I completely agree with everything you said. I wish we could see exactly what that person said.

I feel like a bit of context is appropriate ‡:

During the October 21 trial, she defended her posts as emotionally driven responses to the genocide in Gaza, stating she aimed to critique Zionism, not Judaism. Despite acknowledging that some of her words were “very violent,” she insisted her intentions were misinterpreted.

The vast majority of people in France criticizing Israel don’t get arrested. The French have even elected a French-Palestinian for the European Parliament (Rima Hassan), who’s been caught red-handed spreading fake news about Israel training dogs to rape palestinians, and is not in prison †

She won’t go to prison for this (suspended sentence, plus ankle bracelet).

I can’t tell if she actually advocated for terrorism, because I can’t find her exact words. But I wouldn’t be so quick to defend her given the circumstances. It could be true that she broke the law.

‡ https://qudsnen.co/?p=50621&amp

† https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/les-fake-news-de-rima-hassan-sur-la-guerre-a-gaza-27-06-2024-2564158_20.php

And it will “surely” be assisisting a genocide should Trump be elected. He never hid it or denied it.

Even if that was true, how is that better than having fascism today, given than genocide will happen no matter what? You seem to imply people will have more willingness to resist if it happens tomorrow (and I doubt it). But are you really willing to take the chance on actual fascism? It really seems like you want it to happen…

You guys have a twisted sense of priorities. You’re willing to trade a maybe for a surely.

It really seems like my options are Fascist Now Party or Fascist Later Party. If the Democrats don’t listen when I vote and don’t listen when I abstain, why should I vote?

The answer is in your question. Fascism later is the better option because it buys you time to do something else. Fascism now means the game is over today. Nothing about that is difficult to understand.

You’ll have ample time (and freedom) to oppose Harris after November, but now’s not the time.

I just shat bricks realizing this.

But what do you do with them after you’ve seized them? Do you still have a purpose in life? 🤭

Oh, a real life tankie died.

Beware, Nazbear dickheads. This is what your buddy Putin’s Russia does to foreign war crime apologists like you.

That’s what I assumed as an European. Fellow yuropoors, do you think of the united statsian state first when you hear about Georgia?

I had to switch recently because I wanted to try out font ligatures and it turns out Alacritty refuse to implement support for that 😬

No no you don’t understand, using CCP is racist

🤭

Was he dumb, or did the Putin regime threaten him with nad consequences if he didn’t get in?

I don’t want to spread rumors or anything, but the stupidity theory sounds a bit fishy.

Multiple votes is not why we have secret ballots IRL. Votes during referenda where you don’t vote for one candidate are also secret.

The purpose of secrecy is to protect from repercussions (ie worker vs boss, person vs family, tenant vs landlord…)

I’m not being pedantic. It matters here, because your votes can have repercussion if they’re easy to see at all times. I don’t want to be harassed because I downvoted an obsessive tankie.

Don’t make the mistake of confusing a moment in history with a “natural” affinity for wars. Humans period have been at war from millenia, not just Middle East humans. There’s nothing in their genomes that makes them more belligerent than other peoples around the world.

Don’t believe me? Look up the grand total of years of peace time in the US since it was created. Look at the death toll of both world wars. Look at the history of Europe, or that of precolombian America, of China…

Now, if the West, Russia and friends could stop meddling with their affairs…