Recent content by Emily Lake

Okay, let’s take this as presented. Is your opinion that Israel should STOP fighting the aggressive terrorists on their doorstep because they’re still at risk from terroristic nations a bit further away? What the hell sense does that make?

I don’t agree. That might contribute to a degree, but I don’t think it’s the largest driver.

It’s not hard to follow, I just think it’s short sighted. Look, Israel’s very recent behavior has been very aggressive. So has Ukraine’s. Both Israel and Ukraine have exacted considerable casualties against an aggressor who initiated a conflict, killing far more of the aggressor than they...

If you’re mashing… canned green beans smoosh really well.

I always forget about wash-yer-sister sauce. I really need to remember to use it.

Or you know... be female.

Yeah, following posts made that clear. The initial post read as oppositional though, so I get how DrZ ended up there. Subsequent post didn't seem as much of a set up for argument.

Sure, I suppose. Just not sure that's a material distinction in this discussion. I think they're more or less interchangeable for this topic, and we can all reasonably assume that when someone says "palestinian" they're talking about the ones that live in gaza. Unless they specify otherwise of...

I don't think Shadowy Man is actually arguing with you on this. I get it, it's often hard to tell, and this place is so combative it's easy to read everything as contention. I'm just not sure that's what's going on here.

I think there's also a difference in assimilation tendencies depending on whether the muslims in question are voluntary immigrants who actually wanted to become americans (or germans or whatever), versus those who landed here as refugees or asylum seekers. The latter tend to hold more strongly...

Pretty much all of the muslim countries in the middle east and northern africa are extremely restrictive, and score very low for freedoms. There are a few in eastern europe as well as southeast asia that aren't quite as bad, but most are less free and more restrictive than europe, north...

My guess is he's looking for a technical gotcha. You know, like the democratic people's republic of north korea isn't communist because democratic is right there in the name? And you know, some countries with muslim majorities still manage to have a reasonable degree of freedom, like Albania.

What counts as a "genocide" these days? ETA: The source says it doesn't include casualties since Oct 2023, so the slider is pointless and the whole site is useless. https://www.ochaopt.org/data/casualties West bank, since Oct 2023, a total of 1,149 palestinian fatalities.

What's the meaningful difference between palestinian and gazan? How much support does hamas have among palestinians and/or gazans?

How are you getting hundreds of thousands? The google gods tell me it's closer to one thousand.