Oh, I promise you, I have no expectation of good quality discourse from this community.

Well, it’s a reference that you’re apparently missing. I suppose I could make a more direct, nuanced comment, but I’ve learned that this circlejerk of a community has no patience for substance or actual discourse.

Just trolling fascists.

“It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy… I love the Republic. The power you give me I will lay down when this crisis has abated. And as my first act with this new authority, I will create a Grand Army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of the Separatists.”

Russian nuclear power, what could possibly go wrong?

Please reserve you misplaced outrage for instances when someone has actually done the thing that you’re all worked up about.

The president looks like he’s about to suck a big cock in that picture. Lol.

Don’t forget that Apple is the Silicon Valley company that’s built its brand on being all concerned about “privacy”, lol.

What exactly is wrong with Silicon Valley culturally? I ask this, as someone who works in Silicon Valley.

Ok. If all moral restrictions are forfeit as soon as you are defending against an aggressor, i assume that you’re cool with Iran (and countless other nations) absolutely liquefying the United States.

I further assume that you’re a strong supporter of Hamas. I mean, given the bold moral framework you’re expressing here, surely you think October 7 was entirely justified, right?

Thanks for confirming my suspicion that this community largely believes that right and wrong depends on who is doing it. I support Ukraine and have from the beginning. Not even the moral depravity on display in this thread will change my opinion there. Goddamn, y’all are gross.

Are the people downvoting this claiming that the US/the west don’t engage in terrorism? If so, I would love to hear the argument for that claim. Otherwise, I’m going to just assume that y’all are just engaging in the team sport moralism that is so common here in the US whereby things are bad when the “bad guys” do it, but good and righteous when us “good guys” do the same thing.

Here’s a thought exercise for us US folks:

If Iran blew up the Walmart in Bloomington Indiana, would you consider that terrorism? Walmart supplies* tons of stuff that can be used for military action including firearms directly.

I strongly suspect that Americans would be outraged at the inhuman, terroristic barbarism of such an act and use it to argue moral high ground and justify the violence their own nation initiated.

• Notice how I said “supplies” instead of “sells” because that sounds much more scary.

I keep reading this claim, but rarely see specifics discussed. As far as i can tell, it’s electronic equipment that could be used for things like drones, and some light arms related equipment that could, of course, be used in combat, but is probably not designed specifically for that. If theres other stuff, please let us know.

That being said, can we please just be honest? Even if wildberries is a military supplier, if intention of the attacks is to sow civilian fear and unrest, then this is terrorism. I’m so tired of the US (and more generally the “west”) pretending that we don’t engage in terrorism, or endorse and facilitate terrorism. We do, a lot.

That moment you realize that the society you live in really doesn’t give a shit about your wellbeing in any capacity

I’m not a fan of Kelly, but “ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bullshit” is a good line.

Ok fine. Fuck the Kennedy Center for ever and ever.

Poor baby. Hope he gets attacked and put out of his misery.

Just the fucking worst people in the world.

Yes, and the trend feels like it’s correlated with the number of Teslas around here.

Nothing has more effectively undermined my confidence in and allegiance to the prevailing culture and society of the United States than our nonsensically self destructive systemic support for an organization as comically evil as Israel.