iain

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[–] iain 59 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, just ban the collection of user data and selling to 3rd parties. Enormous fines for anyone still doing it. Destroy this entire industry please.

[–] iain 1 points 2 years ago

So fish sauce? That's actually very tasty! A little splash improves any savory/salty dish.

[–] iain 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The far right also supports Israel because that means they can send Jews there. It fits their worldview of every race/ethnicity having their own land. There is no paradox. Besides, Jews and Muslims are killing each other over there. This is why all these far-right politicians are so very Zionist.

[–] iain 6 points 2 years ago

Exactly, it's the whole "black lives matter" vs "all lives matter" thing all over again.

[–] iain 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

None of them attacked innocent civilians in Cambodia: Kissinger bombed innocent civilians in Cambodia. And then after it became known that Pol Pot was a genocidal lunatic, the west started supporting Pol Pot AFTER it became known what he did until his death, while the communists attacked and deposed Pol Pot.

It's always the same: the west murders indiscriminately people in the global south and then act all innocent when this radicalizes the survivors.

Edit: you also mention Vietnam. What Kissinger did there was also monstrous.

[–] iain 5 points 2 years ago

You've already made up in your mind that the Palestinians are genicidal, in order to justify their colonization, oppression and murder by the Israelis. You do this for your own peace of mind. You need to do that because if you didn't, you would see it for what it is, a people fighting for its liberation. You require the Palestinians were all perfect pacifists, going along with their own ethic cleansing and genocide.

[–] iain 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kissinger bombed hundreds of thousands of innocent Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian civilians, and they gave him a fucking peace prize because he finally stopped.

He is responsible for Pol Pot's rise to power so he's indirectly to blame for Pol Pot's regime. You can't bomb a country to hell and not be responsible for the aftermath.

[–] iain 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Post an example of Palestinian people calling for genocide instead of a some unrelated dude.

I know why people keep quoting this unrelated dud:, it's to make you think that "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is a call to genocide. It's not, it's a call for freedom. Both quotes just use the word "sea", but are otherwise not related.

[–] iain 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Then post that instead

[–] iain 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Okay, but then address the point that the guy was Egyptian and not Palestinian?

[–] iain 7 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I mean, there is a big difference between the crimes you commit and the ones you don't commit.

If we're going to judge countries based off what politicians of OTHER countries say, we'll be here all night. Fuck Canada for the shit Trump says, etc.

[–] iain 16 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Two nitpicks:

  • that was said by Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, who is Egyptian, not Palestinian
  • there's a huge difference between a threatened expulsion of some colonizers (words) and actual genocide of the indigenous population (actions)
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