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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • I did definitely misunderstand what the intention of a Fatwa and the Jihad meant from the classic reason of being an American who has never been pushed to read beyond what I have seen in media and such.

    So, in that my original interpretation is definitely wrong, however I do still stand by my original point that it would likely have gone a long way to take the moral high ground by specifically stating that civilians are not valid targets.

    I know that what the government of Israel has done to Gaza is literally genocidal ethnic cleansing, please don’t misunderstand what I’m saying as Israeli apologeia, I simply believe violence should be avoided if possible, in this circumstance it doesn’t seem possible with bad actors refusing to negotiate in any sort of good faith and the clear intent on display. (By Israel and the US again to clarify)

    Idk, Muslim extremism has prevailed in the media in my lifetime with many such examples specifically perpetrated on otherwise innocent people. Having said that, I am aware that white nationalist/Christian extremism is alive and well in America and is frequently the cause of our mass shooting events and the cause of a lot of death across the world so… 🤷‍♂️
















  • There’s more of them that are willing to sway then you might think, as a lot of progressive policy ideas poll well with the majority of the population, it’s just that they buy into the bullshit they hear in media and such.

    Personally, I don’t need Bernie and Tim to explain their position to me, I know and agree on their positions already in a majority of cases, the reason a lot of dems didn’t show up for Harris is because her policies were essentially continue the status quo which is not what Americans, we want large scale change, Trump is a large scale change president, just not in the way the majority of republicans think/actually wanted.

    Barring the owner class, who are getting exactly what they wanted, but that is a small portion of republicans.

    Edit: There’s also the aspect of the perception of just “being a person you could chill with” that mainstream dems have been notoriously bad about. Meanwhile trump and co go on joe rogan and all the other brocasts and come off looking “normal.”

    Edit2: I was actually really excited For Walz when he was initially picked, and he was doing well but at a point it seems like a muzzle was thrown on him.