Thief_of_Crows

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to World News in Shamima Begum: Woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses challenge against the removal of her UK citizenship

Damn, I really should have explicitly formulated that comment as a question asking whether my current beliefs are wrong, rather than stating incorrect opinions as a fact. Wait, hold on a second... I did do that!

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to World News in Shamima Begum: Woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses challenge against the removal of her UK citizenship

At least in my opinion, Hamas is the good guys. They are also labeled as an extremist group. So are we actually wrong to say ISIS is universally bad? I mean, both groups took power is response to foreign invaders just full on wrecking their shit constantly. Both groups employed Gorilla warfare to most effectively damage a far superior military. I've been recognizing more and more lately that America is almost always the bad guys in wars. So does that imply that ISIS was actually the good guys?

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to politics in 'That's why Black people like me': Trump says it's 'amazing' that indictments helped him

Idk, it's kinda dumb for him to say it, but it isnt racist to acknowledge the facts about the private prison complex. It's dumb because he is trying to connect with them on an uncomfortable truth, but at least as far as he claims, trump believes he was the victim of a justice system out to get him, which, if it were true, would actually give him something in common with an average black person.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Political Memes in Consistency

There's a similar fallacy that's often applied to USSR under Stalin: when you compare populations in 1930 to 1934, IE appx the length of the devastating famine they experienced, you'll see that it declined something like 20% over that time. People who generate propaganda about communism will say that something like 30 million people died during it, by subtracting the numbers, and ignoring the fact that birth rates had been steadily dropping for years as the famine grew worse. What actually happened is that 5-8 million died, and 22 million were never born.

My point being that it is inherently pretty misleading to use population data as the majority of your evidence. The most reliable evidence we have, IE our eyes and ears, shows us that Israel is deliberately harming and often killing Palestinians, under the logic of being a superior race. We can quibble about data all you like, the fact is that Israel is most certainly committing genocide.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to politics in GOP congresswoman who used IVF wants to ban IVF

Their religion also says, essentially, to be a socialist, like Jesus was. It's literally all about forgiveness and making sure the least among us have everything they need. The facts about their religion are only relevant if they support what they were going to do anyway.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to News in Cops and gun owners could get immunity from most wrongful death lawsuits under proposed Louisiana legislation

What would happen if a cop shoots another cop who's off duty? Does the media blame the victim as usual, or is the one who's on duty simply become "one bad apple"?

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Political Memes in Consistency

But how can they possibly know someone is a non-combatant? The opponent doesn't even follow the Geneva convention, meaning it's correct to fire on people wearing a red cross, carrying a white flag, etc.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Political Memes in Consistency

That's also why they aren't letting the rodents leave, the rodents are also Hamas. And obviously, hospitals and churches are well known to be the highest ranking members of Hamas.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Political Memes in Consistency

The explanation is that Israel has been effectively laying seige to them for 30 years, and they found a chance to actually hurt them and seized it. There was no other choice available to them. If some Palestinians survive this, it will be more than would have survived without the 10/7 attack

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Political Memes in Consistency

Israel is still in the wrong for retaliating to 10/7 at all. If you punch a guy in a bar, then he punches you back, you aren't then allowed to retaliate to the retaliation. Throwing a 3rd punch would mean you are both the starter of the fight, and also responsible for perpetuating it

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Political Memes in Consistency

Consistency is not necessary, IMO. What did Israel expect Gaza to do when they started genociding them? The deaths of all civilians as well as all combatants are the fault of Israel. They don't get to play dumb about what was going to happen after starting a genocide.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to politics in John Oliver offers to pay Clarence Thomas $1m a year if he resigns from supreme court

I mean, why not both?

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Ukraine in Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles

Oh I know what it means. You're actively working against the interests of your class, because you would rather be right than actually succeed. That's contrarian, and it's an utterly idiotic way to engage with the world.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Ukraine in Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles

So I take it you are pro WW3? Why do you think you will even survive it?

If America continues to engage Russia in a cold war over frozen wastelands that means nothing to us, there is a very real risk of starting WW3. In which case, most of us will die. Ukraine needs to solve its own problems, and so I provided a solution. Boom, war over. Russia is going to win the war eventually anyway, it's just basic math. Why are any of us still wasting all these resources fighting it?

It's all just a question of ego vs intelligence. Whichever side chooses intelligence will end up far better off in the long run.

Thief_of_Crows , 4 months ago to Ukraine in Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles

Why are y'all constantly so delusional that you can't even comprehend an American who understands any small part of global politics?

If we spend trillions fighting Russia in a cold war, we won't have the money to fix any of the many real problems we have, most important of which is our goddawful healthcare system that kills thousands of Americans every month. The estimate is 50-100,000 preventable deaths, every single year.

Take some goddamn pride in your country and help us fix it. You're just a crab in a bucket of boiling water, ensuring no other crabs escape if you can't.