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#41

Gaming HQ / Re: Total War: Warhammer is co...

Last post by jimmy olsen - December 14, 2025, 02:38:43 AM

Total Warhammer 40K

#42

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Razgovory - December 14, 2025, 01:28:36 AM

That's bad.  Shouldn't do that.

#43

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Zoupa - December 14, 2025, 01:16:34 AM

Telling that Raz ignores the war crime but instead posts about his interaction with a rando on facebook, of all places.

So you are really going to defend this?  Of course you are...  She's your ally after all.

I didn't even read your exchange with her. I don't think having conversations with random ppl on facebook is a good use of anyone's time, including yours or mine.

Anything to say on the execution of prisoners though?

#44

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Razgovory - December 13, 2025, 11:08:49 PM

So... There is a new Animal Farm movie coming out next year.

Just...  I...  WTF?

#45

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Valmy - December 13, 2025, 10:51:28 PM

On the Internet these days I can never be entirely sure a rando is even a real person.

Seems like a real person.  She lives in the U.K.  Isn't illegal to post stuff like that there?

Don't know. Just saying I would often get into discussions with people online and get really worked up just for it later to occur to me that might not have even really been a real person.

Which is why I rarely get into it outside of Languish anymore.

#46

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Razgovory - December 13, 2025, 10:21:59 PM

Your link doesn't go anywhere.

Fits right into this argument then.

I didn't make an argument.  But I have noted two things about left-wing antizionists:

Most are interested in fighting racism or at least appear to be fighting racism.

Most would rather prefer to see the people they are opposing not as Jews or even Israelis, but far-right Americans.  In particular, evangelical Christians.

These seem to be the primary motivation.  For the most part, they are not antisemitic.  In fact that Israelis are Jewish is terribly inconvenient.  If the Israelis were white Christians, they could really go in on the eliminationist rhetoric.  The shift in the American far-right against Israel really bothers them.  I've read several tirades and articles about how Tucker Carlson and his ilk aren't really antizionist.  Unlike the far-right, a real antizionist cares very deeply about the lives of brown people, the lives of Yemenis, Syrians, Uyghurs, etc notwithstanding.  Those far-right anti-Israel types are only interested in instrumentalizing the suffering of Palestinians to destroy their political enemies, Jews and the like.  A real antizionist would never make this about anything else but the lives of Palestinians.  Unless it was the Capitalism, American Imperialism, Environmentalism or some other part of the omnicause.  Anyway, it's clear they don't like being on the same side as the Far-right.  It's very hard to virtue signal when your allies are big fans of the "Austrian Painter", and it's hard to be against Christian evangelicals when you are agreeing with them.

Anyways, I think it is helpful to see what what antizionists actually say.  After all, there are probably more Muslim antizionists than white Westerner ones.  What are the real ones like?  

#47

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Admiral Yi - December 13, 2025, 09:10:06 PM

Yeah on Sanders the line that always sticks out for me was Clinton's: "if we broke up the big banks tomorrow — and I will if they deserve it, if they pose a systemic risk, I will — would that end racism?" I think she did the same through LGBT+, sexism, immigration etc.

Thinking about this I can see what you're talking about. The Democrats are a coalition of professional women and blacks.   The mainstream of the party is going to push for women and blacks. Whereas your Bernies and your AOCs are going to push more economic freedom fighting. Which is not to say the progressives  are devoid of identity politics.

#48

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Bauer - December 13, 2025, 08:19:14 PM

Yeah I think that's exactly what's happening.

I'm not sure what to think of floor crossings in general though.  It kind of feels undemocratic, although maybe it does serve some function in ensuring government remains flexible to adapt an doesn't get too partisan.

I don't like it.

I would prefer they go independent, then seek re-election under their new banner.

I think it was a proposal by some party or another at some point, but abandoned as quickly as the electoral reform promises.

Yeah I think that is a much better solution.

#49

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by HVC - December 13, 2025, 07:38:44 PM

Your link doesn't go anywhere.

Fits right into this argument then.

#50

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Razgovory - December 13, 2025, 07:38:33 PM

On the Internet these days I can never be entirely sure a rando is even a real person.

Seems like a real person.  She lives in the U.K.  Isn't illegal to post stuff like that there?