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saargrin commented on "Switzerland is as deeply polarized as the USA"   news.uzh.ch/en/articles/n... · Posted by u/sharpshadow
Rochus · a year ago
> "Switzerland is as deeply polarized as the USA"

Such a claim is obviously wrong, since in Switzerland we have a great many parties with all sorts of political positions, not just two. To divide the political spectrum into only "left" and "right" is an oversimplification. Switzerland still has a healthy distribution of the population across the political spectrum, and it regularly happens that so-called "right-wing" parties advocate left-wing issues and vice versa (as can be seen again in the last vote). As in the USA, however, academic dellusion is also spreading in this country; I recently found this video which has a good explanation for this phenomenon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Peima-Uw7w (Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things).

saargrin · a year ago
Pffff... what do these people from..ummmm.. University of Zurich's Department of Political Science know about Swiss politcs eh
saargrin commented on A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival   mssv.net/2024/08/21/a-wee... · Posted by u/adrianhon
aredox · a year ago
If they roleplayed the Israeli side (and no, not "Jewish", those are not the same thing, all Jews are not stand-ins for Israel, thank you), someone like you would have dunked that they "spoke in their place"/"stole their voice" and had no legitimacy to do so.

(Oh, by the way, any indication that nobody roleplayed the Israeli side? Or are you just taking offense from supputations about something you know little about? Talk about "dunking" on "apriori"...)

saargrin · a year ago
all jews are not stand ins for israel, which is why there have been tens of terror attacks on non-israel related jewish community centres/religious facilities and so on in the past month ,right?

so as preventative measure for "someone like me" complaining , your suggestion is to deny one of the sides in the conflict a voice completely?

fair and balanced, arent you .

saargrin commented on A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival   mssv.net/2024/08/21/a-wee... · Posted by u/adrianhon
cultofmetatron · a year ago
One of the most damaging things israel has done (aside from killing entire school districts worth of children) has been the disastrous PR the jewish community.

Israelis basically go out of their way to tell everyone that they represent the will of all jews and will attack jews who object to this war. I know several jews personally who are horrified by whats going on in gaza including a few who are afraid to speak out because of the way more outspoken members of their community are being targeted. One I know was banned from a jewish reddit he frequented because he had the nerve to point out that palestinians used the watermelon because they were not allowed to display their flag.

But to also point out, nettenyahu himself funded Hamas's campaign so that they'd win against the PLO because nettenyahu himself is a staunch authoritarian and relies on the existential threat posed by israel's enemies in order to secure his power. Its a matter of record now that egypt had intel about the impending oct 7 attacks and warned Israel ahead of time only to have nettenyahu sit on that info and do nothing.

But what do I know, I'll probably be flagged for this post anyway.

saargrin · a year ago
im not sure how any of that refutes my statement that i find a "roleplay" of gaza cituation that excludes jewish perspective duplicitous

and what does being horrified with the goings on in gaza have to do with anything? let me assure you there are plenty of israeli citizens who are equally horrified, yet should probably be included in a "roleplay" that purports to represent the conflict

saargrin commented on A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival   mssv.net/2024/08/21/a-wee... · Posted by u/adrianhon
aredox · a year ago
If they roleplayed the Israeli side (and no, not "Jewish", those are not the same thing, all Jews are not stand-ins for Israel, thank you), someone like you would have dunked that they "spoke in their place"/"stole their voice" and had no legitimacy to do so.

(Oh, by the way, any indication that nobody roleplayed the Israeli side? Or are you just taking offense from supputations about something you know little about? Talk about "dunking" on "apriori"...)

saargrin · a year ago
im going by the text of the article

you're welcome to present a better source

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saargrin commented on Scientists believe they now know where the dinosaur-killing asteroid came from   cbc.ca/news/science/chicx... · Posted by u/cratermoon
saargrin · a year ago
Finally we can avenge our reptilian ancestors!
saargrin commented on Ireland, Norway, and Spain to recognise Palestinian state next week   bbc.co.uk/news/live/world... · Posted by u/gnulinux996
runarberg · a year ago
Newly independent states electing their resistance movement to government is quite common actually and seldomly a major issue (relatively to pre-independence). In recent history we had FLN in Algeria and ANC in South Africa. In Northern Ireland Sinn Féin just got elected to government without issues, and they are likely to win a major electoral victories in the Republic of Ireland as well, nobody is worried about that.

An independent Palestine will likely have democratic institutions which protects tyrannical movements from misusing their powers. Most resistance movements obey these structures as long as they are fair.

Now if Israel continues their interference (which is very likely) we may expect violence to continue regardless of how the Palestinian government is composed. This happened after Irish independence (which saw British interference in Norther Ireland) despite Sinn Féin not entering government.

saargrin · a year ago
i dont think Sinn Fein had quite as radical a worldview tbh

Also,unlike Hamas, Sinn Fein never had the goal of taking over UK or that of establishing a global Khalifate, as Hamas and their Muslim Brotherhood peers do

saargrin commented on Ireland, Norway, and Spain to recognise Palestinian state next week   bbc.co.uk/news/live/world... · Posted by u/gnulinux996
Hanschri · a year ago
Seeing as this is a topic where the discussion often derails into a flame war, I thought I'd leave a comment to clarify some things. Please try to avoid interpreting other comments in the worst sense, most people come from a place of good intentions.

While I cannot speak to the specifics of Ireland and Spain, I suspect their position is quite similar to Norway. Norway recognizes Palestine's right to exist based on the borders from before the 4th of June 1967. Even though Hamas controls the Gaza strip today, Norway is not recognizing Hamas as the goverment of Palestine, or is in any way rewarding them for the terror attacks they committed on the 7th of October last year. Currently it is Mahmoud Abbas, the party leader of al Fatah, who is recognized as the president of the palestinian people. Most countries refer to the Palestinian Authority when talking about Palestine and its future.

For a long time, the promise of recognition as reward for a lasting peace has been the strategy used by Norway, but now a Palestinian state is seen as a prerequisite for peace in the Middle East. Prime minister Støre says, among other things, the following about the recognition of Palestine as a state:

>When we recognize Palestine, we can more strongly encourage other countries to support the building of a Palestinian state and we can hold the Palestinian state accountable

>Recognizing a state is not about giving the green light to every policy a state pursues. We will not support a state that uses violence. The Palestinians must see that there is another hope than the path of violence.

Source in Norwegian: https://www.nrk.no/urix/noreg-anerkjenner-palestina-1.168916...

saargrin · a year ago
so what happens when Palestinians inevitably elect Hamas representatives to parliament and /or presidency ?
saargrin commented on Debugging Tech Journalism   asteriskmag.com/issues/06... · Posted by u/ra7
DarkNova6 · a year ago
There is no law which says that it has to be this way
saargrin · a year ago
except nobody is willing to pay subscription fees for newspapers like we used to.

including myself, which im kind of ashamed of

saargrin commented on UN Security Council Passes Ceasefire Resolution   nytimes.com/live/2024/03/... · Posted by u/jbegley
Reki · a year ago
the genocide ends
saargrin · a year ago
it never really started

so you're ok with hostage taking , as long as hostages are jewish?

i can see how you're a very moral being

u/saargrin

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