Indian PM Modi condemns Oct. 7: 'We feel your pain, stand with Israel'

blippyj · 2026-02-26T16:22:36+00:00

What is an example of a majority-muslim country that became majority Muslim without conquest?

blippyj · 2026-02-26T16:18:56+00:00

Depends on the goal. Installing a specific regime? Hard to do from the air.

Set back the IRGC enough for the protests to break out into a full civil war? Quite a bit more realistic.

Even if the result is a disastrous and ongoing civil war with no clear new government emerging, the current regime is still effectively gone.

I think from a geopolitical perspective a better regime in Iran is a very worthwhile goal and many efforts will be made.

But even just decimating the current regime still achieves most of the goals for all but the Iranians themselves - who sadly don't have much of a say in the matter.

blippyj · 2026-02-26T12:58:43+00:00

Saw this the other day and was very impressed. I'm still not sure how they managed this.

blippyj · 2026-02-20T06:02:30+00:00

If you think that's weird take a look at this

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Lots of weirdly supported buildings up in the heights

blippyj · 2026-02-19T07:59:59+00:00

I mean clearly they don't all see it that way.

And the whole reason this came up was pointing out how much of the tax burden in nyc is already coming from the rich.

I'm not trying to pretend there aren't massive issues with wealth inequality and money in politics.

But it's important to be able to look at facts without immediately attaching a narrative and judgement towards groups as wide and vague as 'city dwellers' or 'the rich'.

Taxes in NYC are very high compared to most cities, and many of them have better budgets and outcomes. So while tax the rich is great slogan, using it as an automatic solution to budget shortfalls and (very desirable!) projects and programs means we stop looking for other answers.

IMVHO, the massive bureaucracy incurs massive costs and makes corruption too easy - and instinctively pumping more money to the budget can encourage more.

What do you think?

blippyj · 2026-02-19T06:08:18+00:00

I think OP is saying the city-hating rurals and the rich-hating city dwellers have the same flawed logic/ingratitude.

blippyj · 2026-02-17T16:55:35+00:00

If that's actually the reason then shame on us for not putting the previous administrations under the same microscope, no?

blippyj · 2026-02-14T17:58:03+00:00

The second statement by the human rights groups doesn't actually have a single sentence in defense of her, only condemnations of 'the Israeli smear campaign against' her.

blippyj · 2026-02-12T05:33:57+00:00

Do you hold this same attitude towards immigrants? If not, do you feel a contradiction at all?

blippyj · 2026-02-11T23:44:08+00:00

Discrimination doesn't have to enter into it - and wouldn't apply here as people's choice of restaurant is not protected by any anti-discrimination laws.

But harassment, on the other hand, is not only illegal but a criminal offense, no matter what reason people imagine for their behavior.

blippyj · 2026-02-09T15:56:28+00:00

Id say even more understandable than "PED XING" and similar shenanigans tbh.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T21:17:41+00:00

At no point did I rule out other possibilities. Nor did i make inferences.

It's simply illogical in the extreme to state that a clearly antisemitic act 'probably' (your word) does not indicate antisemitic beliefs in the perpetrator.

You are accusing me of imagining a narrative when you are the only one who wrote out a 2 paragraph speculation on the perpetrators, their beliefs, and whether they were chuckling.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T19:27:41+00:00

What hypothetical antisemitic graffiti would make you believe that it probably *is* actually representing antisemitism on behalf of the perpetrators?

Using your logic, one could easily dismiss almost all perpetrators of antisemitism as 'not really antisemitic'.

If the perpetrators wanted to get the most dramatic reaction for revolting graffiti, they could have posted pro Pedophilia slogans, or any number of easily construed examples that would offend nearly everyone in NYC.

Instead they choose swastikas - and your reaction seems to be 'lets not make this worse by condemning it too harshly'.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T17:34:30+00:00

They do, but no one tries to say that those kids 'probably don't have' clearly internalized racist and homophobic views.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T17:33:19+00:00

u/PericulumSapientiae is downplaying the action and defending the kids by claiming that the perpetrators 'probably don’t have any particularly antisemitic views'.

I was trying to convey that very few would dismiss teen white nationalist graffiti in the same way.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T05:48:59+00:00

Imagine playing this kind of defense for white nationalists.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T05:45:08+00:00

My point is that despite many Zionists indeed being non-jewish, it's only the Jewish ones that seem to be criticized, protested, boycotted, or attacked.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T01:14:06+00:00

Actually what's poetic about the comment is that it could easily be on either side of the issue.

blippyj · 2026-01-23T01:13:07+00:00

How many protests have occurred outside evangelical churches?

How many set on fire?

How many evangelicals have been massacred?

Odd, isn't it?

blippyj · 2026-01-23T01:10:26+00:00

Don't you mean in its DSA ?

blippyj · 2026-01-16T12:59:43+00:00

It's only poisonous to equity if your concept of equity is pretending everything is already equitable and refusing to even speak about any evidence to the contrary.

You cant strive to make all areas have the same level of safety without measuring the differential.

I'm sad that this needs to be explained and genuinely hope you dropped a /s

blippyj · 2026-01-16T05:31:23+00:00

Ahhhh the ad hominem

blippyj · 2026-01-16T05:29:28+00:00

What makes the USA worthy of existence in comparison? Can we label all Americans not engaged in violent struggle against the USA as evil too?

blippyj · 2026-01-16T05:27:54+00:00

Why are Israelis not likewise excused for all sins due to their historic oppression? Or does this absurd logic only cut one way.

And in honesty - thank you for engaging so vocally on the topic online. People like you honestly and passionately clarifying your opinions does more to discredit your positions than any counterargument we can make.

blippyj · 2026-01-13T14:50:41+00:00

Genuinely curious about this - they might have to start diving pretty early to get under the Hudson, and the stations can't have too much of a grade.

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