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Mostly yes, but the point is that the filibuster is/was their excuse for not doing shit to help the people when they could. DNC party hacks like to say "but they didn't have a filibuster-proof majority!!!" when people point out that the DNC has done exactly zilch to remedy America's long-term problems, so it's important to remember that keeping the filibuster was a choice by the DNC made for that purpose.

This shit again?

Counterpoint: The IDF isn't a terrorist organization; they're the Wehrmacht.

I mean yes, when did I say otherwise? Israel is at fault for creating this terrible situation, and the people exploiting that situation for their own gain at the expense of Palestinians are also at fault. These two things can be true at the same time.

I get what you're trying to say, but Hamas is not just a resistance organization; they're an oppressive terrorist regime on their own right. If not for Israeli aggression they'd have been overthrown three times over.

If Zionists had any real leverage they could use to control states Spain and Ireland (and to a lesser extent France under Macron) wouldn't be outspoken advocates for Palestinian rights. The guilt trip is definitely part of it, but also don't underestimate the scale or pervasiveness of Israeli propaganda. I mean, unless you're exceptionally educated on Palestinian history at least half the things you believe about the so-called conflict are probably Israeli propaganda., irrespective of what you feel about Israel. I hate to admit it, but they are good at this stuff. Their major Western ally status gained during the Cold War is also not helping.

Okay what point are you trying to make? Or rather, what do you think the article's argument is?

Uh... more than half of these were/are fascists and the rest brutal military dictatorships + whatever China is. If that's the company America has then you're not really countering the article's point.

So we agree they should've done away with the filibuster?

I've seen evil before, but what the actual fuck?

We need a landlord to weigh in on this.

Pretty sure this doesn't fit the community, but also: ICE won't shoot you with live ammo when you try to stop them.

Edit: Gaza is a whole different thing, but the IDF in the West Bank is what ICE wants to be.

Decades of state propaganda. It's a lot easier for a modern Westerner to feel like the system works and just needs a nudge than it is for a worker in the interwar period or a black person in the 60s.

Only this strategy has literally never worked. Your rights were secured by people who caused all kinds of disturbances. And in the first place anyone who still hasn't taken a side is a fascist in denial or will never take a side.

What did the manual say again? Oh, yeah, anyone who fought in the US military in the last 25 years can eat shit. I'm very happy for this person.

Gestures vaguely at Iraq.

Uh... We are literally in a thread about that in action. The next time conservatives are in power they'll be very thankful the liberals passed this.

That's not all you claimed.

Then what else did I claim?

Especially when people seem to get upset when Americans do the same thing.

Do they? If you have a nuanced and informed take on Middle Eastern politics or know how to dismantle a military dictatorship I'm all ears.

Nothing like more decline of the American Empire to make my day.

This sounds a lot less incriminating if you replace OIP with Eblit.