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Here I am again complaining about people who view ethnic, religious, and other minorities joining the police force as a betrayal and single them out for harassment.

We can clearly see that female officers, black officers, Latino officers, and Asian officers in the NYPD have significantly fewer complaints filed against them then their white male counterparts.

The NYPD is a flawed institution, but we have clear evidence that increasing diversity helps helps fix those flaws!

Even if your long term goal is to not have a police force at all, you should be able to prioritize immediate actual improvement in the system over theoretical revolutionary change.

HOLY SHIT THE FOURTH EPISODE IS SO GOOD!!! This is when it really became something for me. The acting improved, story improved, world building improved. And so many exciting scenes from the books to look forward to that weren’t in the movies.

Transmed Thoughts #1

You shouldn’t be proud to be trans. It’s a problem that needs to be solved. It ruins lives. It hurts people. I would do literally ANYTHING to not be trans. Just be born a real male. But I can’t.

As someone who used to be this, if you physically can’t do NNN (I don’t mean forgetting about it or something, I mean trying your best and literally NOT being able to do it), there’s a problem, a big one. I mean this in the nicest way: get help. I got “sober” a while back, until I decided that I could go back and pace myself so it wasn’t an addiction. I know now I can easily do NNN (after being sober for almost a year before deciding to go back). NNN is a good way to see if you really need help. Please find yourself help if you need it (For example: therapy, getting sober on your own, distracting yourself, talking about it with partners, etc.) Please, please, please, it’s so important. /srs

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Question: What is the definition of "genocide"? Concise answer.

Answer: Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that group.

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Question: In the Israel-Palestine conflict that started after Oct 7, 2023, does the evidence support the claim that Israel has perpetrated "genocide"? Give a yes/no answer. Then give your top three concise reasons for your answer.

Answer: No.

Intent and Scale: Genocide requires an intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. While there have been significant civilian casualties, the primary stated goal of Israel's military actions has been to dismantle Hamas's military capabilities rather than to destroy the Palestinian population as a group.

Legal and International Response: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has not concluded Israel is committing genocide. Although South Africa brought a case alleging genocide, the ICJ's provisional measures do not confirm genocide but call for actions to prevent such acts, indicating the situation is under legal scrutiny rather than a confirmation of genocide.

Accusations vs. Evidence: Numerous accusations of genocide have been made by various groups and officials, but these are often based on interpretations of statements and actions rather than definitive legal evidence. Scholarly and international legal definitions of genocide require clear evidence of intent, which has been debated extensively without a consensus on its presence in this conflict.

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Question: In the same conflict, does the evidence support the claim that Palestine and/or Hamas has the intent to perpetrate "genocide"? Give a yes/no answer. Then give your top three concise reasons for your answer.

Answer: Yes.

Hamas Covenant: Hamas's 1988 covenant explicitly calls for the destruction of Israel and contains antisemitic rhetoric, including references to a religious obligation to fight Jews until Judgment Day, which can be interpreted as genocidal intent.

Statements and Actions: Post-October 7, 2023, actions and statements by Hamas leaders have been cited as evidence of intent to commit genocide. For instance, the attack on October 7 was described by some analysts and scholars as having genocidal characteristics due to the indiscriminate targeting of civilians and the scale of violence.

Legal and Scholarly Interpretations: Several legal experts and genocide scholars have argued that Hamas's actions, particularly the October 7 attack, meet criteria for genocidal intent under international law. This includes analyses that cite the deliberate targeting of civilians with the intent to instill fear and cause destruction, which aligns with elements of genocide as per the Genocide Convention.

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Question: Provide two more concise reasons each for your last two answers.

Answer:

For Israel:

Population Growth: Despite the conflict, the Palestinian population in Gaza has continued to grow, which contradicts the notion of a genocidal campaign aimed at the physical destruction of a group.

Humanitarian Aid: Israel has allowed humanitarian aid into Gaza, despite the blockade, which would not typically align with a genocidal strategy that aims for the destruction of a group's living conditions.

For Palestine/Hamas:

Post-Attack Celebrations: Celebrations in parts of Gaza and the West Bank following the October 7 attacks, coupled with rhetoric that praised the killing of civilians, suggest an intent to terrorize and potentially eradicate the Israeli population.

Education and Media: Hamas's control over education and media in Gaza has been used to propagate anti-Israeli and antisemitic narratives, promoting a culture of martyrdom and resistance that could be seen as fostering genocidal intent against Jews or Israelis.

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This date will repeat itself. Our children will do everything to ensure that every year has an October 7th. History will repeat itself. I won't update you on the exact date.

But as a mother whose heart is torn, I promise you. Promise. Every year, Netanyaho, will be October 7th, God willing, is our promise with God and Mansour, and God willing Mansour.

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The ceasefire has barely even taken effect and the "civilians" are already looking forward to their next opportunity to destroy Israel. They've learned nothing. There has been absolutely no impact on them in the 469 days after the Hamas terror attack. Their losses mean nothing to them.

When it starts again, and they will inevitably start it up again, I absolutely will not be able to bring myself to give a single shit what happens to these people. Why am I obligated to care more about their lives than they do? If they don't care about their lives or even the lives of their children - and they don't - why does it become my responsiblity to do so? I unequivocally reject being handed that burden.

They want war. They want to die. Their only objection is that they were losing the war they started.

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The Terrorist Propaganda to Reddit Pipeline

how an ultra-leftist network hijacked some of the biggest non-political subreddits to censor its ideological enemies

Article about this. If anyone “controls the media,” it’s them.

Also this. There are more for both but the creator of this only used subs with more than 5000 members, if I remember correctly.

Seriously, read the article though. It goes into how these people are fully attempting to skew public opinion.

Number of Jews in the world: around 15 million

Number of members of a subreddit which auto bans anyone who has posted in a Jewish sub: around 20 million

i might be posting some skateboarding stuff on here

So funny watching guys exercise because one arm is always doing better than the other

This was 100% a dogwhistle. I don’t believe they bought the sword in a “Nazi way” but it’s definitely a joke to them to show something Ethan will “crash out” over and then they get to call him paranoid again. Definition of a dogwhistle.

Yep, I was right

I bet I could tell a gen x or baby boomer some shit about a “new hot sauce in the eye challenge” and they’d immediately believe me and freak the fuck out about how stupid kids are. They always tell me about all these “challenges” that I’ve never heard of before.