A qualified statement in and of itself is not “weasel words.”

Infer

2. To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.

Definitely can’t write things where the reader might infer things. That would be outrageous and uncouth!