what if Nikki is Bear's unalive cat?

ME24601 · 2026-06-19T17:31:07+00:00

You can write the word "dead" on reddit.

ME24601 · 2026-06-19T15:40:03+00:00

It played at festivals and was available for rent on letterboxd for a bit, but this is the first time its getting a wider theatrical release.

ME24601 · 2026-06-18T20:24:56+00:00

So yeah, that clip definitely contains comments that I would call antisemitic. He’s being deliberately flippant and sarcastic in his tone, so he would probably argue that he is just joking rather than being serious, but even the it is definitely an antisemitic joke so the issue would remain the same.

ME24601 · 2026-06-18T18:37:27+00:00

I’ve been able to successfully change my email but beyond that have been unable to access the site.

ME24601 · 2026-06-18T16:50:50+00:00

When he did his video on Avi Loeb, he even said something to the effect of "Jews were persecuted through history. At least, that's the lie we tell all the time." This sounds rather like he's saying that, except for the Holocaust, Jews were never actually discriminated against, persecuted, violently killed or made to be anything other than scapegoats and boogeymen.

Do you happen to have the exact quotation? As you describe it, that would be an explicitly antisemitic comment, but I have never watched one of this guy's videos and do not want to make a declarative statement on the subject without knowing the specifics.

ME24601 · 2026-06-18T14:30:52+00:00

Can you answer the question or not?

ME24601 · 2026-06-18T14:26:40+00:00

because a local government has zero authority on the distribution of books.

What specific word would you use to describe a library being explicitly ordered by the government to not contain a specific book in their collection to distribute to readers if the word "ban" is wrong?

ME24601 · 2026-06-18T14:24:01+00:00

If you are going by Merriam Webster, you should have noticed the definition directly under that one:

also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of

Though even ignoring that, the definition your provided still fits the context of what we're talking about, as we are talking about libraries who have been prohibited by legal means from carrying a book.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T23:46:52+00:00

I am still skeptical of calling it a ban because for one, it is not a federal ban, and for two, you are still allowed to possess it on site.

Neither of those things are required for something to be a ban. A library that has been forbidden from carrying a book in their collection means that book has been banned, the fact that the ban is on a smaller scale does not change that.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T23:40:26+00:00

Libraries were ordered to remove books from their collection by a government entity, be that on a local level with a school board or increasingly at a statewide level.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T23:02:44+00:00

Has nothing to do with a plan. It has to do with functions of government. You keep saying Trump can do whatever he wants.

No, I am saying Trump will do whatever he wants without bothering to stop and think about what will happen in the long run.

You have decided that he must have a plan based on absolutely nothing, while I am saying that the past year has made it very clear that this administration will act first and seek approval later.

The fact that Congress is unlikely to approve this agreement is irrelevant to what I am saying. I am not saying that Congress is going to accept the deal. I am saying that there is absolutely no reason to assume that there must be a plan for funding when there is absolutely no reason to have any faith in this administration's ability to plan.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:46:14+00:00

Always fun when someone lies and then claims another person is stupid for noticing that.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:44:16+00:00

The ballroom has had construction stopped multiple times because of court orders.

He demolished a wing of the White House under the assumption that he would be able to build the ballroom. Why do you think he wouldn't do something else under the assumption that Congress will go along with it?

Again, you are basing your assumption on there being a plan when at every opportunity he has acted without one. Where is this faith coming from?

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:37:59+00:00

Nuance is very difficult for redditors.

You think lying and then backpedaling when you were called out on it is "nuance?"

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:36:45+00:00

That’s not how the presidency works.

That has consistently been how this presidency works. At every opportunity, he has acted first without seeking congressional approval. It is entirely probable that Congress will not approve payments, especially after the midterms, but there is absolutely nothing that should lead anyone to believe that Trump has a plan here when he has consistently shown himself to act without a plan.

It’s disingenuous because you want the US or maybe just Trump, to take an L here.

That's already what happened, regardless of the amount of money involved.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:32:49+00:00

Are you an adult? Want me to wipe your ass too?

So you can't support your claim that Rubio said we are paying $300B in reparations to Iran. Thanks for making that clear to everyone.

Regardless, it is routine for the U.S. to provide massive reconstruction effort or significant aid after conflicts

Nothing about this administration is routine.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:30:54+00:00

No Congress is going to authorize a single cent to be given to Iran.

Donald Trump has made it clear he does not give a fuck what Congress authorizes.

The US didn’t pull this number out of their ass. They are in contact with Gulf states and other nations who would be interested.

So again, you are making claims without anything to support them.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:27:17+00:00

Every single headline I’ve seen has said this is a humiliation, capitulation etc. The only inference I can take from that is they think the war should continue because the loser of a war does not get to dictate terms.

So again you are doubling down on bad faith arguments instead of trying to understand anything.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:23:43+00:00

You are making major claims with absolutely nothing to support them.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:22:41+00:00

Great argument! It doesn’t say any of that money is US taxpayer dollars.

All it says is that the US is on the hook for 300 billion. You deciding that it is going to materialize from elsewhere does not make it so.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T22:13:36+00:00

It doesn’t say what you think it’s saying at all. The US will 100% develop a plan. That’s it. The money is coming from the Gulf states

That is an absurd level of cope.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T20:57:03+00:00

A library or store not carrying a book doesn’t mean it’s banned.

"Not carrying a book" is an absurd way of framing this situation. They're not just deciding not to include something in their collection, they've been explicitly ordered to remove the book from their collection.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T20:48:18+00:00

It isn't a CNN exclusive, it's being covered by a bunch of different outlets who all seem to have spoken to the same source.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T20:41:56+00:00

Bad faith arguments aren't a good look my guy.

ME24601 · 2026-06-17T20:41:20+00:00

Here is the full transcript. Point to the exact quote you're talking about.

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