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  • HoraceH Online
    HoraceH Online
    Horace
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    #274

    The SNL writers' room is happy to do biting satire targeted at the right, but not so much at the left.

    Education is extremely important.

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    • Doctor PhibesD Online
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      Doctor Phibes
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      #275

      The Simpson's, for example, is satire, it's just not political satire. I haven't watched it in a long time, admittedly.

      I was only joking

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #276

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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          I sense some discord within Pink Floyd.

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            I sense some discord within Pink Floyd.

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            George K
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            #278

            @bachophile said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

            Pink Floyd.

            https://newsrnd.com/tech/2023-11-07-roger-waters--"the-israelis-invented-stories-about-beheading-babies"---voila!-culture.r1b4bOw7a.html

            Roger Waters: "The Israelis invented stories about beheading babies" Pink Floyd frontman doesn't miss an opportunity to attack Israel with outrageous nastiness. Waters: 'How the hell didn't the Israelis know this was going to happen?! Didn't the Israeli army hear the explosions at the bases when Hamas blew up the border fence?! There's something strange about that'

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              jon-nyc
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              #279

              In my town yesterday

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              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • LuFins DadL Offline
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                LuFins Dad
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                #280

                I am just flabbergasted that there is any meaningful division in this….

                Democratic Nation whose leadership must ultimately be responsive to the people it governs… Israel Yes, Palestine No.

                Freedom of Press… Israel Yes, Palestine No

                Civil Rights… do we even need to discuss this? Hamas still requires women to wear hijabs and be circumcised. They only just repealed their “Marry Your Rapist Law” and young girls are sold as brides. In the meantime, Israel has equal rights for all including their Palestinian Citizens. People ignore the fact that almost 20% of Israel’s population are Palestinian/Arab. There are Palestinian Knesset members serving in their government…

                Hamas is being supported by Iran, Russia, North Korea… All bastions of freedom, liberty, and equality…. Not…

                How are people being this idiotic?

                The Brad

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                  #281

                  Israel is a powerful, “colonizing”, white-adjacent country.

                  That’s a lot of progressive strikes against it.

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                    xenon
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                    #282

                    All that said - it is beyond sad that civilians are dying. I don’t have a better solution to deal with Hamas - it does suck though.

                    I know people didn’t give much of a shit when it was brown on brown in other ME conflicts… still..

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                    • X xenon

                      Israel is a powerful, “colonizing”, white-adjacent country.

                      That’s a lot of progressive strikes against it.

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                      George K
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                      #283

                      @xenon said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                      Israel is a powerful, “colonizing”, white-adjacent country.

                      One can make the argument, as @jon-nyc did, that Israel is "occupying" the West Bank.

                      OTOH, from what I understand there are 2,000,000 Arabs living in Israel. There are no Jews living in Gaza. THat's not a colony.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        They still don't. The Yemenis can kill each other till the cows come home. So it is in Africa as well.

                        It's all the same tragedy that I hope will become even more of an anachronism.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • X xenon

                          All that said - it is beyond sad that civilians are dying. I don’t have a better solution to deal with Hamas - it does suck though.

                          I know people didn’t give much of a shit when it was brown on brown in other ME conflicts… still..

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                          LuFins Dad
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                          @xenon said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                          All that said - it is beyond sad that civilians are dying. I don’t have a better solution to deal with Hamas - it does suck though.

                          I know people didn’t give much of a shit when it was brown on brown in other ME conflicts… still..

                          So whose fault is it that Civilians are dying? Who blocked roads preventing Palestinians from fleeing Gaza city? Who put the bunkers and missile batteries in hospitals and children’s playgrounds? And thousands of the missiles that have landed amongst innocent Palestinians were launched by Hamas.

                          The Brad

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                          • HoraceH Online
                            HoraceH Online
                            Horace
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                            #286

                            Every Israeli citizen killed is a win for Hamas, and every Gaza civilian killed is a win for Hamas.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              @xenon said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                              All that said - it is beyond sad that civilians are dying. I don’t have a better solution to deal with Hamas - it does suck though.

                              I know people didn’t give much of a shit when it was brown on brown in other ME conflicts… still..

                              So whose fault is it that Civilians are dying? Who blocked roads preventing Palestinians from fleeing Gaza city? Who put the bunkers and missile batteries in hospitals and children’s playgrounds? And thousands of the missiles that have landed amongst innocent Palestinians were launched by Hamas.

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                              @LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                              @xenon said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                              All that said - it is beyond sad that civilians are dying. I don’t have a better solution to deal with Hamas - it does suck though.

                              I know people didn’t give much of a shit when it was brown on brown in other ME conflicts… still..

                              So whose fault is it that Civilians are dying? Who blocked roads preventing Palestinians from fleeing Gaza city? Who put the bunkers and missile batteries in hospitals and children’s playgrounds? And thousands of the missiles that have landed amongst innocent Palestinians were launched by Hamas.

                              We’re in agreement on the facts and responsibility - doesn’t make the results any less tragic when the human shields die.

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                              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                I am just flabbergasted that there is any meaningful division in this….

                                Democratic Nation whose leadership must ultimately be responsive to the people it governs… Israel Yes, Palestine No.

                                Freedom of Press… Israel Yes, Palestine No

                                Civil Rights… do we even need to discuss this? Hamas still requires women to wear hijabs and be circumcised. They only just repealed their “Marry Your Rapist Law” and young girls are sold as brides. In the meantime, Israel has equal rights for all including their Palestinian Citizens. People ignore the fact that almost 20% of Israel’s population are Palestinian/Arab. There are Palestinian Knesset members serving in their government…

                                Hamas is being supported by Iran, Russia, North Korea… All bastions of freedom, liberty, and equality…. Not…

                                How are people being this idiotic?

                                89th8 Online
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                                89th
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                                @LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                                I am just flabbergasted that there is any meaningful division in this….

                                Democratic Nation whose leadership must ultimately be responsive to the people it governs… Israel Yes, Palestine No.

                                Freedom of Press… Israel Yes, Palestine No

                                Civil Rights… do we even need to discuss this? Hamas still requires women to wear hijabs and be circumcised. They only just repealed their “Marry Your Rapist Law” and young girls are sold as brides. In the meantime, Israel has equal rights for all including their Palestinian Citizens. People ignore the fact that almost 20% of Israel’s population are Palestinian/Arab. There are Palestinian Knesset members serving in their government…

                                Hamas is being supported by Iran, Russia, North Korea… All bastions of freedom, liberty, and equality…. Not…

                                How are people being this idiotic?

                                Let's not forget that Jews are mostly democrats, too.

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                                • 89th8 89th

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                                  I am just flabbergasted that there is any meaningful division in this….

                                  Democratic Nation whose leadership must ultimately be responsive to the people it governs… Israel Yes, Palestine No.

                                  Freedom of Press… Israel Yes, Palestine No

                                  Civil Rights… do we even need to discuss this? Hamas still requires women to wear hijabs and be circumcised. They only just repealed their “Marry Your Rapist Law” and young girls are sold as brides. In the meantime, Israel has equal rights for all including their Palestinian Citizens. People ignore the fact that almost 20% of Israel’s population are Palestinian/Arab. There are Palestinian Knesset members serving in their government…

                                  Hamas is being supported by Iran, Russia, North Korea… All bastions of freedom, liberty, and equality…. Not…

                                  How are people being this idiotic?

                                  Let's not forget that Jews are mostly democrats, too.

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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  @89th said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                                  @LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

                                  I am just flabbergasted that there is any meaningful division in this….

                                  Democratic Nation whose leadership must ultimately be responsive to the people it governs… Israel Yes, Palestine No.

                                  Freedom of Press… Israel Yes, Palestine No

                                  Civil Rights… do we even need to discuss this? Hamas still requires women to wear hijabs and be circumcised. They only just repealed their “Marry Your Rapist Law” and young girls are sold as brides. In the meantime, Israel has equal rights for all including their Palestinian Citizens. People ignore the fact that almost 20% of Israel’s population are Palestinian/Arab. There are Palestinian Knesset members serving in their government…

                                  Hamas is being supported by Iran, Russia, North Korea… All bastions of freedom, liberty, and equality…. Not…

                                  How are people being this idiotic?

                                  Let's not forget that Jews are mostly democrats, too.

                                  It’s not just a right/left issue. There are plenty of American Alt-Right zealots supporting Hamas over Israel, too. This is a basic fundamental question. Either you support a country with democratic principles of a government that by necessity must be accountable to the people with freedom of religion, press, and speech. With basic protections to shelter the people from the abuses of the government or you support an autocratic regime that makes no such pretensions, that uses it’s citizens as human shields, and have no ultimate respect for human life or dignity.

                                  The Israeli government may not be perfect, no institution made up of people ever will be, and it faces threats that bleeding hearts on both sides of the debate simply cannot comprehend, but at least they are trying to do the right things and it again is simply incomprehensible to me that the general public cannot see that.

                                  The Brad

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                                    Rainman
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                                    Well-stated, LuFins Dad.
                                    I keep thinking, what am I missing?

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                                    • HoraceH Online
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                                      Horace
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                                      #291

                                      I mean the reason the palestinians have support is simple, even if you don't agree with it. They fit perfectly with western progressive victim narratives. That narrative is all but religious to many young westerners (especially female), concerned with their souls and being on the right side of history. And with seeming like good people to their social group. That last bit is getting substantial push back, which is interesting. Usually, facile virtue signals get no pushback.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        George K
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                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • HoraceH Online
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                                          Percentage of female faculty will track with that, though not as prominently.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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