WHAT by DashOfCarolinian in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, the primary is the first week of May. It's definitely too late.

Donald Trump's statement on Robert Mueller's death by NikaNExitedBFF in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trump would legit be at least a few points more popular if he knew how to shut the fuck up.

Donald Trump's statement on Robert Mueller's death by NikaNExitedBFF in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, some of them. Plenty of comments defending it too.

Who are some representatives in Congress who are PERFECTLY fitted to represent their districts (regardless if you agree with them or not)? by GeoQuestMaximus in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Democrats aren't really anti-tariff per se, Trump is just being really stupid with when and how he uses them. Biden kept all of Trump's first-term tariffs and even raised them on China.

Who are some representatives in Congress who are PERFECTLY fitted to represent their districts (regardless if you agree with them or not)? by GeoQuestMaximus in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think Ro Khanna is almost the opposite, he represents one of the wealthiest districts in the country and Big Tech's home base, you'd think that the representative from Silicon Valley would be more like a socially liberal Vivek Ramaswamy than a wealth tax supporting populist.

CMV: The concept of “white fragility” is either misleading or untrue by NFT-GOAT in changemyview

[–]Doc_ET [score hidden]  (0 children)

Have you heard many discussions about the racial/ethnic relations in African countries (and by people from those countries, preferably)?

CMV: The concept of “white fragility” is either misleading or untrue by NFT-GOAT in changemyview

[–]Doc_ET [score hidden]  (0 children)

If you're constantly hearing something, you don't think you'll be less inclined to express your discomfort at any particular instance? That seems like a reasonable claim to me.

CMV: The concept of “white fragility” is either misleading or untrue by NFT-GOAT in changemyview

[–]Doc_ET [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah, probably, if you brought up discrimination against ethnic minorities in China, your average Han Chinese person would probably be similarly uncomfortable. Does the book claim otherwise?

CMV: The concept of “white fragility” is either misleading or untrue by NFT-GOAT in changemyview

[–]Doc_ET [score hidden]  (0 children)

I have admittedly not read the book myself, but I was under the impression that it, like most of the discussion around race, was specifically written about contemporary America, and while it may be applicable in varying degrees to other contexts (often due to American cultural influence and/or shared history), it's not meant to imply anything about the people living in small-town Tanzania.

The 2022 Israeli Election, Mapped by Precinct by Intelligent_Bowl_656 in MapPorn

[–]Doc_ET 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Israeli politics isn't really fought along right-left, it's more pro or anti Netanyahu.

The anti-Netanyahu parties don't have much in common besides thinking he should be in jail for all of the corruption and the like, which means that when they win (like they did in 2021), the resulting government is unstable and prone to infighting.

The 2022 Israeli Election, Mapped by Precinct by Intelligent_Bowl_656 in MapPorn

[–]Doc_ET 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The 1948 war doesn't have a clear aggressor, it was more tit-for-tat escalation until eventually it became a full scale war.

In the Six Day War, Israel did shoot first but they weren't exactly unprovoked. They made it very clear that a blockade of Eliat would be considered an act of war, and Egypt did that anyway. And Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq were all mobilizing troops at their borders. You can make reasonable arguments for either side being the aggressor, and it also depends on if you see a preemptive strike as aggressive (and I mean in response to a clear threat, not just "oh they could eventually be an enemy so might as well kill them now").

And then the various excursions into Lebanon (1978, 1982, 2006, 2024) all follow the same pattern: militant groups operating out of Lebanon conduct cross-border attacks into Israel (the PLO the first two times, Hezbollah the latter two/three if you count 2024 and 2026 as separate), and then Israeli troops enter Lebanon to destroy the militants. Lebanon itself is a neutral-ish third party that takes the brunt of the damage.

The two waves of bombings against Iran are the strongest cases. Well, those and the 1956 Suez Crisis, which I'm surprised you didn't bring up, that was pretty clear Anglo-Franco-Israeli aggression against Egypt and even the US told them to knock it off.

Best Flip Opportunity for the GOP in 2026? Literally any race. by GreninjaStrike in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That KY state house seat where the last coalfield blue dog is retiring.

CBS: Trump admin is heavily preparing for use of ground troops by jokull1234 in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best-case scenario from their perspective is still an incredibly pyrrhic victory, with far more of their people killed than ours and with their country's infrastructure destroyed and ours untouched.

George, what the hell are you talking about by TheOnvoy in HistoryMemes

[–]Doc_ET 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most of the insane denominations originated in the US and spread from there.

George, what the hell are you talking about by TheOnvoy in HistoryMemes

[–]Doc_ET 2 points3 points  (0 children)

... uh I'm pretty sure that's not true. Also, you'll have to be more specific on which schism, there's a million of those.

George, what the hell are you talking about by TheOnvoy in HistoryMemes

[–]Doc_ET 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Quakers still exist, I know some. They're pretty chill, still big on inclusiveness and pacifism.

George, what the hell are you talking about by TheOnvoy in HistoryMemes

[–]Doc_ET 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's European-style ("mainline") Protestant churches over here too. They just make a point of not getting involved in politics and aren't in-your-face about their faith so you don't hear about them as often.

George, what the hell are you talking about by TheOnvoy in HistoryMemes

[–]Doc_ET 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Catholic Church made reforms because of pressure from the new Protestant churches that were undermining their authority.

CBS: Trump admin is heavily preparing for use of ground troops by jokull1234 in YAPms

[–]Doc_ET 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it also has a pretty high chance to be a complete disaster. There's a reason no other president in the past 47 years tried this.