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The state of Israel is behaving like Nazis, not “Jews”.

And nothing - especially not other people acting like fascists - legitimates supporting a man who systematically executed millions on the basis of religion and ethnicity.

I’d personally start by actually reading the announcement before complaining about it’s content but you do you I guess

from the firmware to the operating system

Sure, but you absolutely were being condescending and obfuscating - my point was valid regardless of who “started it”

YSK, your reply is the equivalent of: cutting your nose to spite your face

Being a dick to people who otherwise might actually be amenable to your point of view actively works against your goals

Look at that - I know big boy words too

They gained seats, yes, but 4 seats isn’t exactly a landslide. They’re a force in local politics, but at the national level, they’re just really not a major player - at least not yet

I don’t think there’s a valid moral argument for burning anybody alive

Hey, this is my screenshot I posted on Reddit a few years back!

The VAST majority of Muslims are just regular, kind people who don’t murder their families.

There may have been a small uptick overall, but that one is disproportionately insane, I think

I mean, they’re right that it’s not FOSS - the F is free as in available to anybody who may wish to use it, which is incompatible with defining who is allowed

Isn’t near transit stations exactly where you’d want to put high density housing?

It makes it difficult to use the pavement, especially for elderly people and people with disabilities, costs the council a bunch of time and money to repair, and doing the repairs often require killing off the tree

Technically, Gilead is a breakaway state from the US ☝️🤓

Hitler used the burning of the Reichstag as an excuse to clamp down on political dissidence and consolidate his power. It’s still not clear whether it was intentionally caused by the Nazis or just a convenient opportunity for them.

They’re both the respective heads of state, and they’re both not members of the legislative branches.

So yeah, in this context they are effectively the same.

I wasn’t claiming that he hasn’t been the president of France; I did, in fact, notice.

I said that’s not what the president of France does.

It’s like getting mad at the King of England for Canadian laws, that’s just not his responsibility, even if he is head of state.

There’s loads of issues with Macron, but I don’t see how he’s responsible for any of the above

The president doesn’t legislate, and he doesn’t command the police, he’s the executive head of state.

I think that’s largely for the same reason; their legal obligations to ensure they don’t facilitate illegal stuff means that the risk of working with companies that do e.g. amateur porn makes the potential consequences (financial processing ban, i.e. effectively the entire company being shut down) massively outweigh the potential benefits.

So you’re right that PH’s legal liability was part of the reasoning, but that pressure largely came from payment processors, for whom the legal consequences are more severe.

Oh no, a toggle switch! Whatever will we do?!

Actually, the Finns already spend 2.4% of their GDP on defense, making them one of the highest defense spenders in Europe (relative to GDP). And they’re famously very well prepared for wartime scenarios.

Turns out sharing a border with Russia makes military spending look very appealing.