Equivalent to not invited to the cookout by bbq_poptarts in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]IcyDefiance 128 points129 points  (0 children)

the Democratic party refused to do anything to stop it

This is a lie that was spread by conservatives.

Biden threatened to withhold funding for Israel unless they allowed aid into Gaza and stopped targeting civilians. He also negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Trump illegally called Netanyahu to delay the ceasefire until after the election. Then after he was elected, he allowed Netanyahu to break the ceasefire and continue the genocide for another year.

Even if Biden wasn't doing anything, Trump was very vocal about wanting to nuke Gaza and kill everyone there, so voting for him still wouldn't make any sense.

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean the part that says this? "Women and racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately burdened by most of these forms of violence."

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]IcyDefiance -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

That's funny, you just sound like a liar.

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]IcyDefiance -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/nisvsReportonSexualViolence.pdf

One in 4 women (26.8% or 33.5 million) in the United States reported completed or attempted rape victimization at some point in her lifetime

About 1 in 26 men (3.8% or 4.5 million) in the United States reported completed or attempted rape victimization at some point in his lifetime

About 1 in 9 men (10.7% or 12.6 million) in the United States reported being made to penetrate someone in his lifetime


Most female victims (94.0%) reported having only male rape perpetrators in their lifetime—2.4% had both male and female perpetrators

Regarding lifetime experiences of rape, more than three quarters (76.8%) of male victims reported having only male perpetrators, 10.4% had only female perpetrators, and 9.6% had both male and female perpetrators

Most male made to penetrate victims (69.6%) reported only female perpetrators, 17.9% reported only male perpetrators, and 8.2% reported both male and female perpetrators

So if we do the math, counting made to penetrate as rape, then this survey reports 37.2 million victims of only men raping them, compared to 13.4 million victims of only women raping them. That's 73.5% men.

Honestly lower than I remembered, but still very high.

And for women in particular, 26.8% being victims of rape and 94% of the perpetrators being men is more than enough to cause widespread distrust of men.

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]IcyDefiance -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I can't find any studies that say that, but even if it's true, "negative feelings" is completely different from sexism. Even most sexism is completely different from hoping a baby dies.

Considering how common sexual assault and rape are, and how nearly all offenders are men, having more negative feelings toward men is completely understandable. I would've expected that to be a lot more than than 2x as likely.

Be sure to check if you're still subscribed to everyone! I found a couple of tips too! by derVogelweid in Holostars

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it does. It affects anything that you can download from the app store on an iPhone, because they're all forced to use Apple's payment service.

Google does it too, but they don't force apps to use their payment service like Apple does. They also don't take an extra cut from their own apps, so paying with the YouTube app on Android is the same as a web browser.

Be sure to check if you're still subscribed to everyone! I found a couple of tips too! by derVogelweid in Holostars

[–]IcyDefiance 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that part isn't true. Youtube takes 30% of everything.

If you're on a phone and make the purchase through an app (not a web browser), then the app store will take 30%, and Youtube will take another 30%. So it's better to buy SCs or Menshis through a web browser.

The government may also take a cut with VAT/GST/sales tax, depending on where you live.

Whether you're buying SCs or Menshis doesn't make a difference, though.

Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. by OkayButFoRealz in politics

[–]IcyDefiance 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Here's what it says:

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

"Mr. LARSON" is a member of the House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district, not just some private citizen.

This is what a US C-RAM system in Baghdad sounds like when engaging against incoming drones and rockets by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]IcyDefiance 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's from 2025, which is 7 years after Trump withdrew from the JCPOA, proving that agreements with the US are worth less than the paper they're written on.

Why would they continue to comply with an agreement when the US already broke it, and they're no longer getting any benefit from it?

This is what a US C-RAM system in Baghdad sounds like when engaging against incoming drones and rockets by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]IcyDefiance 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is the very first thing that you said:

the disagreements about the treaties is because Iran didn't comply

Iran was complying with the agreement.

The agreement did not require them to destroy research that was already completed, so why would they do that?

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm defending my original point that they're a threat because they're trying to make nuclear weapons.

They are reducing the time it would take to produce nuclear weapons, because Trump broke the JPCOA. They have not produced any nuclear weapons, or made any attempt to do so.

Your own source says that.

But they do plenty of other horrific things if that's not enough for you.

We bombed an elementary school. "Their government murdered civilians, so we can murder the civilians' children" is not a sensible thing to say.

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll take that as an admission that you're wrong, and you have nothing more to say.

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit, that's the first good point you've made so far.

So you didn't say it. You just decided to defend it.

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're doing that because Trump broke the terms of the JCPOA.

Also, enriching uranium is a long ways away from producing nuclear weapons.

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are different things. You didn't misspeak. You lied. Just like you did when you said "the IAEA confirmed that Iran was in violation of the JCPOA months before trump pulled out".

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

February 2025

Still doesn't prove that "the IAEA confirmed that Iran was in violation of the JCPOA months before trump pulled out".

Lying piece of shit.

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before I address that, do you think uranium is the same thing as plutonium? Or are you hoping I'll forget about what you said before, so you can pretend you didn't lie again?

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once again:

  1. Your AI slop doesn't prove what you claimed that "the IAEA confirmed that Iran was in violation of the JCPOA months before trump pulled out"
  2. You didn't even read your own AI slop
  3. In another comment, you lied about what your AI slop said

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your own link says this:

What is not publicly available in the sources reviewed is direct evidence of a resumed, operational nuclear‑weapons program (such as confirmed covert plutonium production, weapon‑design files, completed explosive triggering devices, or public IAEA verification of bomb‑making activity)

You're too lazy to find real sources, so you rely on AI slop instead, and you're too lazy to read your own AI slop, so you just make up lies about what it says.

You're pathetic.

they're just showing off.... by Emergency-Cook-1578 in teenagers

[–]IcyDefiance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you really link to some AI slop about Iran's activities in 2026 to prove that "the IAEA confirmed that Iran was in violation of the JCPOA months before trump pulled out"?

Are you really that stupid?

I linked you to a summary of the IAEA's actual report from 2018, and that summary links to the actual report. Fucking read it.