I prefer dots over spaces.

Spaces can mess with stuff, double space…

Nice!

Was not expecting that, hahaha

Reminds me of tribalism talks.

• Tribal Thinking

  • https://conversational-leadership.net/tribal-thinking/
  • The meaning of the word tribe
  • Sticking to tribal beliefs
  • Politically motivated reasoning
  • 1, Skincare experiment
  • 2. Gun-control Experiment
  • A big surprise
  • Bottom line

    • “This experiment demonstrates that our political pre-dispositions can strongly influence our numerical reasoning regardless of our political persuasion.”

• Are Smart People Ruining Democracy? | Dan Kahan | TEDxVienna [13:05 | Dec 10, 2018 | TEDx Talks]

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KFtQV7SiII

• Tribalism: How to Be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem

  • Whether it’s race, religion, or politics, tribalism threatens all we hold dear. [July 31, 2022| John G. Cottone Ph.D. The Cube]

    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-cube/202207/tribalism-how-be-part-the-solution-not-the-problem

    • To keep our tribalist impulses in check, I believe we must regularly ask ourselves difficult questions:

      • Do I know how to recognize the propaganda of my own tribe, and resist it when I see it?

      • Do I recognize that every event can be viewed from multiple perspectives and that my tribe’s perspective is just one of many?

      • Do I pursue multiple perspectives on important issues with intellectual honesty — or do I only solicit my own tribe’s political perspective?

      • Do I call out members of my own tribe for bad behavior as often as I call out members of rival tribes — or do I rationalize and ignore their transgressions?

      • Do I have compassion for everyone on the road of truth, even those who are walking today where I walked yesterday?

Oh, okay.

I think I understand a bit of what you are saying.

Thanks!

Yes, bad actors or testers of rules will always be a thing when discussing the best kind of topics.

Rules get updated also, so I know I need to keep a look out so as not to make simple mistakes within communties.

Thanks for adding further into your reason for posting!

Thanks for bringing this up.

I do not see this type of post too often, which should be important when trying to be better than other social media.

Some sites hide comment or post behind a warning, sucks but better than deleting.

Yes, modlog is really bare bones.

Awesome to see this discussion continue, while also seeing many different views on this topic!

Well, IMO the coups did what was required, same in latin america.

It stopped the political party that was going to rule and chaos would ensue.

Due to party plans of interfering with US corporations and allies.

State polls show he is tied or winning in some cases over biden.

When certain two unnamed 3rd party people are included, numbers shift in an interesting way.

For biden to win, polling needs to be couple points higher, not just tied.

One year out, so… will be interesting to see how well polling works this time around.

Not too sure on that, US has many ways to force cease fires as good as starting coups.

I think if we had a president and congress that wanted it done, it would be done.

Paywall, I don’t think [web archive org] link is allowed to be posted, when looking at the list of rules…

Articles mentioned:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67356581
• https://cpj.org/2023/11/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/
• https://cpj.org/data/killed/?status=Killed&motiveConfirmed[]=Confirmed&motiveUnconfirmed[]=Unconfirmed&type[]=Journalist&type[]=Media Worker&start_year=1992&end_year=2023&group_by=year

  • 2245 Journalists and Media Workers Killed between 1992 and 2023 / Motive Confirmed or Unconfirmed

The Public Defender’s Office, an independent arm of the Justice Ministry, said on Thursday that its lawyers would not represent the Oct. 7 defendants, arguing that the existing legal process for terrorist cases was ill-suited to this situation. It was a significant declaration for an agency created to defend society’s most disfavored, including indigent criminal defendants and people accused of terrorism.

“Much more needs to be done to protect civilians and to make sure that humanitarian assistance reaches them,” Mr. Blinken told reporters in New Delhi after a diplomatic tour through Middle Eastern and Asian nations. “Far too many Palestinians have been killed. Far too many have suffered these past weeks. And we want to do everything possible to prevent harm to them and to maximize the assistance that gets to them.”

Hamas and Israel are negotiating two hostage release proposals, one involving a small number of people and one that could involve 100 or more civilians being held in Gaza, according to officials briefed on the talks.

“We have very serious concerns that these amount to disproportionate attacks in breach of international humanitarian law,” said Volker Türk, the U.N.’s high commissioner for human rights. He cited Israeli strikes on six locations in Gaza, including Jabaliya, Gaza City and Khan Younis.

Israeli police detained five prominent Arab Israeli politicians for several hours on Thursday, including former lawmakers, as they prepared to hold a vigil in the city of Nazareth to protest Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, two Israeli civic associations said. The groups denounced the action, saying it constituted suppression of free speech.

Construction workers from India should not be used to replace Palestinian workers in Israel, said major Indian trade unions in a joint statement issued on Thursday, 9 November. The signed statement was released on behalf of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) , All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and even BJP-affiliated Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) among others.

Stating that Indian trade unions must rise in solidarity with Palestine and reject the “disastrous” idea, the central trade unions have called upon the Indian government to scrap the agreement signed in May 2023, during Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen’s visit, to send 42,000 workers to Israel.

The Israeli construction industry also employs Chinese and Moroccan workers, but is feeling the absence of the large Palestinian workforce. Israel has therefore also approached China and Moldova for workers, but in the wake of Beijing’s hard line on the Israel–Palestine conflict, it is doubtful whether more Chinese workers would come to Israel.

You dropped the: /s

Ron Swanson has a much better way of phrasing it, hahaha

From Parks and Recreation.

Talking about being a pirate in the high seas.

Torrents and 3rd party sites, and such.

I don’t see it as sad.

Just social media/forum talks with some peeps.

All is good, have a great day!

Not sure how usernames determine everthing about someone.

Viewpoints will not always align with your prefered way of thinking.

It is good to learn to talk with people that are different from what you think, so as to help when talking with others.

Hope you have a great day!

That is not how the world works.

Have a great day!

At the end of the day, yes.

Random thoughts on the subject, while trying to connect it to other problems…

Thanks for letting me know, I made an edit.

Heard this floating around in the webs: Hamas wanted a last standoff sort of fight, which would result in a higher death count vs. what was happening for decades, death of Palestine by smaller conflicts.

Crips/bloods and Independent (RFK Jr.) seem to be pushing for more war at the end of the day, so looks like Iran/Yemen and others will join in on the fight. Biden sent US troops closer to the conflict, so once US deaths are seen conflict on the US side will increase.

Heard somewhere that the people in charge of Israel were also helping fund Hamas so as to increase conflict… -Tangent thought: reminded me of Clinton proping up Trump, so as to have an easier win in 2016

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

edit: fixed word salad a bit

Seems to be the next step, if peace talks are not an option for US.

Israel war against Gaza is also taking some US attention from Ukraine, so this will help Ukraine, maybe…

I wonder what Putin will do next if Ukraine becomes more of a deefense state for US.

It does seem like it will be a long war similar to middle east conflicts.