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General politics thread (was: General U.S. politics thread)

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  • There is love everywhere, I already know
    recognition of Palestinian statehood

    The funny thing is; what exactly is being recognized? Which part? A "country" that is in two very separate halves? Which government? Hamas? Fatah? I mean, even South Sudan had a decent mock-up of a government before it all imploded.

    Anyways, I hold many opinions that are currently and historically unacceptable so I don't super mind whatever is mainstream in ten years (which I'll probably also oppose anyways).
    "Everything"

    Why are Jewish caricatures always so adorable (or is that a parody)?
    There's a lot of inclusivity in the hater community

    Well, I'm still pretty sure if you asked them outright if they supported a Jewish state they would say no (unless it was to 'send them back wherever they came from', which would just be a sarcastic response anyways).
  • edited 2024-04-24 20:23:32
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    clear the land of Palestinians

    I don't think that's what Zionism is.
    Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.

    Zionists believe in and support the right of the democratic State of Israel to exist as a Jewish homeland. Israel is the only Jewish state in the world. Being a Zionist is distinct from supporting the policies of the government of Israel.
    I purposefully avoided using the term "Zionist" in order to be more specific. That term has something of a fraught and messy definition depending on who's using it.
    The funny thing is; what exactly is being recognized? Which part? A "country" that is in two very separate halves? Which government? Hamas? Fatah? I mean, even South Sudan had a decent mock-up of a government before it all imploded.
    I'd like to note that Palestinians held more of that territory in the past, and Israel actually took some of that territory well after it was established as a country. Palestinians didn't simply only ever have these tiny and increasingly fragmented bits of the territory.

    And there's ongoing efforts by Israeli settlers, with the backing of the government in many cases, to further disintegrate (in the "break into less continguous pieces" sense) the West Bank area with their own settlements.

    As douchey as its extremist enemies are, Israel is certainly not without sin in the current conflict. Now, just because people did bad things in the past doesn't mean things can't be resolved peacefully today, but there's also the obnoxious right-wing assholes heading the Israeli government right now and doing things like looking the other way or outright endorsing the land-grabbing settlers; such extremism fuels the fires of conflict and ironically fuels the relevance of extremists on the other side like Hamas.
  • There is love everywhere, I already know
    This feels like it's getting out of hand, yet again, so I'm going to stop.
  • Perpetually Peckish
    Before I forget again, have some more TheJuiceMedia:



  • Perpetually Peckish
  • edited 2024-06-30 23:18:01
    You'd think the fake university documents would be his undoing, not his father's non-death. Or maybe I'm underestimating the scholarship staff's detective skills.

    Guy missed the most important part of crime life: quit while you're ahead! Though tbf he probably would've gotten caught anyways if he didn't actually start studying what was expected of him.
  • There is love everywhere, I already know
    quit while you're ahead

    Also don't post about your endeavors on reddit maybe...?
  • There is love everywhere, I already know
    Let's take a moment to appreciate the absolute bloodbath faced by the Conservative party in the UK last night.

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  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    pwned
  • There is love everywhere, I already know
    How is it even possible that Season 60 of American Election has been even more insane than season 59??
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    I'm waiting for first meme compilations.
  • I haven't come upon nearly as many as I thought I would, but I did find some good ones:
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  • edited 2024-07-15 18:11:24
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    FYI the "donated $15 to ActBlue" is actually a 60-something-year-old Democrat in Pittsburgh with the same name lol

    still funny on the chart though
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    hey @Stormtroper you're gonna tell us tomorrow's news aren't you
  • I will, but for the record I'm not looking forward to it.
  • edited 2024-07-28 18:57:31
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    They say a week is a lifetime in politics.

    Well, the past month a lot has certainly happened in the U.S..

    ...and we're not even done with the month yet.
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    Yep, I've had a week-long break, and you guys still managed to get to me. Politics filtered down to a meme site I chose to browse for a few minutes.
  • Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    The wildest thing is that I actually have two top guesses and they both start with the letters "co-".
  • There were less people than I expected at the voting polls, and the lines also moved much more slowly than I remember. Also it feels like the average voter's age went up. All this is affected by the fact that I'm voted in a different place than before, but eh.

    AFAIK nothing of import has happened yet, but that might be because I forgot how to follow politics.
  • Officially, officialism won. Also a guy was killed in Táchira, apparently by state terrorists.
  • edited 2024-07-29 07:00:12
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    I saw that one broadcast showed that, uh, the ripe plantain got 51.2%, someone else got 44.2%, and three other parties each got 4.6%, producing a vote total of over 100%.

    edit: appears to be teleSUR.
  • edited 2024-07-29 16:02:03
    That picture has been making rounds, but FWIW that 4.6% was likely intended as an "others" that was incorrectly assigned (as opposed to distributed) to other candidates/cards. (51.2%, 44.2% and 4.6% add to 100%.)

    Edit: Clarity.
  • edited 2024-07-29 15:58:25
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    oh, fair enough i guess

    doesn't make the mess any better but i guess that does explain that one image
  • "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    Sorry for not replying earlier. I've been observing the news, but I should've been here since I asked you.

    Anyway, I guess I let myself be too optimistic. Sorry guys.
  • You aren't the only one, there's a lot of feelings of dash hopes around. Though in the end I suppose it was inevitable.

    Anyhows, there's been lots of protests around, people are tearing down Chávez statues. Apparently there are way more of these things out there than I thought, the only one I knew about was the one that needed police protection to not be destroyed. I wonder if it's still around.
  • edited 2024-07-30 12:39:44
    "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    Apparently there are way more of these things out there than I thought
    TBH I'm surprised you're surprised, the only thing that's better for a monument sculptor than a Dear Leader is a Dear Leader who's dead and can be turned into an object of worship by his successor.

    Fug, guys, I hope you do better than Belarusians, those folks had the same thing as you have now back in 2020. At least you don't share a border with Russia, not that it helped you much so far.

    Also: I just found you guys already get the cool photos. Pity about the reason though. :/

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  • edited 2024-07-30 15:16:04
    There is love everywhere, I already know
    Remember when Belarus purposefully bombed Eurovision because their act was anti-establishment and replaced them with the worst folk band ever?

    I certainly do not remember ever defending that decision.

    The (original) song was epic though.

  • There is love everywhere, I already know
    The man who shot Ronald Reagan was recently on CNN to talk about how shooting presidents is bad.

    No jokes.

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