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"Palestinians hate queer people so it's okay to bomb them!" mfs when they're in Texas in 2002
  • For me it's that 'x ethnic group are mostly bigots so they deserve to be genocide/ oppressed' is that it is just good victim bad victim argument. That they only want to extend aid (or rather like the idea of extending aid) to 'cute' or 'cuddly' or 'tragic' victims but their solidarity will disappear (or rather their lack of solidarity will reveal itself) if you refuse to fit that mould. For example a trans person in the imperial core who refuses to allow their identity to be used to spread colonial propaganda even when they are short of funds. Or a gay indigenous person who wants to attack their colonisers.
    I'm neither Igbo nor a women but seeing this pink and purplewashing makes me appreciate Things Fall Apart did not shy away from showing Igbo misogyny/ more conservative elements. I can't say if it was good representation but I think it was important they showed it since it does help push across the idea that native misogyny etc. is not an excuse for 'civilising' their society.
    On Okonkwo's fundamentalism, yes it is bad. But he was also one of the only few people at the start who wanted to force the colonisers out of their land first. It can be read as a statement on how societies under attack end up with very reactionary and rigid rulers in response because they are the only ones that do something so even if you hate their actions you realise that criticising them and only them is a very chauvinistic way of analysing the situation. Kind of like how people only criticise the homophobia but not actions done by imperial countries that make them see LGBT rights as not just immoral but a security threat like 'blackmailing their local queers into becoming informants' or 'painting rainbow flags on the bombs they drop onto the country'.

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    Bulletins and News Discussion from October 14th to October 20th, 2024 - Paper Tigers
  • What is the Resolution Symbol (the unique ID the UN uses to label documents that goes something like 'A/RES/[number]/[number]') of this resolution? I am trying to consolidate all the votes of similar topics but I can only find the 2023 poll on the UN website (symbol is A/RES/78/83).
    Also does anyone have any suggestions on UN vote resolutions relating to anti-nazism/ racism aside for the 'Combat glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance' polls?

  • Its time. Its time talk about anti semtic stalinist left. Jessie gender explains it all.
  • (sorry deleted this on accident just now)
    Sri Lanka is participating in Operation Prosperity Garden meaning they are complicit in Palestinian genocide. I'm willing to bet Jessie either does not know, does not care or thinks this is good.

  • Zionist consulate spokesperson attempting to revive kink discourse on the last day of Pride Month smfh (CW: AI Art)
  • Remember in 2010s those chuds would post "I am an attack helicopter, it is my gender identity to drop bombs on foreign countries and if you oppose you are transphobic" as malicious trolling?
    If you think of it zionist (and I guess 'vote for 99% hitler or you are transphobic' liberal) pride is just taking that phrase (or at least the second part) and going 'this but unironically'.

  • Pretty sure I alienated everyone in my local furry Discord by saying I'm refusing to vote for Genocide Joe lmao
  • A thought experiment that came to my head: Say in an alternate timeline Biden is more or less the same or 'okay' on other issues but the 'single issue' is something else. The Israel-Palestine war either does not happen during his term or he gives a way more convincing 'anti-'genocide response. Instead he is either super pro-life or super transphobic. If the former alternate Biden actively works with republicans to pass bills to restrict abortion access and calls pro-choice protestors who get beaten up pro-baby murder. If the latter alternate Biden actively works with republicans to pass bills to criminalise trans people, calls trans-supportive parents and teachers child molestors and claims Rowling etc. are victims of cancel culture. How would liberals justify this as the lesser evil?

  • Anything look good on the Steam Summer Sale?
  • To hop on this I'm looking at trying a chinese/ wuxia turn-based rpg for this summer sale. Have the following on my wishlist:
    -Wandering Sword
    -Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains
    -Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
    -Souls of Chronos
    -Terra Memoria
    What would you recommend?

  • What are your favorite romhacks?
  • Pokemon Emerald Z. Decent fakemon romhack that is not super difficult like Altair/ Sirius/ Vega.
    Pokemon Unbound and Gaia for new region hacks.
    I also have kind of a soft spot for Pokemon Glazed and Giratina Strikes Back. Mainly because they came out at a time when pokemon romhack game balance and stories were awful. Meanwhile Glazed was just a regular get all eight badges story while Giratina Strikes Back at least had some semblance of level scaling/ balance/ no Lv 80 vs your own Lv 40 pokemon bosses.

  • How to counter the "Hamas hides behind civilian shields" argument?
  • I guess compare them to their enemies? Put the two statements "Russia declared LGBTQ+ as a terrorist movement because the CIA (allegedly) uses LGBTQ+ organisations as fronts for spying" and "Israel kills Palestinian civilians because Hamas (allegedly) hides behind them" together. Ask why they think the latter is morally justified but not the former.

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