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important to note that one of those cultural shifts is NBA fandom itself becoming more diverse, both racially and globally. domestically it's like a number of things where as the U.S. becomes more diverse, the primacy of the white/black binary weakens or at least is complicated, while still...

it's racial in two, related senses. first, in the sense that almost every element of American culture has some kind of racial subtext (or just text) lurking under the surface. that is especially pronounced in basketball obviously, a sport not only dominated at the professional level by black...

Both would be my guess As well as the typical mista'arvim etc undercover security forces

Well sure the Israeli answer is to just blame everything on Hamas and ignore the obvious consequences of destroying Gaza. The degree to which that's intentional at a policy level vs simple callousness is what's unclear. As I said idk if they'll walk away, tho for security rather than any kind...

It's alrite dude I'm not expecting people to have the same level of engagement I do, especially about Israeli politics and society, but yeah I think it's a good rule of thumb for any American to at least try to know something about any war our govt is funding, whether that's in Ukraine or...

The alternative is the eternal Israeli fantasy of refugees camps in the Sinai, which besides being a total nonstarter with Egypt would just take the humanitarian disaster and move it a few miles south. What's your answer here? Incidentally there was an editorial in Haaretz today calling for a...

I'd agree there is a point at which indifference and dehumanization combine to create purposeful targeting of civilian. I'm talking more at the policy level. IDF high command isn't setting out to kill as many civilians as possible. The IDF are like American cops (or maybe just cops in...

Sure. "Administer" is probably a euphemism at this point, but what better word would you suggest? UNRWA and other NGOs will do their best to combat the humanitarian disaster but there will have to be some kind of administrative body. The alternative is direct Israeli rule.

Neither of those points are really true The IDF isn't trying to maximize civilian casualties - tho idk if that was exactly your meaning - it just doesn't care about them as a general rule. When the eyes of Western media are on them they make a big show of the "most moral army on earth" nonsense...

assuming you mean the war and not this thread Hard to say rn, a lot depends on U.S. and Israeli domestic politics. This Israeli govt would prefer to just reoccupy Gaza which is a total non-starter for Biden but which Trump would probably countenance. A Gantz/Lapid govt would almost certainly be...

To again, get back on topic yall's ambassador - a longstanding annexationist/Jewish supremacist lunatic in the vein of Ben-Gvir - belligerently articulates the current govts stance on a two-state solution

All good man, let's just keep things in perspective

That is a feeble attempt at provocation even for you bud

This trivializing framing is such solipsistic nonsense lmao, even for you, as if the entire war exists to provide social media content for yr acquaintances to disagree about while, you gus, remain aloof and dispense snide judgment

No you're right, I definitely didn't care about Chiapas or Rwanda or Iraq or Afghanistan or any other place where terrible things have happened. I famously never said anything about any of those places. And I definitely haven't been paying attention to Israel since my dad moved there in the 80s...

Back on topic, a couple days ago Hamas ambushed and wiped out the Golani Brigade's forward command unit in Gaza City https://www.timesofisrael.com/ten-soldiers-including-two-senior-officers-killed-in-gaza-fighting-and-deadly-ambush/ Which messes with the IDF victory narrative and symbolizes...

Yes, it's almost like beliefs and actions have consequences. Framing it as "mind contagion" is nonsense but classic gus, so there you go. Hundreds of people are dying every day and almost 2 million are displaced and starving. I cannot summon up much sympathy for people dealing with tense office...

dude I don't give a shit winning points in a stupid internet debate club or pwning fuckwit trash like biscuits or whatever what I care about is thousands of people being killed by a far-right govt that is coopting part of my identity to justify that killing. secondarily I care about the...

Or if you want another example of an actual antisemite exploiting Jewish suffering to further her own agenda look no further than Elise Stefanik, another endorser of Great Replacement Theory nonsense...

One example, of many, to illustrate the double standards over meaning intifada and from the river to the sea are "proxies" for genocide, i.e. the standard campus genocide claim now go to the comments here and see the many responses claiming that "them" means Hamas rather than Palestinians...