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  • Yeah honestly I can get behind this one. UN aid organizations in gaza have a proven history of “misallocating” aid directly into the hands of Hamas (thus reinforcing their hold on power).

    If people want a Palestine that is democratic and free, putting food directly into the hands of those who need it is a good first step.

    It’s unfortunate that food needs to be under armed guard, and it’s even more unfortunate that that armed guard is a PMC, but that’s the political reality we’re in.

    America isn’t going to send in troops to fight Hamas over scraps of food - and realistically an official US military presence in Gaza would just further inflame tensions. They’ll take our money, but they don’t want us there.






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    Napoleon enforced freedom of religion and emancipated the Protestants and Jews of France and in countries under his sway. He set up formal representative bodies that they could elect to interface with the government and settle matters of religious law.

    Before the reforms, preaching in a protestant church was a capital offense.



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    Spoken like a true bigot. Good luck with that 👍

    A predictive model is only as accurate as it’s underlying assumptions. Leftists are floundering on the Palestine issue because they don’t actually want to understand the opposing side. They’re just chasing the dopamine rush of feeling like they’re right, always - kind of like religious fundamentalists.



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    You’ve gone from “the Christian right only believes this because” to “quite a few weirdos I have met personally”, and I’m the one doing mental acrobatics?

    You’re painting with the same broad brush right wingers do when they say all leftists are gay furry terrorists.

    Do you want to understand your enemy, or just demonize them?