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Bullneck

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  1. 20 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

    biden is suffering because he doesn't give a fuck about young people and young people issues

    I must be taking crazy pills because I thought the climate change action in the IRA would help today's students 50 years from now, when he'll be dead.  

    Pretty selfless if you asked me.

    4 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

    hold on i need to check Newsmax. 

    you come at me with ad hominem bullshit like that and expect civility?

    go fuck yourself. 

    biden is a boomer doing or allowing cruel boomers to do boomer things. 

    did i miss where he decried our governor sending in goons to back up a peaceful protest? he's always had a tough on crime old school boomer mindset. that's why he isn't succeeding with the youth. 

    but keep telling kids about infrastructure I'm sure they fucking love that

    These are two of the dumbest posts I've ever seen in CR and that's saying something.  You obviously have an idea of the perfect candidate, so why don't you describe it?  Better yet, run for office yourself and tell me how it goes.

    6 hours ago, bolverk said:

    I largely agree.

    As you're aware, I'm sure, my position on the Palestine issue is pretty clear in that I think Palestinians have a fundamental right to self-determination. Israel's 50-year-old occupation and settlement policy are as responsible for the radicalization of the population as anything else. While I believe the conduct of the IDF in Gaza has been overly reckless and cruel to civilians, I also fully acknowledge that Israel has a right to self-defense and support its defeat of Hamas's military.

    As an American citizen and taxpayer, I'm really uncomfortable with the degree of military support and diplomatic cover we provide their government, which allows them to operate in such a brazen manner in both Gaza and the West Bank. 

    The kinetic nature of warfare, with all its ongoing deaths and destruction, inflames passions and gives a sense of urgency and energy to protests. I fully understand that, but there's little that these protestors can accomplish in the short time necessary to affect what's happening RIGHT NOW. So, I'm not sure this particular issue is where I'd invest all my blood, sweat, and tears if I were a student activist. 

    Now, I'm not saying it's unworthy of protests, and, to be honest, 60-some-odd protestors (initial count from yesterday) on a campus of 50,000 students probably isn't far out of line with how people prioritize issues. To me, it's the heavy-handed response by Hartzell and the State that's created the media firestorm.

    Having said all that, they (we all) need to be focusing more on the bigger picture, which is defeating theocratic fascism and white nationalism at home as that encompasses so many fucking other issues (free elections, racial equality, abortion rights, privacy rights, LGBTQ rights, gender equality, public education, etc.). Without tackling this fundamental shit, we won't be able to tackle any of the other challenges we're facing, including climate change and assaults on democracy abroad.

    I'd love those kids to be building a much broader coalition focusing on fighting authoritarianism at home, giving them the moral authority and context for their protestations against Israeli policies in the Occupied Territories. 

    +rep, as I agree with most of your post, Israel has been under attack its entire existence.  

     

  2. On 4/27/2024 at 10:12 AM, Sawbonz said:

    Maybe because they knew the defense would call her and they wanted to control the narrative as best as possible? That’s the only thing I can think of. Steal their thunder maybe 

    He doesn't use email so her computer is his link to Stormy and Karen.  They printed their Outlook contact cards and entered them as evidence.  

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