Krono

I understand that questioning your liberal worldview can be painful, but thought-terminating clichés like "whataboutism" do a disservice to rational discussion.

It is not whataboutism to discuss how Trump's illegal actions are enabled by his predecessors' illegal actions.

It is not whataboutism to point out the Biden administration routinely circumvented the Leahy Law in order to continue the genocide in Palestine.

The major political parties may have only changed names once, but the most common stance in modern political science is that we are in the 6th political party alignment in US history.

• Centralization 1796-1824
• Jacksonians 1828-1852
• Republicans 1856-1892
• Progressives 1898-1928
• New Dealers 1932-1972
• Neoliberalism 1980-Present

I think United Healthcare is a glaring omission from this design.

Should replace cardinal healthcare (market cap $30b) with UHC (market cap $450b) imo

It looks inhospitable because of the water apartheid.

Israel and its settlers take the lions share of water resources, leaving Palestinians with barely enough to survive.

Water is so scarce and precious that nearly every Palestinian home has a rooftop water tank. Water for aesthetic things like plants or lawns is a luxury.

Parched: Israel’s policy of water deprivation in the West Bank

We bombed them back to the stone age, then we cut them off from the rest of the world.

And now we point and laugh at them for being backwards, without any sense of history or responsibility.

I'm not sure the best place to post this, but I would like to say I do regret this comment.

My honest intention was to make a provocative post that would generate a discussion on ethics and morality in the age of Luigi and Elon. My intention was to lay out a hypothetical scenario "if anyone wants to become a hero.." but with sober hindsight I now see how my words could be misconstrued into a call for violence, and that is deeply regrettable.

I was recently prescribed a new muscle relaxant for my rheumatoid arthritis, and I mixed it with a couple alcoholic drinks for the first time. The result was not some drastic change, but I did become unfiltered, sloppy, and inaccurate with my words, and I will not be making this mistake again.

In the future, I do intend to continue making provocative comments, but I am committing myself to no longer discussing violence in this context.

I base it on the fact that the child in question is what, 4 years old? You know how often a 4 year old sleeps? There's naptime, and very early bedtime...

Is your argument honestly that the human shield is wrapped around his head literally every moment he is in public? You know how absurd that sounds, right?

The only thing it takes to disprove your hypothesis is a quick Google search showing dozens of recent pictures of his head without a human shield attached.

This conversation is getting very silly.

I have no idea how often the human shield is wrapped around his head, but I would imagine any shooter who does their homework would be able to find many hours in the day when the child is not physically attached to him.

The obvious difference between this and the IDF is that, in this case, we have an actual human shield. Anyone who is paying attention knows that the IDF "human shield" justification is just a lie to cover for their atrocities.

I think an ethical shooter would take every reasonable precaution to avoid hitting the human shield.

But in the vanishingly small hypothetical where it could not be avoided, then I would still consider the shooter a hero, yes.

I appreacite your concern, but is there something substantial to fear?

I have not crossed the line into credible death threats; this is first amendment protected speech. If I get a visit from the secret service I will consider it a win for having wasted their time.

And if Trump starts rounding up "online leftists agitators" or "antifa" or whatever to put in his concentration camps, I'll probably already be in the camps for a different reason.

I fail to see any ethical difference between murdering children under conditions of "warfare" and murdering children via assassination. Both are equally horrific.