tocopherol

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[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

You are correct, and it is used that way, what I'm saying though is there isn't a distinct definition, it's used differently by different groups and so only really serves to muddy discussions and shun ideological outsiders.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

They didn't just do that though, they funded Hamas, allowed them to recieve weapons, refuses to recognize any sort of Palestinian statehood, pursued policies that enabled the most extreme factions of Palestinian resistance and thwarts any attempt at lasting peace. There is a long-term plan in the works by Israeli forces to annex all of Palestine. Israeli officials from top to bottom have made it clear they want to eliminate Palestine as an idea.

What would you do if you were Palestinian?

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If people fail to communicate with you who is the real embarrassment? I don't know if it's any easier to talk on the internet, there is so much that can be lost in interpretation.

But I agree, fuck talking, we should communicate via vibe waves only

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Why do we need to dehumanize them? Words like "illegals" remove the personhood from the group, is it really that difficult to just use two words instead of one?

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are the yellow people supposed to be Asian? Lord...

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's weird the parents that are complicit in this, like how do they justify it in their mind? I had a girlfriend in high school whose mom encouraged her to post risque photos online in 8th grade, taking photos of her with her thong out posing seductively etc, she wanted her daughter to be hot. Maybe the parents are trying to relive their youth vicariously.

But you are right, worse than the random parents encouraging this, the platforms knowingly encourage this sexualization of children because they know the ad revenue it can generate.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I was going to say wasn't this common in the age of sail? I remember reading something about sailors drowning often because they couldn't swim, and that was just expected

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Tankie" doesn't coincide with any distinct political bloc, it's essentially a buzzword to discredit leftists that are claimed to support authoritarian regimes. But what one might call a tankie in this instance would support Palestine as 'tankies' are against the US and their proxies.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I personally wouldn't have used mass murder and eviction to create an ethnostate aka Israel. Israel then has proceeded to annex more land against all treaties, blocks aid from entering Palestine and routinely murders Palestinian civilians. Are you saying Israel had no other options?

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The point is, you stated the apartheid was a response to bombings, but Zionist terrorists were bombing and killing Palestinians before the Israeli state existed, and those terrorists were rewarded by the West and put into positions of power in Israel. After which there has been continued resistance by Palestinians.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

You must have missed the Israeli attack on Iran that led to this. Do you think any nation would just allow themselves to be bombed and their military officials killed without a response?

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

What was evil about Iran's attack? It was in response to an attack on their territory, and only damaged military infrastructure with no deaths unlike every attack by Israel.

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