Should get rid of the pledge completely tbh.. Having children pledge allegiance to the country (or, bizarrely, a symbolic piece of cloth) is some North Korea type shit on par with Trump’s military parade..
Nope. Saying "I don't approve of it but it's not genocide" when it's clearly genocide is denying and thereby excusing genocide, no matter how much you scowl at it.
I read your fucking comments. You start out by saying you don't condone the atrocities and then you rattle off a bunch of long disproved Israeli government propaganda in defense of the actions you supposedly don't approve of and in an attempt to say that it's not genocide.
That's not "things being more complicated", that's tired "both sides are bad so this one isn't that bad" bullshit that hinges on a shitload of false premises.
You're having an emotional response because I'm showing this situation is more complicated.
You're halfway right: I'm reacting with annoyance and disgust at your pathetic attempts to muddy the waters of what is the worst genocide the world has seen since the Balkan wars of the 90s.
Regardless of anything else going on, the most important questions have simple yes and no answers:
does it fulfill all but one of the 5 characteristics of genocide? Yes.
2)Does that make it genocide? Yes.
is genocide ever acceptable, under any circumstances? No.
You need this thing called evidence. Give me a whistle blower, give me documents. Don't give me one or two crazy people
Dude, the least reliable source of the 4 I gave was Newsweek. The others were Huffington Post, CNN and Haaretz (THE most trusted newspaper in Israel) citing sources within the Israeli government itself.
In what fucking world is that "one or two crazy people"??
As for the rest of your ramblings, they're so off base and unhinged that I'm not going to waste any time and effort addressing them.
I like that the article consistently refers to Meta as what it is, an adtech giant that also runs social media platforms rather than the other way around.
The current Danish (third of the) government is Social Democrat in name only.
They used to be actual Social Democrats back in the 90s and the beginning of the 2000s, but it's now a liberal (as in center right to right wing) party with downright racist immigration policies.
Has been ever since Helle Thorning-Schmidt took over as leader of the party and it's only gotten worse under Mette Frederiksen.
Or put another way: people are outraged, but the wrong people are in charge.
In the US, the ones who see a profit opportunity and/or considers sucking up to a fascist government and their propaganda arm AIPAC to stay in power and keep collecting legal bribes more important than the will of the people they're supposed to represent.
And to make matters even worse, most of them have decided that blocking streets or disturbing events is a step too far, some jurisdictions even prosecuting it as TERRORISM and/or making it legal to drive your car into protesters on purpose! 🤬
They've made it so your protest either gets no media coverage or you risk being branded a terrorist and having all your rights taken away, if you're not murdered first!
If you think THIS is distasteful, you should see what priests do..