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by ath3nd 1y ago
Only, in the case of Israel vs Palestine, you have a real genocide, because it meets all the points that define what a genocide is: - hitting hospitals ( https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250518-more-than-1.
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by ath3nd 1y ago
Because it's a genocide. And it's correct to call it as it is, and it's a service to the Palestinians. Calling things for what they are is correct and good. Here is an incomplete list of all the crimes Israel perpetuates at t
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by ath3nd 1y ago
That's much less divided than, say, the US, with its two party system. Any party is much less likely to have a dominance, and they'd have to play along with the others to form a coalition. I'd argue that this is much more wha
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by ath3nd 1y ago
What about the OP's submission strikes you as violating HN's TOS or Code of Conduct? TheIntercept is legit journalism, no need to put "contributing" in quotes.
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by ath3nd 1y ago
I have seen it getting flagged, and that's why I reposted it. Maybe NBC is too woke for HN?
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by ath3nd 1y ago
Since when is the US govt legally able to make permanent residents "end up somewhere"? He's a permanent US resident, if the state wants to do something, they gotta follow due procedure, charge him with something and actually
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Colombia Student Mohsen Mahdawi Released On Bail(nbcnews.com)
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To me, knowledge is about knowing things, intelligence is about being able to apply your knowledge at the right context and for the right reasons. The current crop of LLMs has a lot of knowledge, but severely lacks on the "intelligence
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by ath3nd 1y ago
Israel is bulldozing Palestinian houses, bombards working hospitals, forbids (and shoots) humanitarian aid, starves the opponent, stops their electricity, and calls them animals. Why not respond to that? > https://zionism.wtf&
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by ath3nd 1y ago
> could argue it's not as bad as some flus. You could argue that, but you'd be dead wrong. Herman Cain kind of wrong. Yes, you could argue that, if by "some flus" you mean the Spanish Flu of 1918. But if you are not a
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by ath3nd 2y ago
No, as you can see by the beautiful and very appropriate visuals ( https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Frame-... ), he is coming out towards us, the viewers, with his back to the Lab Leak
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by ath3nd 2y ago
This doesn't look like a press release from a government, but more like an ad site for questionable supplements.
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> especially Wikipedia articles about Nazi concentration camps I've never heard of that. Glad to have helped! Here is a quiz to see if you can spot the differences between a Zionist and a Nazi: https://zionism.wtf/
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> And the same way now progressives conflate Zionists with White supremacists / Nazi Nazism and Zionism are both ultra-right-wing nationalistic ideologies. The conflation doesn't stop on the surface though, but it runs deep in
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> They won't stop until you stop them. Amen!
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> I do not disagree with your comment in general, I disagree with you putting "Judaism" while the almost all the critique and rebuke is aimed at the Israeli war crimes or the Zionist supremacy ideology. It's good that you
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> I'm not a big fan of either side's rhetoric, but clearly the horseshoe has become a ring. Either side? Tell me which "side" does that sound like? - hostility towards non traditional sexuality - immigration being use
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> You’re not arrested for posting this Your funds might be cut off though: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/07/trump-... Or your president might declare a wartime law to deport all t
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by ath3nd 2y ago
To be fair, one of the side's actions terribly remind me of some events that happened sometime ago in Europe. - hostility towards non traditional sexuality - immigration being used as the scapegoat for economic problems - strong feelin
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> even Trump voters can have a good experience in Europe — provided that they travel with a spirit of empathy, curiosity, and open-mindedness. I chuckled.
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> except that I believe both parties “should“ (can) be grateful for each other and in that acknowledge they both need each other. Hard disagree on both needing each other. Employers can't exist or build their own riches without work
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> So, you can have all the laws on paper that you want, if nobody respects them, they might as well not exist. Are you talking about the US at the moment? - https://www.context.news/big-tech/us-prison-social-media-cr
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> You may be overgeneralizing here, only the US has enshrined freedom of expression in their constitution. Sounds very progressive considering voting for the African American population came about in 1965, and having McCarthyism in the 5
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> Policy positions that were mainstream in 2000 are now painted as far-right. Painted? Historically, there is a bunch of groups that were opposed to homosexual rights. I wonder how do you think those organization are "painted"
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> The American Left has been illiberal and going after speech for decades; it didn't start post-2020. Good that the free-speech absolutist Musk is there to ban everyone on Twitter who calls him out on his lies, trying to buy democra
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> But, I bet many have thanked their boss for the opportunity given to them. I literally don't know anybody who has any desire of expressing gratitude to their boss for the "opportunity" given to them. What kind of servile
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> Public money is just wasted by politicians trying to buy votes for the next election. No, that's not how any of this works. https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/voting-elections/... Politicians&#x2
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by ath3nd 2y ago
Better some waste happening in the public sector and a still a public road being built than a crypto bro buying a lambo from a windfall they made on a rug-pull from a meme coin. If you don't artificially curb wealth accumulation with l
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by ath3nd 2y ago
> FAIR TAXES Agreed with you! A progressive tax (the more you earn, the higher % you get taxed) makes sense as a fair thing to me. Where I am from, it's 52%, and that's a reasonable price to pay for having bike paths, greening,
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by ath3nd 2y ago
Also, what good is it to have a great house, an expensive car, and private tutored kids, if the outside of your house is a slum, the roads are too bad for your car, and your kids risk being kidnapped for ransom any time they go to play outs

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