tocopherol

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[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

All the gun charges I've seen are from bringing it into the capital building, I don't know the number.

If a cop is pointing a gun at you telling you "Stop or I will shoot", while you and a mob alongside you are destroying the last barricade to your targets (after several other barricades penetrated, numerous severe injuries and a few deaths) chanting hang Mike Pence, would you be surprised if he shot you when you tried to get to him? Do you support the 2A? It was self defense, and if you don't think it was justified then you haven't seen the footage. I think it's unfortunate she was shot and don't want anyone killed, but it was completely expected. I'm shocked more people weren't shot.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The conditions that led to them attacking on the 7th are very different than what they would be if Palestine had proper self-determination. But true, it will take a while to heal divisions.

People don't want endless violence, there have been many periods where Jewish and Arab people lived together peacefully. I agree though, a process like this would probably need third-party peacekeepers, an independent coalition could form to help protect people in the region and prevent terrorism, like the groups of states in the region that have come together to fight ISIS.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

First, the Moon’s distance from Earth varies over its orbit. Second, Earth’s elliptical orbit causes the Sun’s distance and apparent diameter to vary by about 3 percent from perihelion (closest approach) to aphelion (farthest approach). Near the sunrise and sunset terminators, the Moon’s shadow hits Earth’s surface at a steep angle. This geometry causes the shadow to move quickly with respect to the surface, which shortens totality’s duration.

https://www.astronomy.com/science/what-causes-the-variety-of-totality-length-from-one-solar-eclipse-to-the-next-why-does-the-length-of-totality-vary-along-the-path-of-an-eclipse/

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

Let me just say there is nothing wrong with you! I had the same experience, in a place where supposedly EVERY where was hiring, it took me months to get a job, applying to every place possible. It wasn't until a friend of mine recommended me to his manager that I got hired, it's fucked up, it's a good job but all of us are there because of a connection like that. I'm sorry I don't have much good advice really, but I hope things get better for you soon <3

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Almost, unfortunately:

halt the the transfer of weapons to Israel until a full investigation into the airstrike was completed.

They aren't concerned with the thousands of children in the rubble, just the few white people that were killed.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The US not viewing someone as a threat is a pretty clear indictment in my book

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

I tried to talk to some SA people, all they wanted to do was sell a newspaper, even as I was asking about their platform and what joining might look like. Once I bought the paper they were a little bit friendlier but that was all I needed to experience to not want to be involved.

This was basically my experience with a group that hangs out in my city, part of the IMT, "Socialist Revolution". They talk to people that walk by and say we need to make a communist political party and win elections. They have stickers for sale and pins, but not even a pamphlet or flyer for free which turned me off. I get needing to raise funds but they were clearly well outfitted with a massive high res banner, you'd think they'd want to get the word out better.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

That's your view, in my view there should have been more injured cops. What point are you making about comparing the numbers of people in prison? The scale of the two things are not even comparable, there were massive protests in every single state in the country.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I'm not going to bother doing your research for you, you can look up how many people were convicted with gun charges. THE MEDIA DIDN'T TELL ME dude the people doing it said it themselves while they were doing it! IF you support them, why aren't you proud that they tried to fix the corrupt government?

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You'd be surprised to learn there is more than Hamas in Palestine, and the majority of people there just want their families to be able to return and have their land back that was stolen by western imperial powers, and then further taken by Israel over time. Getting rid of the Israeli state wouldn't have to mean kicking out everyone or a genocide of the Jews there. I don't disagree there is a lot of antisemitism in the Arab world and everywhere, it's possible to protect the lives of Jews and Arabs in the region though.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Were you at any protests in 2020? Many people are still in prison. The police were absolutely unhinged and caused massive injuries and trauma to protesters and non-involved people. One protester who shot someone in self defense, a right-wing man trying to kill protesters, was later assassinated by federal marshals. The entire neighborhood I lived in was blanketed with tear gas, filling up residents homes.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (14 children)

An insurrection can be a riot also, it was a riot formed with the intention of disturbing the electoral process (aka insurrection), how is that not obvious to you? They were extremely open about it, in the lead up to and during it. They live streamed the entire thing. Looking up the definition of 'insurrection', at a basic level it means an armed rebellion. Many people were armed.

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