Soldiers aren't slaves.
Trans commie. I see a number of new followers, be aware that I hate the US and will instantly block anyone I see with a US flag in their profile. I have no chill left anymore.
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Soldiers aren't slaves.
Falling for a politician's PR team is a separate problem, which you should also work on.
Not in the 1980s, when the events described happened.
Means acknowledging that the system is working as it was designed to do, and will never allow itself to be reformed from within.
Again, the part you keep ignoring is that the Democratic Party exists to use up your energy while preventing any of that from happening. All the time you spend volunteering for the party is wasted time. Any money you send them you've thrown away. Working together for a better tomorrow in the US
It bears repeating: If one bus is going to Phoenix and the other to Albuquerque, they're both taking me in the opposite direction from NYC.
The US government isn't broken, it's doing what it was meant to do. That's why no amount of effort put into electoralism will fix it: there's nothing to fix, it's working perfectly.
T Kingfisher does write cozy fantasy (e.g. Swordheart or Illuminations) She also writes dark fairy tales (Such as Hemlock and Silver), and contemporary horror (The Twisted Ones, A House With Good Bones). She's a versatile writer.
We have a government of,by, and for white supremacist oligarchs like the founders, who never meant you or me to have any say in anything. You need to study more history and less propaganda.
Have never come from voting. They've come from strikes, boycotts, riots, and other direct actions.
Electoralism won't save us. You can't vote your way out of fascism. Stop wasting your time and effort on a controlled opposition party and actually do something useful. Join a union. Join Food Not Bombs. Meet your neighbors and find out how you can help each other. Positive changes in the US
Who gives a flaming fuck? Americans believe that the US is their God-given right. European Christians believe the world is their God-given right.
Wno has 1.9 thumbs and gave the remainder so you could eat? This bitch.
They haven't changed. Reagan was a white supremacist who created California's gun control laws because the Black Panthers were carrying guns legally. Learn history for fuck's sake
Seriously. Learn even a little bit if actual history. I'm begging you as a white 'man' with every privilege you have, pay a little attention. That's all anyone has asked.
Have, and the US doesn't. None of this continent's history is ours, save blood and tragedy. That's US history. There's nothing else.
Parochial, much? Ireland has no history as a colonial regime. Nor has Hawai'i, Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine, Kurdistan, Kongo*, Slovakia, and many other nations. Even many places with horrible history have another kind as well. There's history that other places *Belgium is a different matter
Loving America is in fact the problem.
Also, if Imperial Germany hadn't done what any fool can see would happen, and Imperial Britain, Imperial America,Imperial France etc. ad nauseam. Again, known history before you cite it.
If Imperial Japan hadn't done the thing anyone who has a clue about Japanese history including Admiral Yamamoto (who said it was a bad idea) knew they would do, things would have been different. To start, they'd not have invaded China, which was an incredibly foolish idea.
Did anyone here say they don't hate you? I'm gonna need a citation there. I mean, I don't really hate you, the most I can manage is vague despite, but you don't seem to know the difference.
No, they invaded Poland separately and independently, based on rival historical claims, all of which were bullshit.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History... Here you go. Text citation, in the most basic format. Prove you can and will read this, and I'll have more citations.
You're defending a genocidal empire. You have no claim to live and let live. If your like would fuck off to treaty territory or Mars oe what-the-fuck-ever the rest of us could come to some accommodation. I already know some Klamath, learning a language is no great price for peace.
I don't give half a dram of stale rat piss about your post history. I'm responding to what you said here, in this thread, mostly to me. And I'm not defending you, where did you ever get that notion? You've declared your allegiance repeatedly, you're no friend or ally of mine.
Mentioning that George "The Town Burner" Washington committed genocide with his own hands, and was a child-rap8ng human trafficker?
I'm literally not sure where to start. Maybe noting that the Lakota were officially Aryan, per Nazi doctrine? (A Lakota chief scalped an effigy of Hitler to show what they thought of that). Maybe pointing out that the founders of the US considered Germans "swarthy foreigners"?
Also, regarding civility as a principle of debate, I've been more civil to you in this discussion than I am with my partners, parents, siblings, and cousins when they talk bullshit to me. And vice versa. You wouldn't last five minutes in an academic session.
You didn't have to come in here and make excuses for what you did, to people who had a stronger moral compass than yours. You didn't have to insist that the genocidal fascist with a different mascot is so bad you have to blame foreigners and countryfolk who have principles for what he does.
Thing is, I treat people who aren't fascist scum really well. My family expect great things of me, my partners tell me I'm a hero, my coworkers believe I'm the solution to all problems, and randoms on the internet tell me I'm amazing. Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what makes you cheer
You said that Harris is bettee rhan Trump and mentioned Gaza as a reason. Language is a means of communication. Don't type and publish things you don't want to say.
I personally have found that to defuse tense situations better than anything else. That's literally all anyone has asked of you: stop fucking defending it.
Belong in a queer club. (That one was pretty confusing). Civility has never been a big part of activism. If you're sincere, what you do is take that criticism on board and act different in the future. Or acknowledge that you already know the score, and they have a legitimate grievance. Tbh,
Being 'civil' means nothing. Caring about 'civility' is supporting the status quo. I'm a white American. I've been yelled at and threatened with bodily harm by Black and Native activists, told to fuck off and die by trans activists (before I came out, obvs), and once upon a time even told I didn't
That's what people are trying to tell you. There's nobody you can vote for who won't makes things worse. The US voting system was created by and for white supremacist oligarchs. No reforms in the US have ever come from voting. They've come from strikes, sit-ins, riots, and a war.
Dude, you're still completely missing the point. You're the only person in this discussion who believes that positive outcomes are possible from US elections. That's the entire point: when the system offers a choice between genocide and genocide, the problem is the system. Voting won't save us.š§µ
Also, you're forgetting Gallifreyan Jedi, whose feed this is on, and who you apparently blocked. That's actually the common element here, we all follow that feed, so you're showing us your ass
Adding transphobia to your liberal bullshit is hardly a surprise, but also telling. Also the bit where you say I "hate myself". You're unable to understand an identity not based on white nationalism. I hate the US. I hate fascism. I don't like you either. I'm only mildly disappointed in myself.
wouldn't be here now if you and your like had stepped up at literally any time.
I think you should have joined a union. You should have joined a community aid group. You should have breathed teargas in protest of our criminal regime like I fucking did, starting in the Clinton administration. You should have paid attention before Trump was in the headlines, and maybe weš§µ
And "Free France" was based in North Africa. You still think you have a point, and still demonstrate your ignorance.
Because if I'd stayed I'd have had to do violence to stop his mouth. I'm not here for yammerheads, give me text with citations or go to hell)
I'm bored with conspiracy theory videos, mate. I haven't time to waste on some dickhead saying things I could read and dismiss in a quarter the time and effort. (Or, for that matter, things I could read and agree with, come to that. I've left speeches by a candidate I was volunteering for
The Republic of China is a different government to the People's Republic of China, so that's a completely asinine question to begin with, are you even trying?
You're defending Biden's genocide, among others, so you share the blame for them.
You've been defending Harris as a candidate. That carries a lot of contextual baggage. You've been specifically attacking people criticizing the Democratic Party of the US. That's another big tell. People judge you on the company you keep. I blame Russians who defend Putin for Putin's war. š§µ
Then what are you trying to say? (Keeping in mind that you're contradicting 90 years of military historians regardless)
Like I said, I get my history from actual history, not randos on youtube. "This vlogger agrees with me, why won't you debate him" is a bit that I first encountered with 9/11 Truthers 24 years ago, followed by chemtrail dipshits, teabaggers, and all kinds of conspiracy theorists. It's not a source.
Provide citations or stop your noise. A randome youtube video isn't a citation, because any jackass can put anything on YouTube, and does. (I haven't watched your asinine video, nor will I. Historians or stfu)
Done. Also, again, unlike you, I don't defend or excuse the things my country has done, which IME tends to defuse those sentiments. I would move to another country if I could, but that takes money, which I haven't got.
My (and your) country has made several mistakes, but most of the things I take issue with were deliberate crimes with malice aforethought which cannot be characterized as mistakes, and must be described as crimes. No, but I can't fault people who have beef with me because of things my country has
In order: How do you support the country you live in? That'd be a start, although I am aware of the structural issues with that and can't say I've never done that. Still, the absolute bare minimum you can do (literally) is not vocally support crimes against humanity because of white nationalism.š§µ
Yes, there were a lot of fascists in the genocidal white supremacist empire Hitler was explicitly emulating. That wasn't because of Hitler, that's because a white supremacist empire breeds white supremacists. That's actually the main point people are trying to get through to you.
Again, a non-aggression pact isn't an alliance. Your inability to grasp this concept tells. The USSR didn't trust him, they were building up forces to attack Germany and signed a pact to discourage Hitler from attacking before they were ready. Hitler was doing exactly the same, and hit first.
GENOCIDAL REGIME*. The first, key element is acknowledging that genocide is bad no matter who's doing it, and that "but Trump is hurting people I actually care about" isn't moral high ground
Not supporting a genocidal regime. That's really fucking basic. It y'all "this is the system, thus it's good" clowns could get over your white nationalism we could try moving on to collective action, solidarity, and all that good shit, but first you need to take the step of *NOT SUPPORTING A
The Soviet Socialist Republic of Russia was never an ally of Nazi Germany.
It may surprise you to learn that England is a very small part of the world.
Yeah, again, that's bullshit. Germany didn't have the industrial capacity to fight the US or the USSR, and a non-aggression pact (which neither side ever meant to last longer than it took to build a bigger army) isn't an alliance. Italy didn't have the military capacity to fight Greece.
Let me point out, this is a made-up scenario, and once again, you need to learn some history before spouting off. There's no thousand-year-old fight, Jews,Muslims, and Christians coexisted peacefully in Palestine for the thousand-odd years between the Crusades and the Zionist terrorism of the 30s.
Then stop fucking caping for the people who are in charge. It's really that fucking simple.
"Not all of us wanted this" Correct. You did, I didn't. That's the difference between us: you're choosing to stan for a genocidal regime because Trump doesn't make a frowny face on TV when he commits crimes against humanity, unlike the politicians you support.
You're here supporting a genocidal government and yelling at people who criticize it. That's a thing you chose to do, nobody is making you do that. (Yes, the US government was genocidal in 2024. Also 1924 and 1824).
"Hitler...conquered the world" That's not even remotely close to true. As the other person said, please learn some history before spouting off about it. There was never any possibility that Nazi Germany could conquer the world. The US couldn't either, although it could make a more serious attempt
And when defending the US you had damn well better know what it is you're defending, because the victims sure do. (As someone who was also born in this hellhole, I do know what the US is and has done, which is why I would pray for its downfall if there were any gods worth praying to)
The first rule of doing illegal things club is do not talk about doing illegal things club.
Hamas has repeatedly offered to release the (surviving) hostages, dissolve as a political organization, and surrender their leadership to international law, if only Israel will stop killing. Israel has refused.
In my experience, this is exactly as effective at getting these dickheads to say anything substantive as painstakingly dissecting their bullshit is.
This is what being human is about. This right here.
We're not talking about all of human history. This is a discussion of things a specific country (that you live in) has done within living memory (including the memories of the living people who were directly affected, some of whom are speaking to you in this thread).
That's a hell of a question for an American to ask, neighbor.
The Guard currently in DC (for example), are from South Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. The LAPD and NYPD aren't going to be sent to arrest them, they're busy in NYC and LA.
Who's "they" in this scenario? The Maryland State police don't have the personnel to round up that many Guards, and that's leaving aside the part where they're literally the militia and have guns and all.
They could just leave. Go home. Ditch all this bullshit. If 2000 soldiers desert at once, there's absolutely nothing anyone can meaningfully do about it.
Personally, I'd love to see the Guard all desert. Just go home. There's no agency in the US with the capacity to make them come back.
The elections weren't free and fair before, that's one of the things thst got us where we are now.
The thread is about Democratic talking points being spread by paid shills, taking money from 501c4s funded by fascist oligarchs. You came in insisting that this premise is false, and moreover that 501c4s funding everything is positive and necessary. If that's not what you meant, you shouldn't say it
"501c4s are a staple in US politics. They fund everything" Yes. We are aware of this. That is, in fact, the problem under discussion in this very thread.
Keep in mind that most machine-woven/knit cloth is really, really poor quality and doesn't take repairs very well.
A small minority of US soldiers ever acknowledge that they are war criminals doing violence for capitalists. That's what you meant, right?
If you have missed the article or any of the other reporting, Iām not surprised as it has almost overnight disappeared from much of the conversation, buried in the authoritarian theater of āTrumpās deadā www.wired.com/story/dark-m...
Additional: think about why you think Newsom's Twitter beef is the only thing anyone's been doing or saying. Then stop using whatever open sewer you get news from and find better sources. Then learn some US history, and some Canadian history while you're about it.
Stop being horny on main for a sociopathic fascist because he has Twitter beef with a different sociopathic fascist and nobody will criticize your caping for a sociopathic fascist. It really is that simple.
The PM of Yemen has been assassinated. The one country that was supporting Palestinians with action has been attacked by gencoidal regime for months. Imagine if the leader of another country was assassinated by a foreign power, there would be an outcry. Does Yemen have a right to defend itself now?
#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators. āThere's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
Ok, but do we have to wait? Can't we just skip to the dumping?
Being a white nationalist is bad, not good. Hope that helps.
This isn't a hard-and-fast rule, but it is pretty common that "magic" is something you are or do while "technology" is something you have/use.
As I said before: your sealioning isn't new or special.
The hilarious part of this is that I'm not a progressive and never claimed to be. You're lashing out at anyone who has a moral argument against your bullshit because you know full well what you're supporting. You think being rude is the worst moral failing. Also:
You really are pathetic, aren't you?
Hell, define fascism. Don't mention Trump, Putin, or Hitler. Define it as a political-economic ideology. Go ahead. Teach me.
So, you think Lincoln winning was a bad thing? Please expand on that thought.
Context, indeed. I've repeatedly provided you with context, and you've ignored it. Again, context: Harris sent my trans sisters to be gang-raped. (See "v-coding). Biden spent his political career imprisoning Black people and murdering Muslims. (Also, you're 100% proving the OP's point here)
Disliking Trump specifically is necessary but not sufficient. Many fascists have personal issues with Trump, wish to supplant him, or merely want a more competent strongman in charge. None of these people are the allies of any person with principles or ever will be.
You,by contrast, have spent hundreds of words defending fascism.
See, you're still ignoring my actual words. I don't give a half dram of stale rat piss what Newsom's media team tweets. If you do, you're part of the problem, because a) the tweets are AI slop, and b) Newsom is a fascist who is helping MAGA, not opposing MAGA
It's hard to tell, so.
Since apparently you need it repeated a lot: Steve Bannon. Creator of Make America Great Again, aka MAGA. Friend and ally of Gavin Newsom, who you insist opposes MAGA. Why do you support this?
Fact: Biden increased ICE funding. Let's just start there. Biden increased funding for ICE every year of his administration.