• milan •

I don’t think they did, at least not the extent of it. It was a massive embarrassment to Netanyahu. 86% of jewish Israelis blame him for the attacks and more than half are asking him to resign.

First off, the abaya is not a burka. It’s a fairly standard clothing item. The idea that an abaya in itself is harmful is absurd.

The harm comes from limiting the freedom of self expression. And that’s what France is doing now. Most Muslim girls in the west are fairly progressive, they don’t feel that they’re being forced to wear what they wear. So what happens then when the government actually infringes on their self expression? It’s not gonna make them look kindly on the institutions that will teach them western values, they will gravitate more to the institutions that will teach them Muslim values.

If you want rid people of their conservative ideals, you do that through education. If you try to force people to conform, you’ll get blowback and people only get more radical.

Absolutely. And that behaviour should be condemned. But punishing people for their choices of clothing is not the way to go. Target the harmful ideas, not people’s personal expression.

If you’re looking for a community that doesn’t exist, you gotta create it. People will come.

Your definition of socialism is false. Socialism is when the means of production are owned by the workers. This is incompatible with capitalism, where the means of production are held by those who own capital. In simpler terms, under socialism workers have agency over how their workplace whereas under capitalism that is decided by a CEO/board of directors.

What you’re describing is a social democracy, which is a more socialised version of capitalism.

Anti LGBT, white supremacist, antisemitic. She also openly praised Mussolini when she was young and her party used fascist imagery. But when she had a vote of no confidence against her she said she’s not a fascist so it’s all good!

Government ID is mandatory in the Netherlands so almost everyone already has one. They’re also relatively cheap and easy to obtain. The US has no official government ID, so you would need to use a passport or driver’s license. Most Americans don’t leave the country and don’t have a passport so that would mean you would have to have an up to date driver’s license. That’s not cheap and the DMV is hell on earth so a lot of people don’t bother. Requiring ID to vote therefore disproportionately targets low income groups. In the end, the US doesn’t really have a voter fraud problem so there’s no need to require ID.

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I’m not upset. I’m baffled because I didn’t think people this stupid could figure out how to use the internet. The strike is not for the rich actors but for the majority of actors who are not rich. And even it was for the Chris Pines and Pratt’s, those people are millionaires. Bob Iger and David Zaslav are billionaires. That’s still shrinking wealth disparity.

If your tiny little monkey brain could do more than basic pattern recognition you could work that out yourself.

So the actors are greedy but their bosses and landlords are alright? You have the brain of a medieval peasant.

Those greedy background actors taking money from the multibillion dollar corporations!

Hollywood is the last place in the US where workers actually hold any power. They’re not going down without a fight.

Police killings are not that common in France, but harassment and brutality against minorities is. The French government has never shown any compassion and only made it easier for the police force to commit these acts and get away with it. The far right is getting more and more brazen and has used this situation to defend the police and demonize minority communities. The murder of this kid was just a way to funnel the increasing anger at the system that acts as an occupying force in these communities.