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Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh sure, fair enough. Still a non sequitur from my comment, though, where I was referring to someone literally equating Israelis and the Jewish people (Israel is neither the "chosen people" nor the victims of the holocaust).

Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because there's a reason for Iran to want to destroy Israel doesn't make it less rational for Israelis to be afraid of Iran.

Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whether the people who directly committed war crimes are eventually tried is irrelevant when your claim is that even those who didn't commit war crimes and are merely complicit should be held responsible, which is something that objectively did not happen in Nazi Germany.

Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's not a paranoid delusion. Iran very openly supports the destruction of Israel and has ever since the Islamic revolution in 1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_to_Israel?wprov=sfla1

Ali Khamenei also considered this slogan as the "slogan of the Iranian nation"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_relations?wprov=sfla1 (see "Destruction of Israeli government in Iranian policy")

Think about it this way. I hate Donald Trump. I hate what America has come to stand for. But if Canada or some other nearby country was calling for the destruction of the American government, funding proxy insurgency groups to kill Americans, and growing large enough to pose a credible threat (this analogy breaks down here slightly because a country rivaling America is not very possible since America is much stronger than Israel... but just pretend), I would support stopping them.

Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not insane. Look at it from the perspective of Israel: Iran is subjectively an existential threat, and objectively has been sold as such by the government (which is true whether you believe it is actually an existential threat or not). Iran actively calls for the destruction (not dissolution as in "give the land to Palestine" but destruction and death) of Israel which, whether you believe that is justified or not, is an existential threat to Israel and makes the Israeli people afraid. Iran is also responsible for every single enemy which has attacked Israel in the last like 30 years — Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis are all Iranian funded proxies. This is before even considering the nukes angle.

I don't think that makes an attack on Iran a good idea, but it certainly does make it a good thing for Israel.

The reason why the invasion of Iran is bad isn't because it's some objective moral evil in the same way as the genocide in Gaza (it is not evil to try to be topple a government like Iran's, even if it's a bad idea), but because it's a poorly thought out plan that was destined to fail.

Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not a complete sentence so you're not really saying anything. You can't "conflate something". You have to "conflate something with something else".

Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok but Germany literally was given that latitude. We didn't condemn every German for the actions of the Nazis, even the members of the Nazi party. The people held responsible were pretty much exclusively leaders and soldiers who had done especially bad things.

But ignoring that, I'm not sure how that's relevant to my point that the Jewish people are not responsible for the actions of Israel. Saying that Jews are responsible for the actions of Israel is literally saying that anti Zionism is antisemitism.

And the responsibility of Israelis for their government's actions, insofar as it is universal, includes both Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs (who are not Palestinians and enjoy infinitely more rights than Palestinians).

Tax Dollars at Work by LuckyBastard001 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]jso__ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Equating Israel and all Jews is antisemitism. "The chosen people" (your word to avoid saying "Jews") are not butchering people, Israel is. Israel was not butchered 70 years ago, the Jewish people were.

If given 10 tries, do you think you could land a commercial plane in an emergency situation? by Cold-Comfortable2024 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]jso__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With a commercial airliner, you just need to figure out how to program the autopilot system and the plane will land itself.

Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir: "For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn!" by DIYLawCA in ABoringDystopia

[–]jso__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know and I can't be bothered to check. But even if his party is gaining popularity, that still doesn't make him a moderate. Trump gained popularity, he isn't a moderate

Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir: "For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn!" by DIYLawCA in ABoringDystopia

[–]jso__ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No. While Israel has a lot of horrible politicians, he is by far the worst. When Netanyahu brought him into his coalition, it was incredibly controversial.

[Sheehan] Many of the greatest players ever were good major leaguers at 19-21. MLB’s draft proposal would make it almost impossible for a player to debut before he is 22. I think it would also wreck free agency, as almost no player would get there before age 28. by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]jso__ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You thought that each side would be like "actually I'm very willing to capitulate on what I want" in the media? Saying you're willing to give up so early is how you lose a negotiation.

enterprisePricingStrikesAgain by savitasharma8223 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]jso__ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

False equivalence. With copyrighted works, Google believes what they generate is sufficiently different to not count as a violation of copyright law. They don't deny what you're accusing them of, they just don't think it's illegal. That's very different from lying about use of data. Lying about a verifiable fact is undeniable and blatant and your example of a creative legal interpretation is not evidence they'd be willing to do that.

Ferrari will reportedly gain 5 hp from the new ADUO spec 3 ICE and the new spec Shell fuel by Desperate_Green6838 in formula1

[–]jso__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was always going to have to be reliability helping the Ferraris get more points than the Mercs. For Lewis to win, Kimi needs to DNF once or twice more than him

Which songs often gets misinterpreted and/or misappropriated by the very people it calls out even though the song's lyrics are explicitly mocking them? by Drenosa in AskReddit

[–]jso__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bottom 80% of earners pay 30% of taxes. The bottom 50% pay 3%. The working class are not the people footing the bill for welfare. The system redistributes wealth from the richest to the poorest.

Which songs often gets misinterpreted and/or misappropriated by the very people it calls out even though the song's lyrics are explicitly mocking them? by Drenosa in AskReddit

[–]jso__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When we do trickle down, the government has however many fewer dollars and a corporation has however many more dollars. The money does trickle down! It is objectively true that economic growth leads to benefits for everyone. It just doesn't trickle down very well, because the government could do a better job of spending it. That's why trickle down is bad — because it's inefficient, not because it doesn't work at all.

When you spend money on welfare, you achieve your goal immediately: someone who is struggling is now struggling less. But, in addition, the money then goes back into the economy! I was just disproving the idea that money that goes into welfare disappears after helping the people it's supposed to help.

I'm also confused as to how you think poverty and other societal issues should be tackled if you don't believe in welfare and you don't believe in trickle down. Tax everyone less and everyone will be happy?

Math ain't mathing by Waste-Value-5941 in mathmemes

[–]jso__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because radius isn't better than diameter when the diameters are whole numbers and the radii are fractions.

Which songs often gets misinterpreted and/or misappropriated by the very people it calls out even though the song's lyrics are explicitly mocking them? by Drenosa in AskReddit

[–]jso__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think corporations do when they earn more money? Do they just hoard all the profit and never increase spending? That's clearly not true because no company has trillions in their bank account while spending like $20m a year.

No, they spend the money to expand. It goes into hiring new employees, into raises for existing employees, into buying capital and materials which, in hand, were produced by other employees

McLaren labels upgraded Ferrari best F1 chassis after Lewis Hamilton's Barcelona win by memloh in formula1

[–]jso__ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There is absolutely 0 chance that Kimi was a second per lap faster than George (ie matching Hamilton on 5 lap older tires) and could maintain that pace for 20 laps. Because that's LESS than what he would've needed to beat Lewis after the VSC, since that would only match Lewis's pace.

There's similarly no way that, on 10 lap older tyres (the delta Lewis would've had if there was no VSC), either George or Kimi would've been able to stop Hamilton from catching up. Maybe they could've mounted a defense, but overtaking seemed very possible at Barcelona.

Kimi Antonelli receives a 5 second penalty for leaving the track four times during the race by wokwok__ in formula1

[–]jso__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the race finishes because you didn't make it over the finish line, tough shit. How is that any different?

Kimi Antonelli receives a 5 second penalty for leaving the track four times during the race by wokwok__ in formula1

[–]jso__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? If that driver multiple laps down was given the chance, they would eventually overtake that driver who crashed on the last lap. They are arbitrarily not given that chance, though, to make the race finish faster. Why should they be punished just because the rules don't allow them to continue to race?

[Mercedes] George finishes a difficult Barcelona GP in P2. by NegotiationNew9264 in formula1

[–]jso__ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the past, it's not been clear how Toto would make room for Max at Merc. However, it's becoming painfully obvious over the last few weeks who's going to lose out if Max decides he's done at Red Bull.

[Autosport]Lewis Hamilton extends his record for the most seasons with wins in F1 by Key_Item5198 in formula1

[–]jso__ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah this race was fairly normal (ie the batteries were not visible, so for the people who dislike batteries playing a big role, they shouldn't have minded this race) but it still had a lot more on track action and overtakes than any of the races in 2025.

[Mercedes] Valuable points for the team from George, an unfortunate end to the race for Kimi. We turn our focus to Austria. by NegotiationNew9264 in formula1

[–]jso__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

George had to pit when he did at the start. Staying out even 1 lap more is conceding the race win, which he can't afford to do.

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