We needed to act with urgency when this horror started over a year ago. We failed.
But you know, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now.
We still won’t do it though.
As individuals, all we can do is boycott Israel, protest our own governments’ inaction and if you ever see Netanyahu, spit in the bastard’s face.
No it’s fine! I think if you stick you fingers in your ears and shout “project fear!” a few times into the mirror you will summon the spirit of Boris Johnson to get brexit done and give you £350 million a week for the NHS
I would absolutely not travel to America while Trump is in power. I’ve wanted to visit again since his first term, but fuck the extra border hassle (+ now the risk of getting sent to gitmo or El Salvador or god knows where for criticizing dear leader) and also fuck supporting an economy he will take credit for.
I feel bad for all the businesses who did nothing wrong. But we live in capitalism and I can’t vote/protest there so 🤷♂️
If you get “detained” for no crime, you have been taken hostage. The media refusing to call them what they are is part of the problem
And these hostages are being tortured:
“I am talking about clubbing, being beaten with rifle butts and being attacked by dogs. There was little to no food, no personal hygiene, no soap inside the cells, no water, no toilet, no toilet paper … I saw people who were dying there … I was beaten so badly I couldn’t use my legs or walk. No day passes without torture.”
That’s a bad thing though, right? So what difference does it make to this story?
Waking up to a public call for ethnic cleansing. This is going to be a long four years
“He told me he is not anti-vaccine. He is pro-vaccine safety, which strikes me as a rational position to take,” Senator John Cornyn told Politico.
This is the oldest trick in the book. “No I’m not anti-vaccine, I’m pro safe vaccines!” Then proceeds to explain how none are “safe” and we “need more research”
Yeah it’s not a very practical decision to vote Green in a two party system. But honestly if you are unwilling to vote for parties enabling genocide I’m not really going to criticise too much. Voters with conscience aren’t to blame, the parties are.
Another chapter in “ugh everyone is upset about current thing so I need to show how much smarter I am.”
Biden providing weapons to Israel is fucking shitty and he has blood on his hands that will never wash off.
Elon Nazi saluting is also fucking shitty and a sign that there will be more blood that won’t wash off over the next four years.
So how in the fuck can you understand the seriousness of one and dismiss the other as a “hand gesture”? Fucking pathetic. Like if someone says “I am going to kill all non whites” and you’re all “oh why are you so bothered about sound waves in the air instead of [thing I care more about]?”
Congratulations, YouTuber. You are indeed the smartest. Well done
The author seems to think that if we’re mad about the Nazi salute we aren’t mad about the other stuff. Like does saying “yes it was obviously a Nazi salute you dumb fuck” stop me from standing up for people’s rights or showing courage when it’s needed? Of course not.
This is what happens to commentators when they have to say something that seems smart but actually have no point to make. The salute is a wake up call for the unengaged and an easy way to see what is really happening. But that doesn’t make for a holier than thou think piece so the author doesn’t give a shit.
Debating it is pointless though. Just show people the video and if they are still connected to reality at all there is no discussion needed.
Interesting link! Weird takeaway though. For one, it’s 67% consistently voting or not, 2/3 vs 4/5 is a big difference. Second, look at 2020. People who didn’t usually vote were most likely to vote then and they swayed dem. Probably because Trump was bad enough to make them more passionate about voting.
This shows that about a third of voters are intermittent and therefore available if people get them excited enough. I’m not saying it’s a good thing (it’s not), I’m just saying it’s a thing. Acting like they’re not important is turning your back on the people who could ultimately sway elections.
And that’s before we think about how many of the consistent non voters are apathetic vs how many just don’t have anyone they feel represents them.
The people who didn’t participate are roughly those who never do.
2020:
Biden - 81.2 million
Trump - 74.2 million
2024:
Harris: 75 million
Trump: 77.3 million
Even if we assume Trump took all 3 million extra votes from Biden’s 2020 voters, there are still 3 million Biden 2020 voters who didn’t turn out for Harris. They cared enough to vote against Trump the 2nd time, just not this time.
Anyway, you are right in the sense that those few million likely wouldn’t have tipped the election anyway. You are dead wrong that they don’t matter. Completely counterproductive lesson to take from the election
How many million people didn’t vote? And how many million would Harris have needed?
Not voting is a choice and clearly it can be an important one. Their voices exist you just don’t seem to want to listen to what they’re saying.
Soos would definitely want the mystery burrito
Ironically for the old racist man we now have less white Europeans immigrants as before and more from Africa and India regions, at least in the area I live. I love it how it’s backfired on him.
Yes! I really tried to explain this to people. One guy I saw on the news said he was voting Brexit to “get the Muslims out,” apparently completely unaware of how batshit insane it is to leave the European Union to reduce the number of non European people in Britain.
My future, my son’s future, all now shaped in a more restrictive way because of people’s views like this.
Yeah it fucking sucks. I left before the official Brexit date, in a year or two I will hopefully have an EU citizenship again. Most of my friends couldn’t have really done that so easily
More than 52% of British people in 2016 and still more than many now, I bet. I always supported Remain but before I voted I wanted to do my due diligence and re-evaluate. It took googling “brexit pros and cons” and all of 5 minutes reading a BBC infographic to confirm that basically everything the leave campaign said was completely and utterly wrong.
The fact that most people still voted for it despite the obvious lies was way more disappointing to me than the racism. Back then I thought better of people.
“Those kids aren’t going to kill themselves” - Joe Biden, probably
All the hasbara money in the world cannot wash the blood from their hands
You don’t know how I voted.
It’s not an issue, they can just make it up. You see, everyone is stupid when you imagine that they have a stupid position and ignore any evidence to the contrary.
In that spirit, I’m pretty sure the person you’re talking to just took a shit on their ballot. So really this is all their fault.
You don’t need a cease fire to not attack unarmed aid ships. You just need a single fucking ounce of morality or respect for international law.