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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • What makes you think suspending an election is going to tip the scales?

    Mostly that at least right now there’s hope for midterms to change things in Congress and then the presidential election to get Trump out. Right now we still have the trappings of a Republic. I think if elections got suspended all belief in a peaceful solution will be erased and people will react.

    You have a point though, bread and circuses go a long way towards kowtowing the population. That and the risk of death at the hands of the state. I don’t know where the line is that people will readily accept potentially getting shot especially if they’re in white man suburbia.



  • Show me a single message of sympathy from any Muslim on the October 7 bombings and Israeli deaths. Please. It would increase my sympathy to that group and I would like that.

    I’d highly suggest you do a little searching of your own as there are many sources from the past two years now that include plenty of Muslims, both individuals and members of their state governments, that have condemned the violence on both sides. Notably some are placing more blame on Hamas, others on Israel.

    Anyways here’s a single link for you just since you asked for a single message, but there are plenty more for you to see, you just have to look.

    https://religionunplugged.com/news/2024/2/5/islamic-cleric-and-lebanese-politician-condemn-hamas-as-the-islamic-regime-falters-in-the-gaza-strip

    Like everything else, there’s obviously nuance. I also condemn the actions of Hamas on Oct 7th but the retaliation by Israel of carrying out a literal genocide in Gaza and being responsible tens of thousands of deaths of civilians is vile. It’s not proportional, it’s not humane and they’re literally starving people to death.

    At the base level this is about treating fellow humans as people worthy of dignity and respect. Not like they’re insects to be exterminated.