More strange and/or foul reactions
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@George-K said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
@LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
There is zero moral equivalence between the two sides in this war
Just gonna put this here:
Link to videoShapiro talks moral equivalence at 19:00.
Wow, he is so much better in that type of setting as opposed to just trying to fill an hour on a podcast.
@LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Wow, he is so much better in that type of setting as opposed to just trying to fill an hour on a podcast.
Yeah. A few years ago I heard him on Sam Harris’s podcast and thought he’s a lot smarter and more nuanced than he comes off in the various viral clips I had seen. So I subscribed to his podcast. Listened for 10 minutes and realized he’s a totally different persona there.
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@LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Wow, he is so much better in that type of setting as opposed to just trying to fill an hour on a podcast.
Yeah. A few years ago I heard him on Sam Harris’s podcast and thought he’s a lot smarter and more nuanced than he comes off in the various viral clips I had seen. So I subscribed to his podcast. Listened for 10 minutes and realized he’s a totally different persona there.
@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
@LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Wow, he is so much better in that type of setting as opposed to just trying to fill an hour on a podcast.
Yeah. A few years ago I heard him on Sam Harris’s podcast and thought he’s a lot smarter and more nuanced than he comes off in the various viral clips I had seen. So I subscribed to his podcast. Listened for 10 minutes and realized he’s a totally different persona there.
Watch the Oxford video George posted in the other thread.
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For several folks, the setting is everything. Mark Levin, to be charitable, is grating on the radio. OTOH, his tv show on FOX (Life, Liberty, and Levin) is much lower key. And much better.
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For several folks, the setting is everything. Mark Levin, to be charitable, is grating on the radio. OTOH, his tv show on FOX (Life, Liberty, and Levin) is much lower key. And much better.
@Jolly said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
For several folks, the setting is everything. Mark Levin, to be charitable, is grating on the radio. OTOH, his tv show on FOX (Life, Liberty, and Levin) is much lower key. And much better.
Levin’s real life persona is milder than both.
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Like Phibes, I have no issue with the physical annihilation of Hamas and its leadership. That would also include Salafist imams who stoke the fanatical cadres of Hamas through religious psychological corecion and bloodthirsty propaganda.
That does not equate to the physical extermination or ethnic cleansing of Arab Palestinians. There is no moral justification for either, both are indefensible and reprehensible.
@Renauda said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Like Phibes, I have no issue with the physical annihilation of Hamas and its leadership. That would also include Salafist imams who stoke the fanatical cadres of Hamas through religious psychological corecion and bloodthirsty propaganda.
That does not equate to the physical extermination or ethnic cleansing of Arab Palestinians. There is no moral justification for either, both are indefensible and reprehensible.
There you go again, making sense. Both the imperatives and the moral implications are quite clear here. Where it gets tricky is the manifestation of both. We expect Israel to walk a very fine tightwire, but I think they are capable of it.
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@Renauda said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Like Phibes, I have no issue with the physical annihilation of Hamas and its leadership. That would also include Salafist imams who stoke the fanatical cadres of Hamas through religious psychological corecion and bloodthirsty propaganda.
That does not equate to the physical extermination or ethnic cleansing of Arab Palestinians. There is no moral justification for either, both are indefensible and reprehensible.
There you go again, making sense. Both the imperatives and the moral implications are quite clear here. Where it gets tricky is the manifestation of both. We expect Israel to walk a very fine tightwire, but I think they are capable of it.
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Ta Nahisi Coates visited Palestinian territories expecting to need to study and observe and think deeply about the situation, but was struck by how obvious the immorality of the situation was. Why is he wrong?
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I first thought the guy on the left was a woman, without paying close attention. But the aggression was the tell, even more than the voice or the subsequent closer look.
@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
I first thought the guy on the left was a woman, without paying close attention. But the aggression was the tell, even more than the voice of the subsequent closer look.
I thought so too. But the body language was also unmistakably that of a man who has no physical capacity to back up the tone of voice.
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“Don’t make me repeat myself”
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@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Hilarious.
Writing is simultaneously less sophisticated, but funnier and far more aware than anything SNL has done in the past decade.
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@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Hilarious.
Writing is simultaneously less sophisticated, but funnier and far more aware than anything SNL has done in the past decade.
@Aqua-Letifer said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
funnier and far more aware than anything SNL has done in the past decade.
You meant "century."
Also, I didn't find it "funny" in a SNL sense of "funny." I found it a bit disturbing in the sense that is reveals how ignorant these asshats are.
But, kudos to SNL for having the balls to air this.
I wonder what the pushback will be.
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Fafo. Principles should have consequences. First time in either of those two’s lives that a principle had a consequence. They didn’t like the taste.
@Horace said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Fafo. Principles should have consequences. First time in either of those two’s lives that a principle had a consequence. They didn’t like the taste.
@Horace said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
Fafo. Principles should have consequences. First time in either of those two’s lives that a principle had a consequence. They didn’t like the taste.
I agree. If you have the thought to do the actions, then be willing to explain them.
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Maybe a soon to be ex-State Dept. employee. :face_with_rolling_eyes:
If you are working for any Foreign Ministry, you follow the policy of the country, even if it differs from your personal view.
A woman identified as a State Department employee has used social media to accuse President Biden and his administration of being "complicit in genocide" toward the people in Gaza and warned that it could stifle his re-election chances in 2024.
Sylvia Yacoub, who has served for more than two years as a foreign affairs officer in the State Department's Bureau of Near East Affairs, according to her LinkedIn page, has outspokenly shared her opinions on the matter through a variety of posts to X, formerly known as Twitter.
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@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:
The camera guy takes it too far but interesting to watch all the same.
That was hilarious. FAFO indeed. I don’t think the camera man took it too far, especially if he put up the flyer. Btw the main thing I took away is this is such an American (or woke?) thing…being so passionate about a topic that has likely ZERO impact on your life. Funny how politics and debate are central to so many people’s identity.
