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Cake day: September 12th, 2023

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  • Ok so he should just let these through? And why are you responding as if anyone acted like the intended use of these bombs is a revelation?

    No one here is saying this absolves him/us of the US’s role in Israel’s horrific actions. But there are protests happening, people are saying this needs to stop, and a shipment of bombs just stopped. That happened, and it’s worth noting. So we need to keep up the pressure to get this to stop entirely.

    We both know he’s not going to just unilaterally end this horror show today.





  • I didn’t shift it. I introduced nuance. Nothing I said denied the impact of imperialism/economic realities. Show me where I said anything like that. I have written several responses that clearly indicate I know those are major factors. At this point responses like yours just mean you are choosing to deliberately misinterpret what I wrote/put words in my mouth and that you are ignoring anything else I wrote that could possibly clarify the situation.

    Feels like I’m back on Reddit with this nonsense.








  • I am not forcing it with hostility. I made a broader point about treating people like pawns on a board and I got lectured about econ 101. Yeah I got a little snippy with them, sure I could’ve not been that way. But these responses are so absurd, they leave no nuance or middleground and keep telling me I am either saying things I didn’t say or put up a lazy strawman as if it responds to what I said.

    Also notice not one person wants to acknowledge that there is this implication people have some obligation to not leave their country as it means they are participating in “brain drain.”

    I get what you’re saying, I really do. But the fact is people got all prickly when I tried to introduce nuance. Of course economic factors heavily drive our decisions. I’m not sure where I said anything remotely to the contrary, so I’m getting irritated.