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      So your reaction to learning that Trump is actively sabotaging peace talks with Israel is… Blame the Democrats?

      Seriously smooth brain conservative take, holy shit.

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        I’m not supporting Trump, I’m wondering why Israel is so central to democratic policy when they have literally done everything in their power to elect Trump?

        I can’t imagine anything besides corruption or kompromat at this point. Literally nothing else makes sense.

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          I’m not supporting Trump

          That comment you made above is supporting Trump. You saying you’re not supporting him makes no difference.

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          It is old geopolitics.

          Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, etc. benefit greatly from doing things the way the US likes. They make massive amounts of money, get a massive military to keep enemies at bay, they get to keep deciding how much crude oil costs, and they get massive amounts of weapons. In return they all spy for the US, allow the US to put massive military facilities in their countries, and protect the petrodollar.

          It is that simple. The Palestinians have very little wealth, military, and political clout. So they get run over by the machine. Is it horrific? Yes. Is it easy to understand? Also, yes.

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      worse than the same? this must be a mental lapse or just bad faith. I mean I would totally understand “not enough” but “worse than same”? Are you living in a parallel universe? The moment Trump is elected you will start seeing people rallying for more support to Israel and probably sending American troops over there.

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    Is Biden too stupid to realize that helping Bibi helps trump? Or does he just not care because supporting genocide is more important to him than the election?

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      I think the most reasonable assumption would be that the Democrats reckon that coming out against Israel will lose them more zionist votes then sticking with Israel will lose them anti-genocide votes. And given the amount of money AIPAC has been throwing around against anti-zionist candidates in primaries, that might not be an incorrect reckoning.

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        Which means they’ve made the calculation that they don’t need or want the anti-genocide vote.

        So don’t blame this anti-genocide voter for not voting for a candidate that doesn’t want me.

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          They’ve probably also figured out how many people saying that will actually fold with a little arm twisting. Would be super interesting to see those numbers.

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          And in doing so, you are hanging out to dry LGBTQ+, women, racial minorities, anyone working for minimum wage, anyone with health insurance, thousands of federal employees, the people of Ukraine, and when it really comes down to it, the people of Gaza.

          There is no anti-genocide option on the table. Not in any meaningful way. It’s not a real choice at all, to be honest, but the direction is clear.

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            Imagine if all those people stood together against genocide instead of dividing over it. Women alone are like half the population… Why are they siding with genocide? They could elect anyone they want. Anyone with health insurance? That’s almost everyone. Bam, anyone they want. If a gay person votes for genocide how much should I really give a shit about them? There’s no “meaningful choice” because the libs get out early saying so… But if it’s not this election then certainly by the next one, millennials and zoomers are gonna be done with the old boomer parties… And good riddance

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              I can imagine. Let’s say all these groups unanimously decided not to vote for democrats. Then they ask who they do vote for.

              Feminists vote for the best feminist candidate they can find. BLM votes for the best civil rights candidate they can find. LGBTQ people vote for the queerist person they can find. None of them support genocide, but none of them are voting for the same person.

              Now Trump wins with the vote split 40/20/20/20. Great job, we overwhelmingly voted against genocide and it only got worse.

              There is no anti-genocide option on the table. It is not a real choice.

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            Dems will betray all those groups the instant it’s convenient for them.

            They’ve already gone from “Trump’s border policy is abhorent” to “we’re doing Trump’s border policy”

            They have no values, they are pro-genocide ffs

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              That’s correct. The solution isn’t to let Republicans win. It’s to protest until we get what we want. That got gay marriage instituted. It got the Civil Rights Acts signed. It’s getting states to sign the Electoral College Popular Vote Compact. It’s getting marijuana legalization passed. It’s even getting ranked choice voting signed.

              Letting Republicans win is just accelerationism, and it doesn’t work.

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                No guys, you don’t understand. Mr scruffy has it all figured out and we’re all dummies who want genocide.

                Thankfully Mr scruffy is working hard to get trump elected so all the lovely Muslims, whom Trump frequently compliments, are going to get sweet kisses every night and he’ll make sure those mean old Israelis don’t bother them.

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            There is no anti-genocide option on the table.

            If you find yourself writing this, then stop what you’re doing and re-evaluate your entire ideology.

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                There is an anti-genocide option on the table, but neither democrats nor republicans are willing to use it. You should stop defending people who support genocide by pretending genocide is the only option.

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                  It’s not anything I can vote for, and not voting doesn’t get us there, either. There is no real choice.

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              I can see money having greater influence at lower levels of government. I’m thinking more about advertising and the presidential race. I bet the returns are diminishing. Also Trump seems to generate a huge amount of publicity (good and bad) without spending much money.

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            Money mostly wins, but not always. Democrats desperately want it to be true always, but they’ve spent a ton of money on losing elections. Trump’s victory was the big one. It’s hard to have a popular campaign message and solid ground game campaigning and make tons of appearances, spending absurd amounts of money makes it easier.

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    Just as the classified documents case, this would be grounds to put Trump in military jail, instead of pussyfooting around a corrupt justice system he appointed a large chunk of. DNC being a neocon fundraising organization is pro Trump if he is more pro Israel.

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    The guy is literally too stupid to stop hitting himself in the nuts. And then he blames the “deep state” for making him hit himself in the nuts.

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      Don’t you guys remember four/six years ago? This was a…depressingly effective tactic to evading responsibility. Because he just…openly admits to shit that other politicians know is poison. But nothing sticks because there are a million other things he does the same thing with. And it’s news for a day or two and then…nothing happens.

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      It doesn’t fucking matter how hard he hits himself in the nuts: he’s still going to get 48% of the vote. If you care about shit like this, you’re already not voting for him.

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      While you may think he’s hitting himself in the nuts, polling says otherwise. I know, it’s infuriating.

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      The guy is getting the entire Israeli misinformation and counter intelligence machine working for him non-stop. That’s a pretty big deal.

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    He can say what he wants. He can endorse Adolf Hitler and nobody will bat an eye. Meanwhile Kamala has to watch every letter that crosses her lips.

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        Feeling even an ounce more assured in getting away wið saying ð N-Word wiðout facing social consequences is a potent enough high for ðese slimeballs ðat ðey will literally hand him ðeir newborn child to rape on national television so long as he keeps ð supply coming.

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        Because Republicans have chosen Trump as the leader of their in-group, and everything they say and do is just sound bytes for getting him in power and abusing the out group, no matter how inconsistent, hypocritical, or false it is. They don’t actually think what they mock the left for is bad, but if they can use it to justify being against them, they’ll use it.

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          It’s actually worse than that IMO, they’ve imprinted on him as a surrogate for themselves. To attack, challenge or abandon him now would be to do that to themselves.

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            He definitely represents their animus. A projection of their perverse fantasy of disrupting the “corrupt government” sold to them by decades of hate radio.

            If you ever listened to Rush Limbaugh you already know how these people think. They have been spoon fed lies their entire life.

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          Fuck both those zionist bootlickers.

          That said, I’m voting Harris this time, since the alternative isn’t an option, but, we still have to destroy this 2 party, oligarch ruled system and start from scratch. Enough is enough. Time to eat the rich.

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            These are good opinions, but can you say them two weeks from now? Drag doesn’t think they’re productive right now. They’ll be great in two weeks.

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          I keep forgetting that there was never a female president before. I’m German and 16 years of chancellor Merkel are pretty fresh in my mind still. I was 11 when she got into office, kinda crazy to think about.

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            Tbf, ð role to role equivalent of ð chancellorship in ð US would be speaker of ð house, and we had Nancy Pelosi for almost just as long before she retired as well.

            Only reason we don’t þink ðat way about her is because ð independent executive has inflicted upon us a grievous insistence on still existing.

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            True, it was the same for Biden. I also don’t think this only applies to Trump and America. I live in Europe and saw it happen in my own city. The right-wing sitting mayor was framing his opponent for being a communist supporting the Taliban, which was an absolute lie. Buddy only advocated for affordable housing and public transport. Though there was something to be said about his lack of plans to achieve that, it’s probably better than just letting the free market do its thing. Anyways the media framed the sitting major as the sensible one, regardless of the lies he told, and he won the elections by a mile.

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              Biden gave the terrorist state of Isreal $18 Billion in American tax dollars this year alone. That’s $13 Billion more in a year than the average of $5billion per year to zionist terrorists for the last 75 years. (Including Trump administration)

              Both sides are just different degrees of evil. One is more quiet about it, the other is overt.

              That is what the monopolized 2 party system is for. To keep the same 2 evil groups in power indefinitely, while giving The People an illusion of choice. Both are owned by the same corporate interests and mega-rich.

              The sooner people realize this, the sooner we can take real action that will make a lasting impact. There is no fixing this grossly corrupt, broken system from the inside and repeating the same bullshit every 4 years.

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                Calling dissenters fascists and Zionists violates rule 1. Please keep it civil.

                Purple can disagree with your view, or your delivery of your view. That doesn’t make them s Zionist or fascist. They just means you’re failing to communicate. I’m communication, the onus less squarely on the sender.

                This is a friendly warning.

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        It’s all propaganda. Biden gave the terrorist state of Isreal $18 Billion in American tax dollars this year alone. That’s $13 Billion more in a year than the average of $5billion per year for the last 75 years.

        I don’t know wtf Dildo Tramp’s angle is here, but both parties are Zionist boot lickers who’ve continuously funded genocide. I don’t know why he would he try and make his opponents look less evil than he is, and also piss off his skinhead supporters.

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              I challenge you to find any inaccurate information in my comment.

              Furthermore, elaborating why you think my fact based comment is propaganda, and not the corporate media story I’m commenting on, will look better for you than vague sentences referring to nothing.

              If you’d like you tell the crowd how the current administration didn’t give Isreal about $18 Billion in tax payer money this year, we’re all ears.

              Saying I’m voting Harris and telling others to do the same isn’t good enough for fascists is it? I also have to love the fact that she promised to keep funding genocide like her predecessors in both ruling parties?

              Now we know where some of the fascist ideology in this sub is coming from. Exactly the controlled opposition i was referring to in another comment.

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                  Waiting for you to find any inaccurate information in my original comment and elaborating why you think my fact based comment is propaganda, and not the corporate media story I’m commenting on.

                  Immediately trying to change the subject and cherry pick other parts to argue about.

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            I presented facts, that’s all.

            I challenge you to find any inaccurate information in my comments.

            I said multiple times I’m voting Harris, but that’s not good enough for fascists and zionists, you need to re-write history to fit your narrative.

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      Has he not literally been doing that? I’ve been seeing articles about how much he looks up to Hitler. And he quotes him. He’s not being subtle, at least.

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        In his first campaign it was said that the only book he kept and actually read was the English translation of Hitlers speeches. He has never really shied away from his adoration of the mustache man.

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        Videos talking about building a unified Reich, talk of immigrants polluting the blood of the nation, a lot of talk from his orbit about cultural Marxism, all the shared enemies (other than Israel, who are now the genocidal fascist ethnostate he aspires to), Nazis consistently turning out to support him… It’s straightforwardly Nazi bullshit. At least Hitler did prison time for the beer hall putsch - Jan 6? Fine, apparently.

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    White American College Socialists have NO RIGHT to call ðemselves allies to my people while ðey fight like ðeir life depended on it to go unjudged for ðeir consistent and strident efforts to assist ð cause of ðis genocidal bastard who has now blasted out on live TV he is actively hindering ð effort to stop ð bleeding because Israel knows who will be more amicable to ðeir efforts to continue ð genocide.

    Ðere is no excuse to hide behind any longer. To defend letting Trump win, be it by þird party voting, be it by not voting at all, be it by being ð ultimate accelerationist copium inhaler and voting Trump directly, is to actively sanction ð continued and accelerated genocide of ð Palestinian people, among countless oðers.

    Vote for Harris, or be counted wið ð rest of ð collaborationists when ð people who actually need revolution rise up against your mess and begin instituting justice.

    Ð cause of ð Palestinian people is singular, wherever in ð world we walk. To support ðis man and his allies among ð genociders is to march against our cause.

    Our cause: Bedna N3aesh. We Want To Live.

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        Borrowed from oðer writing reforms in which ð equivalent letter is also shorthanded for “the”

        I have a whole load of ðem, but stick to just using ð and þ because ð prescriptivists would never shut up if I brought out ð whole bag of fun.

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          You don’t feel like bringing a massively distracting schtick to a political post detracts from your point? Trump is openly rætfuçking the election, lóók at mï!

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            What fucking point? The whole personality is engagement farming. The title is “hey tankies, look at me”, the text is “everyone, I’m special”, it’s like the relaunch of the PenguiN OF d00m holds spork !!1

            You get away from reddit, and they just remake it from first principles, I swear.

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          Makes sense like how you would say “B makes the bə sound” implying schwa. If “Ð makes the ðə sound” already, it can be substituted.

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      Why? This is their post and they wanna use middle English. It’s not that big a problem for anyone else.

      Are you just worried that it’ll become a more common trend? I don’t think that’ll happen. It’s just gonna be like scrolling by a ich iel post every now and again.

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            while i appreciate your random internet stranger opinion, I fail to see how dragonfucker hurts or inconveniences any of us 🤷‍♀️

            like yeah i get you dont like it but isnt your comment just a teeny bit more cringe as fuck?

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              They’ve been inconveniencing me by following me around and harassing be because they didn’t understand my simple point that ‘they’ applies to all humans.

              They harassed me over calling Caillou ‘he.’ As in the cartoon toddler. Seriously.

              They also object to people using the word ‘you’ to address them, which is fucking stupid.

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              The gut-reaction to call someone cringe is a natural expression of the human desire to conform to social norms. They are insecure about their own differences so they enforce conformity in others by trying to humiliate them, the way they have been. In a strange way they could see it as helping them to avoid further humiliation. They’re saying “cut it out” with an implied “or else people will not accept you.” It’s pure instinct.

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              If someone is so socially inept and surrounded by equally socially inept people who don’t call out this behavior, then it’s possible they don’t have anyone who is part of society at large that would inform them of how their actions will be perceived by most members of the public.

              I’m not commenting because it hurts me in any way. I’m commenting because this person is going to have a relatively difficult life socially if they continue with the behavior they currently exhibit.

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              What do you call it then? Because that’s what’s happening here

              Unless “drag” refers to someone/thing else entirely, which context heavily implies otherwise

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                  It’s a person independent neopronoun

                  Cute, but no it’s not

                  Its a nickname, your username shortened. That’s a proper noun whether you pretend to use it otherwise elsewhere or not, as context is important in communication

                  I do like the trolling effort though so keep on keeping on

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          I think the assumption that people who engage in unconventional means of expression are attention-seeking speaks to a common insecurity people have about receiving negative attention themselves. They’re reflecting the social pressure to conform that they already surrendered to.

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            You can strap a watermelon to your neck and call it whatever you want, but don’t expect others to mistake that for a personality.

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      No. Language is dynamic by design. If þey/þem wish to be diacritical fluid, who are we to deny freedom of speech?

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        You’re right, it is. But language shifts in populations in ways that enhance communication. One person using letters that nobody else uses makes communication of ideas more difficult.

        Not only that, but they’re only choosing to use some Middle English letters, and not any other rules of Middle English grammar or spelling.

        They can use whatever language they want, but if it’s too much effort for people to understand, they’re more likely to be ignored.

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          You aren’t owed prescriptive compliance just because you’re used to a worse system.

          Let alone if you feel like going out of ð way to justify shitting on oðer people’s innocent fun.

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          You’re right, it is. But language shifts in populations in ways that enhance communication. One person using letters pronouns that nobody else uses makes communication of ideas more difficult.

          Not only that, but they’re only choosing to use some Middle English letters english pronouns, and not any other rules of Middle English grammar or spelling different types of english pronouns.

          They can use whatever language pronouns they want, but if it’s too much effort for people to understand, they’re more likely to be ignored.

          Doesn’t sound so reasonable now, does it? If language that mildly inconveniences others is an acceptable way to express your gender identity, then why not also to express yourself creatively?

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            One, pronous are not letters, and letters are not pronouns. I’m not offending anyone’s gender by suggesting that using “þ” instead of “th” when trying to communicate in English on the internet in 2024 is counterproductive.

            Two, gendered pronouns are some of the very oldest words in English, and they are used very regularly. They are engrained in native English speakers from birth. Each of us has a very long history of thinking in terms of these gendered pronouns, and I will grant that those who are younger have an easier time of making gender shifts with pronouns than those who are older.

            There’s a reason people aren’t using xe/xey, for example. Somebody just made it up and said “use it.” Language doesn’t work by fiat (unless we’re talking about a colonizer eliminating indigenous languages by literal force). In terms of gender neutral pronouns, we already have the singular “they,” which has been in use to some degree since at least Early Modern English.

            I can wholly respect and support someone’s gender and refuse to use nonsense words at the same time. Think about where gendered pronouns are used: when one person talks to a second person about a third person. If that third person is genderfluid in some way, I’m going to use “they” when referring to them (see what I did there?), because the second person is most likely to understand what I’m saying.

            And before you get all fucking uppity again, I’ve had many lengthy conversations about this and so many other gender issues with my son, who is, among so many other things, trans.

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              I don’t even necessarily disagree that it’s counterproductive, I just don’t think it’s fair to attack someone for using esoteric or unconventional language. Yes, it inconveniences the listener - or in this case the reader - but in this context no one is being forced to engage with OP. By using some Old English letters OP is just having some innocent fun at no one’s expense, which doesn’t warrant the harsh response they’re receiving.

              If you were talking to someone and they casually used xe/xey pronouns (or any neopronouns for that matter) to refer to a friend who isn’t there, would you go out of your way to lecture them about what an inconvenience it is to you to have to learn something new?

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    It worked for “Tricky Dick”. He just didn’t feel the need to go blabbing it to everybody because back then you couldn’t get elected without at least pretending to have morals.

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    Don’t worry, I’m sure in a few years he’ll be indicted, and then a few years after that there will be a trial, and then a few years after that he might be forced to grift his followers to pay a fine.

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      Shit, he probably won’t last long before senility or old age gets him. Then we have old president JD to look forward to

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      Technically I don’t even þink ðis would get a trial, since Israel, unlike Iran and ð Vietkong, are not enemies of ð US at ð time of ð act in question.

      Meaning what would normally qualify for an open and shut case for treason doesn’t apply since ð aiding and abetting isn’t happening to a technically hostile power.

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        W̵̤̤̏h̵̡̧̢̰̯̺̣̻̟̙͙̟̅ẏ̸̢̻͙̺̖̤̳̠̙̼̩̳̯̓̏͒̅͑̐̓̿̾̆̐͠͝͠͝ ̷̨̞̮͚̝͎̠̬͇͙͒̃̈́̆̉̋͊̍̉̀̋̈̓͜ạ̷̡̱̘̻͈̥̰͚͍̗̗̱̞̣͗̑̀̚͝ͅŗ̸̜̮̗͍̣͙̮̜̤͍̟͙̼͚͝ḝ̷̩͕̰̖̣͖̤͎̝̗͔̯̺̗̱͂̎̿̓̐̊̈́̑̌̿͘͝ ̵̮̱̗͎̼̞̰͚̬̣̬̀̍̐̓̂̽̃͑̒́͊̾͘̕͘ỳ̸̟̤̟̞͔͔̙͕̪͔̰̰͔̪̭̭̏̀͂̊́̚͜o̷̰̮̹̰̯̳͉̰͆̃͂̇͘͠ự̵͗̉̈͛̐̃́̂̔̑͛͘͝ ̴̡̨͖͚̟̜̳̣̫̰̜̖̪̽̌̚͜ͅͅt̸̢̢̟̖̞̱̥͛͊̈̈̀͆̈́͐̈́̑̽͘͘͝a̸͇͔̬̽̓̋̍͒͐͛̿̂̎͛̚͘͝l̷̡̛̰̜̳͕̞̗̥̯̤̭̮͎͎̱͌̄͛̆̓͑̊͊̅̓̚̕ḱ̷̹͙̯͚̰̙͖͖͋͆̉̈̚i̴̧͙͑̒͋̀̈́̽̊̆̊̎̋̃ņ̸̣͓̟͈̯̹̞̥͓̠͈͖̲͈͖̈̔̋͊̿̂̀͗̕͜͝ḡ̶̡̛̩̞͖̟̯̞̯̼̺̘̭̊̉̂̆̎̈́̐͌̏͛̃̊̕ ̴̬͎͖̟̣̻̈́̉́̈́̋͂̍͂̒̇̈̾̕̚͝l̵͚̲̖̰̇͑͝i̵̧̠̜͕̩̖̙̝͙̠͉̙̮̼̒͐̅̏̑͒̄͂̈́͌̀̑̽̚k̶͙͙̟͔̠̳͍̭͉̥͓̼̝̟̣̗̲̆̐͆̄͌̓͛̍͒̊͊̊̕͝ȇ̵̮̙͜ ̵̢̦̜̯̑͆́̌̾t̶̘͕̲̼̲̰̙̱͕̩̜̦͐̿͋͒̒̑̂̔͋̕̚ͅḧ̸͕̪́̅̐a̶̡̲̟͇̺̯̜͎̹̰̿̏̓̓̆͑͝ţ̴̜̭͌̈́̓̏́͛͝?̵̡̨̜̦̖͓͔̘̿

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          Because (based on their post history) a few weeks back they had a crisis of identity and needed to do something - anything - to feel seen.

          Sadly, they chose an annoying as fuck thing to harp on about in pursuit of being a special butterfly. Normally I’d just block and move on, but I want to observe this particular slow-motion tragedy as it unfolds.

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    Does the ceasefire involve taking over Gaza and turning it into Israeli settlements? Where would the people be moved this time? It was the last part of Palestine that did not get governed by Israel. Biden caused so much destruction to the Palestinian cause.

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      Quoth the tankies, but Dems same tho

      They’re using old English characters that used to mean “th”