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Are those phrases not interchangeable in Canada?

Saying "# grade" might be more common where I am in the US, but no one would bat an eye if you said "grade #" because that is used commonly enough as well that people are used to it.

I don't think it's just a US thing. Even in places with more limited free speech, people can get away with saying ignorant and heinous things as long as it is technically within the letter of the law, or if the law is not strictly enforced.

It's against the law in China to threaten violence or use hate speech, for example, but in practice, I think the law may as well be reworded to clarify that such language is only really illegal when aimed at Han Chinese people.

Not enough countries care about protecting anyone other than their primary in-group.

I think we all thought Rupert Murdoch would just be dead by now and his empire would then begin to crumble. But the man seems to be sustained by hatred and refuses to die.

Let's not resort to ableist language just to try to make a point, please.

Thank you Kaity

The video is always the important bit.

In the wake of the Elon Nazi salute, the internet was swarmed by images of Democrats also "doing a Nazi salute" which were all just stills of them waving at people and captured at a specific frame that could make it look like a Nazi salute.

But on video, there's no denying what these are. And his awkward fucking little pause like "Yeah you see what I just did here, that's right, I'm on your side, wink wink".

I started watching TNG just recently and am nearly done with season 2. Season 1 is not nearly as bad as the internet led me to believe, and honestly I kinda miss some things from it a little bit.

They're in the article:

The court issued a warrant for Mohammed Deif, head of Hamas’ armed wing, over the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in Gaza...Khan withdrew requests for warrants for two other senior Hamas figures, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, who have both since been killed. Israel says it also killed Deif in an airstrike, but Hamas has never confirmed his death.

Hamas in a statement welcomed the warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant but made no mention of the one against Deif.

But their PFP is a black woman! And they're verified! Surely it must mean that their stance is genuine!

I think it's more the idea that nonviolence isn't saving them. You can swear off violence, Israel will kill you and your family anyways.

Governments can and have just branded people and organizations as terrorists to justify conflict. That is typically why third-world countries like Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. have been so heavily devastated by the west. Stopping "Nazi terrorists" is why Russia is invading Ukraine right now as well.

Be careful of when a country's media starts throwing out the label "terrorist regime" to describe countries that would be convenient to invade. "Terrorism" is just as much made by fear, instilled by a country's media, as it is the practice of creating fear directly.

Could just be a way of saying, like, tensions have grown worse. When things sour, they get worse. Unless it's sour cream. Or citrus. Or pickles.

I dunno I'm not a linguist.