MonkRome

Good point.

Today a 1 state solution is impossible, but someday it will have to be possible or the violence will never end, imo. As long as there are 2 states there will always be people that want to take it all for their "side".

I agree with most of what you said, but I'm a little confused by this section:

On the other hand, Palestinians were very welcoming to the first Jewish immigrants. Their violence started long after the colonial violence of the Zionists. If you want to learn more, I recommend Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historic an who says he loves his people but also every other people.

Whatever your views of post 1948 Israel, Jews and Arabs were both regularly killing each other in Palestine prior to the creation of Israel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_and_massacres_in_Mandatory_Palestine

Additionally during the Ottoman empire, when modern Zionism and Jewish immigration started, Jews were moving there fleeing persecution in Russia and Europe. They were a poor underclass when they arrived. Not all Jewish immigrants were Zionist, history suggests most were not. But even those that were, were met with Syrian and Arab nationalists that wished to keep the Ottoman empire Arab. Jews created their own defense very early on in a handful of small farming communities.

The history leading up to the creation of Israel is really not pretty for anyone, Jews or Arab. But you seem to be painting a picture where "loving Arabs opened their arms and welcomed in the Jews only to be betrayed." That doesn't seem to be how history is recorded. It seems problematic to paint history through a modern lens, if Israel was never created we would be recounting all of the awful things Jews endured under Ottoman rule and Mandated Palestine.

The problem is really with the creation of 2 states. Most Jews would have likely slowly integrated if Israel was never created. But by creating Israel they emboldened the Zionist nationalists. To me the real issue is with the creation of a Jewish state at the detriment of non Jews living there. We need a 1 state solution.

I don't think Chapelle deserves the level of hate he's received, but he was certainly punching down in his bid to play oppression Olympics. His whole point was one of being jealous that black people have a much longer road to acceptance that trans people. The problem is, because of his discomfort with the topic, his jokes fell flat, which leaves only the punching down. If you're going to cross the line, you better be funny, or people will only see malice.

Iirc somewhat like the fish

Well every minute they're alive feels like an eternity, even if they die early. The peak age of death is 84, even though the average is lower. If Trump dies before that age while getting the best healthcare in the world, it will still feel like he lived forever.

I guess it depends on what you mean by almost done. They've taken 50% of the land in gaza. They've killed 3% of the Gaza strip and .06% of the West Bank. These are massive extinction events by population percentage, but the Palestinians are still very much there. As soon as people give up, the Palestinians are in a much much worse state than they already are.

It won't be as easy for them to push through the other 50% without displacing or killing 2 million people, which is a world of difference from 70,000. I'm not optimistic, but I also don't see a current path for Israel to "finish the genocide" that doesn't simultaneously eliminate a large percentage of their remaining political and economic power in the process. On the other hand fascist counties aren't know to act rational. Either way, this genocide is far from over. Imo, it will last at least another decade, if not much longer, if it's bent on geographic, cultural, and/or population annihilation. I think there is at least some hope that the political winds can change before that happens.

Both of the ones from my state are from moderate conservative districts. Completely unsurprising that they won't stick their necks out for something entirely symbolic. Though I don't get why they can't just abstain from a silly vote.

Not a huge fan of Chomsky as a person, even if he's said things I agree with. But it's worth considering that he was extremely critical of the exact apparatus that is reporting his demise. Not saying he wasn't a creep, he was arrogant enough to be, but this could all be fiction. Also plenty of people knew Epstein that were not part of his extracurriculars. As much as I want to see a lot of these rich fucks squirm, we really lack incriminating info. And even if we had it, I'm not sure I trust the current people handling the documents.

Changed, in to "before", iirc this impact persists a little past infancy, but yes not into the teens, I just was not thinking about my words.

Evidence shows that early exposure to potential allergies reduces the likelihood of getting that allergy. Since we've know this doctors have recommended early exposure to allergens, instead of avoiding them. Now that we no longer avoid peanuts before adolescence, the allergy is receding.

A lot of places put the waste basket by the door for this very reason.