u/themeatbridge — themeatbridge

You know how you have to pay extra to have insurance to pay to take care of your mouth bones and your face balls? Well, what if we did that but with all the bones and stuff? Like, why are your foot bones included in the same insurance that pays for you to have knee bones or neck giblets? Why not do all the bones and stuff a la cart? And then maybe skin can be a premium add-on. We could charge separate for the red goo that's all on the inside everywhere, and then it's like a subscription model for having parts. We can sell it like "don't pay for the parts you don't have," and people will think that they are saving money because each part costs less than the whole, but paying for everything costs more.

-some Health Insurance board member somewhere, probably.

.... I should start an AI company.

They deported hundreds of individuals, and there are still masked officers abducting people in the streets. This is one small victory in a great big war that we're all losing.

Do you even hear yourself?

>Germany is a real country though. Israel is a settler colony established through land theft.

Can you remind me why those Jewish immigrants had to move to Israel after WWII? Why they couldn't just go back to their homes in Europe?

>By saying Israel has no right to exist I mean the racist genocidal ethnostate called Israel needs to be dismantled and become a one state with equal rights for all. That is not a call for genocide. That is a call for humanity.

I'll take you at your word that this is what you meant, but my point still stands because it does not come across that way at all. You may not be aware that there is an alarming resurgence of anti-Semitism globally (fueled in large part by the Israeli government engaging in the genocide of Palestinians). "Israel has no right to exist" is a common refrain among anti-Semites, and most of them do mean "Jewish people should not exist."

If you're *not* calling for a genocide, then you need to be clear when you're critical of Israel. Because sounding like a nazi gives credibility to the defenders of Israel who claim that all critics are nazis.

>For the record no country has a right to exist. They either do exist or they don't.

Yes, and Israel exists.

>dismantling the power of a geopolitical state in order to stop it from committing a genocide (which is what most people mean when they say "Israel doesn't have a right to exist")

I don't believe that is what most people mean when they say that.

As for the Nazi comparison, there were a lot of people who would have preferred we kill all the Nazis, but only a relatively small percentage were tried and convicted. Germany did not forfeit their right to exist, and the German people (including most of the Nazis) were allowed to continue on with their lives.

As for Hitler, I do think a trial would have been better for the world and the development of humanity. But like most narcissists, he was a coward and chose to shoot himself rather than face consequences.

The logical conclusion of opposing a genocide is not more genocide.

Let's be honest with ourselves, the world is a mess right now. There are no "good guys" coming to the rescue. There's no political or military power that will fix the discord or stop the violence. In an ideal world, Netanyahu and his leadership would be tried and convicted of crimes against humanity. Given the current climate, I'd settle for an armistice to end the murdering of civilians and to allow for humanitarian aid to reach the people who need it. The threat of another elected despot is not an argument against deposing the current one.

You're citing those polling numbers as evidence that I'm wrong? That we don't have a problem with messaging? If your plan is to convince me that we need to stop a genocide with a genocide, then I have sorry news for you. Even if it was 100% of Israelis polled, I would still be opposed to genocide. Existence is never a crime. We are defined by our choices, not by the circumstances of our birth. When people communicate, there is always an opportunity for people to grow and learn. Communication is the only path to peace, and the people who need to hear you will not hear you while you're saying they are monsters who do not deserve to live.

Yep, I'm one of them. Are we saying that the United States doesn't have a right to exist? Canada and Mexico have their own skeletons in their closets, too. Which countries have a right to exist? The Palestinians were "displaced" by the British, who took control from the Ottomans, who conquered the land from the Egyptians, the Mongols, the Crusades... how far back are we going to go?

Or maybe we accept that a nation is constructed of modern people who are not responsible for the sins of their forebears. Maybe we can criticize genocidal tyrants and war criminals without dehumanizing an entire citizenry and calling for their extermination. Because if both sides are calling for the eradication of the other, then the historical claim to the territory is irrelevant. If both sides justify violence with divine provenance, then neither side maintaims the moral high ground.

Israel is engaged in a genocide. They should be stopped, with violence if necessary. But condemning the people's right to exist blunts the criticism of genocide. It makes it appear to be a holy war between two violent terrorists, when that is far from the reality.

Ok. Can you point to anything I said that wasn't true?

No actually I think I get it just fine.

Are you aware of the origins of North America and what was there pre colonization?

Nah, see, this is the rhetoric that compounds the problem. The Israeli government is currently run by ultranationalists who are engaged in a genocide. They need to be *stopped*. That's an objective and reasonable statement, backed up by evidence and moral justification.

To say that the nation and its people are monsters who do not have a right to exist, that's anti-Semitism.

I'm an American. Donald Trump is a criminal, and belongs in prison. He should be stopped. If you have a plan to stop him, I'll probably support it (within reason). If you were to say, "America has no fucking right to exist. They are a colony of deprsved monsters," I could understand why you think that given the actions we have directed or supported internationally, but I would have to disagree.

Israel is a nation of many people. Those people have a right to exist, just as Palestinians have a right to exist. Existence doesn't have to be a zero sum game.

I think we have enough money for both, and we don't spend enough on either.

If this dopey motherfucker actually did this, I'd support it. Harvard can survive on less, and trade schools should be cheaper to encourage people learning trades.

But that's not what's happening, not even a little bit. The money isn't being redirected to where it will do more good. It's being withheld for corrupt personal reasons, and the "thought" of using it for so me thing productive is half-formed horseshit that is never going to materialize.

This is a technique Trump uses to deflect criticism, although I think it's too stupid to have a name. Let's call it the Ball Gargle. It's an idea that, in retrospect, sounds like it might be a good idea, but it's probably impossible and definitely never going to happen. So Trump does something obviously corrupt and deeply unpopular among people who aren't total fucksticks. When the people who aren't total fucksticks complain, Trump suggests ball gargling, and the fucksticks go "Yeah, see, that sounds good!" But Trump isn't going to gargle any balls, and even if he tries it wouldn't be any form of anything anyone anywhere wants.

The Entmoot has decided to discuss opening talks to determine if discussions are necessary before taking action to begin negotiations.

And as a consequence of these findings, Russia has learned their lesson, we assume. Case closed, good job to us.

When the fuck did "nasty" become a political insult?

If someone drops into St. Peter's Square with a parachute, I win $3,000.

Sex is not binary. There are at least 30 genetic combinations of genes responsible for primary sex organs naturally occurring in human biology, and the presentation of secondary sexual characteristics runs a full spectrum of different phenotypes.

Further, the neurological and social processes of transgender identification *are* biological processes.

Gender is a social construct that describes the majority phenotypes, but there are far more outliers than the bigots would have you believe, and the science backs that up at every level.

"Biological sex" is LGBTQA++plus something we haven't even discovered yet. And there's no evidence of bathroom incidents involving trans individuals where they weren't the victims.

Also, your question reminded me of something my biology professor would say: "Ignorance is *not* asking the question." Good job being curious.

Biology does not support this viewpoint. We should stop calling it "biological sex" and just call it bigotry.