Hacksaw

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

I read the article, I saw the interview. He literally said "was there any love?... Like there was in Germany"

What I skipped is only a description of what Trump thinks love is (extra piece of bread and a wink) and that hamas didn't do it. The two clauses are literally directly connected.

I know it's hard to believe that's what he said. Unfortunately you'll have to accept it to deal with the modern reality.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I knew this thread would be FILLED with Trump apologist. He literally said "was there any love?... Like there was in Germany"

It's not taking it too far. It's what he said. We don't need to figure out if he meant a prison guard or Germans in general. We don't need to excuse what he meant by adding precision he didn't add. According to Trump there was love for Jews in Nazi Germany.

I'm so glad to see at least a few people resisting the sanewashing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We're not trying to boycott EVERY corporations. We're voting with our wallets for the lesser evil the same way we vote at the ballots for the lesser evil.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's an uneducated take. The amount of goods and services required by a population as a whole isn't affected by boycotts. What one company loses others will replace since they have a profit motive to do so. This requires them to hire additional labour which can easily come from what labour boycotted companies lay off.

That's assuming a boycott has such a large impact as to require a workforce adjustment which is basically a fantasy scenario in most cases.

Stop convincing people into more apathy than is already plaguing us.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago

That's the thing though, there is nowhere to go. You can't run away from bombing because you don't know where the next one will fall. You're just as likely to run to the next target as away from it.

You just get to sit there, hoping that if you don't survive it's because you got killed instantly instead of being trapped and crushed by rubble waiting until you dehydrate to death over a few days.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely, we need to end the anti jailbreaking laws that allow US companies to extract rents from Canadian customers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

If left wing people and normal people mark it neutral, and right wing people mark it far left, the average will be a left bias for the meter. These kinds of "fairness meters" assume everyone is acting in good faith and the right is never acting in good faith.

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

No that's not what I'm talking about, it's hardly even relevant since as you said it was before Trump.

There was no successful vote of non confidence.... Just the conservatives putting on a show knowing they didn't have the votes. Singh promised to topple the government on the next vote, but Parliament wasn't in session, so he didn't have the chance. The liberals called an election robbing Singh of the chance to topple government.

I'm talking about after the tariff war started. Singh is part of the government. Right now it's a minority Liberal government, the only reason we're in that position is that Singh agreed to ally with the government in exchange for concessions, which was excellent statesmanship and fighting for the average Canadian. When Trump announced tariffs Singh was attacking the liberals more than the cons did. To fight against your allies at a time of crisis is in poor taste. You might not think that's in poor taste but there was an IMMEDIATE cratering of NDP support so Canadians CLEARLY think it's in poor taste. They went from 24 seats to polling as low as 3. Sure polls aren't everything, but they do tell you what Canadians think of his decisions.

I'd say going from 24 seats to 3 is "shat the bed" and I only hope one of those 3 is my riding.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I fucking love incels. Like they've accomplished nothing, have nothing to offer, yet FIRMLY BELIEVE they deserve the best.

Like what's the other side get out of this deal? An unemployed sweaty basement dweller with a collection of nude anime figurines?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

That's not how it works. If the conservatives can't get a majority, the liberals can form a minority government with the NDP or greens. This is what our government currently looks like and it got us dental healthcare. Minority governments can be very effective at creating social change, especially when most Canadians have to be dragged kicking and screaming into policies that benefit them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Singh really shat the bed in the past few months. Attacking the prime minister when we're under attack from the US? That kind of infighting in the face of adversity is an ugly look. It's really too bad because Singh made some amazing progress in social democracy and social welfare, he was a tough negotiator and an excellent strategist for years. He picked a bad time to lose the ball. They need a new leader, it's too bad they're going to lose a fuck ton of seats to get there.

My NDP candidate is amazing, I hope they win.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Brain damage leads to conservative values. That should be pretty obvious by now. That's why conservative leaders are against environmental and consumer regulations. More lead, more PFAS, more conservatives.

 
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