yawn

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[–] yawn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ok but beyond the existence of "propaganda", what are you fighting for in this case by towing this line? What message is the "propaganda" trying to convey that you disagree with?

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're right. There's zero Jewish representation in the Arab world while Arabs make up about 20% of the Israeli population (and hold positions of power within the country). Israel is a tolerant society while saud, Qatar, etc. are largely intolerant of Jewish existence (they genocided their own Jewish populations).

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Terrorism is violence towards people, riots are violence towards property, that's a hell of a leap to try to equivocate the two

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you a one line bot? Please continue to cling to your one sentence armor.

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's clear psychological differences between those who label themselves "conservative" and those that don't. And one of the clear differences is the inherent tribalism among conservatives.

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

By definition, if the business venture isn't profitable, then there isn't a market.

REI in downtown Portland pulled out and publicly said it was because of rising crime, but it was really because the employees were trying to unionize.

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Effective protests are disruptive.

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gold was apolitical money for a long time. Can't just print gold.

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The right doesn't use language genuinely, so personally I don't really care to consider their usages. The actual definition of words doesn't matter to conservatives, it's not how their brains work. That's why it's so easy for them to form a big tent party, they just need to say meaningless feel good phrases like "law and order", "1776", or "make America great again" to attract voters. That's also why when they get power, they dissolve into infighting and can't govern at all, because it turns out those phrases mean different things to all of them.

[–] yawn@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you elaborate on the role of the military in protecting against natural disasters? It's not clear to me how this is already part of their function.

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