Polls: Society & Politics

I know, a depressing topic, but we seem to be our own worst enemy, and we've learned precisely nothing from history. We keep fighting and killing each other, and for the most stupid reasons (like, "My god is better than YOUR god! Take that you infidel!").

I'm so curious about this. Full disclosure I consider myself a "left facing pragmatist." Which basically means I would be indistinguishable from a "right facing pragmatist" apart from the direction I would like to move in.

But anyway, I'm sure everyone has heard by now of the Israel Palestine conflict. Minutes after the opening salvo pretty much the entire right wing was trying to blame Biden (of course, who else) for giving Iran 6 billion dollars. That was a lie, as the 6 billion to which they refer was actually Iran's own money. But instead of backing off the doubled down and insisted that being able to use 6 billion for one thing freed up 6 billion for attacks. So naturally it is now being reported that Iran never got the monet and in fact it's being frozen.

Don't right wingers feel even a little bit mad that they were lied to? And to be fair the outrage may very well be part of the reason Biden thought to have the 6 billion frozen, but that could have been brought to his attention without lies. Because it seems the reason for the lies is because the benefit is it increases the chance of scoring political crits but the cost is nonexistent because right wing voters don't hold their liars accountable..

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-to-hold-off-on-disbursing-6-billion-in-iran-oil-revenue-unfrozen-in-prisoner-deal-4007cc51

It looks as likely as any time in history, to have mass, attacks globally global on "innocent" civilians. Are you aware of the recent request from Hamas...

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/10/11/a-day-for-sacrifice-heroism-and-dedication-hamas-calls-for-world-wide-general-mobilization-on-friday-1403389/

A certain % of such people, will oblige... we have to assume... it's just started.

https://nypost.com/2023/10/13/france-knife-attack-leaves-teacher-dead-several-injured/

The bombing in Gaza has only begun, tensions will grow. Even at an early stage, there are protests in support of Palestinians and Hamas...

https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-universities-staging-pro-palestinian-protests-1833807

And so... the risk you face in your normal life... has just gone from Def Conn 1 to Def Conn 5. Are you aware of that?

How pepared are you?

This looks to me... like 9/11, for the whole world...

Enjoy your day, but be prepared... No harm , in being prepared... or else...

If so... it will roil global economies again... we shall see...

I have never seen him use this sentence for any other country.

Faculty, students and alum at University of Washington rally in support of Hamas terror group. The flyer advertising the event featured one of the parachute gliders Hamas terrorists used to invade Israel. - thepostmillennial.com/breaking-faculty-students-and-alum-at-university-of-washington-rally-in-support-of-hamas-terror-group

We have such high value on ourselves and retribution and justice. And of course the guilty should face justice. But Israel is just causing more violence now. Each attack will cause a counter attack.

Is this not obvious?

• Which one is supported and right by you nowadays?

No one is saying Israel ain’t allowed to defend itself…and in some respects seek vengeance. Or “justice”. But like always, we’re seeing mostly innocent bystanders killed- which is what terrorists want fyi…

From what I can find, a Thai family was bombed by Israel. Several family members of “terrorists”. Not exactly Justice there.

I meant do you agree that girls that grow up without their mothers, more likely to be tomboys. I think these are dumb stereotypes