Fuckers are trying so damn hard to make murdering two million people in full view of the world "complex" and "nuanced" and all they're really doing is revealing they never thought about anyone outside their immediate circle as human 
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
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After the Gaza war started I finally understood that words like "complex" and "complexity' are often lib thought terminating clichés. The clichés hold true even if the topic is legitimately complex like universal healthcare. All they want to do is pat people on the head and then begin their lecture on topic X as they opine you can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good and you don't understand how politics works and you're being naïve and...
Yup. Though sometimes they do the opposite and waive away any historical context or complexity because actually it’s simple, stupid.
Please don’t adopt their framing of this concentration camp genocide as a “war”.
I know what you mean but I'm speaking about war (the fighting) as opposed to the genocide. It would feel weird to me to use "Gaza war" at other sites and a different term here.
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I also use "Gaza war" in real life. I wish English had a set specialized term (acceptable for libs) for the sort of genocidal war happening in Gaza.
mentioning the genocide is intended to shutdown productive discusion
I wonder which genocides they say this about
Perilously close to "Leon Trotsky invented the term 'racism' to shut down debate."
: "I think we should not vote for Biden if he doesn't stop" 
<- Liberals
"I'd do it all again!" 
<- Those same liberals
some libs were very pissed when i compared the genociding of gazans and imprisonment of mexicans with nazis recently.
i wish they were that offended by the actual genocide, the more i talk to them, the more that MLK quote rings true. they dont give a fuck as long as they can tell themselves they are good people.
They can tell themselves they are good people.
I try to remember that I'm flawed. As dumb and new age-y ridiculous as that might sound - it's useful for me. I got into an argument the other day with a Jewish lib who knew I was Jewish too so he called me a kapo, told me to fuck myself, and he wanted me to fall into a silly trap. He wanted me to answer a dumb question about Zionism so he could he could say "I knew it! You're an anti-Semite!" I didn't swear back or block him or fall into this stupid trap. He must have been very disappointed.
I had zero empathy for him - but I had a very tiny bit of sympathy. He didn't seem like the typical name calling idiot-fool. I think (or I'd like to think) it's possible that he has some level of cognitive dissounce about the genocide in Gaza. If I'm right - he knows what's happening is wrong. So instead of arguing to make a point of any kind - he's just rude and he's chomping at the bit to say "I knew it! You're an anti-Semite!" to everybody he disagrees with.
Covid showed me that a huge number of Americans working a truly bipartisan manner are awful about simple, basic measures about public health. How hard is it to be at least minimally thoughtful about public health during a goddamned pandemic? And about Gaza - I assume that guy thinks of himself as a good person like so many libs do. How hard is it to be anti-genocide? That's a level of awfulness I didn't think libs would get to.
My negativity level seems very broken. It's always set far too low. Every time. I need to Spinal Tap it up to 11. The past few years have been sad and depressing.
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This comment was far more of a downer than I expected to write. If I go grocery shopping today I'll pay the insane price for a pint of some chocolate flavor of Ben & Jerry's. That always cheers me up. LIfe. Haha.
I recently created a Bluesky account and I found a way to see who is blocking me - https://clearsky.app/. Then I use another browser where I'm not logged in to poke around their account. I never talked to Cyneheard but I assumed they blocked me for Biden or Gaza...
https://clearsky.app/cyneheard.bsky.social/history?q=genocide
lmao, I'm on two "VATNIKS!" lists, I've made less than a dozen posts
Jealous
I have been blocked 20 times but I'm not on any lists yet. But I've only been at Bluesky 4 days and I'm trying.
I believe in you 
also hmu i'm frogstrap
Stop calling him Genocide Joe and start discussing some final solutions for this genocide he is choosing to create. 
I wonder who first coined "mindset flows". I imagine it's some "smart" dipshit like Malcom Gladwell.
The minds must flow...
Out Biden and his supporters ears