Just watched an SNL skit in which they referred to them as fishing boats. Pretty sure you’re off base with what most people think, it’s not an unreasonable fringe stance. On average people are going to care more about the idea that “we” just killed a several dozen random fishermen off the coast of a country we’re not even at war with than the idea that um well actually narcotraficantes are people too and deserve a trial by jury. I don’t really see them anymore, but I used to regularly see ‘shoot your local heroin dealer’ bumper stickers. Talking with ex military coworkers, though, there plenty of criticism of these murders, and plenty of distrust in the brass. That’s all I’ve got to say, though, you’re just kneecapping your effectiveness by not even bothering to recognize the glaring uncertainty about who these victims were.

It’s reasonable to expect some form of evidence that the victims actually committed a crime.

You’re right that even if* they were criminals it would still be murder, but there are a lot of authoritarians out there who are perfectly willing to prescribe death penalties for any alleged crime. Going with your tact and forfeiting any need to prove that the victims actually did anything wrong is a weaker argument. Keep in mind, we don’t actually have any evidence that they are what the regime says they are, them " looking like what a drug smuggling boat would look like" is incredibly tenuous.

Technically yes, and what a ringing endorsement it was

“As with any Mayor, there will be areas of agreement and areas of principled disagreement. Yet, the stakes are existential,”

When asked later if Mamdani is the future of the party

“No, I think the future of the Democratic Party is going to fall, as far as we’re concerned, relative to the House Democratic Caucus and members who are doing great work all across the country,”

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Imperialism abroad and imperialism at home?

No, they very obviously could not have. Israel was intent on committing genocide regardless of what Palestinians did. You’re blaming the victims of an atrocity and should feel ashamed.

The Nazis based their movement on the belief that it’s OK to kill nazis…?

It would be terrible if the email (expose@charliesmurderers.com) associated with this doxxing site were to be flooded with spam and false reports. Nobody here would be unethical enough to automate something like that, right?

I believe this is the harshest criticism that any sitting US president had made of israel since Clinton’s private

who’s the fucking superpower here

I don’t think we really disagree given what you said about shortsightedness, but I feel like ranting.

The focus on corporate lobbyist and billionaire donations is the cancer that will kill the country. Fundraising through grassroots outreach and organization can be much more effective than spending billions in blood money on TV ads and landline phonecalls, but it requires a platform that taps into the zeitgeist and galvanizes the public to act. In our current moment that means earnestly fighting for social programs, civil rights, and democratic governance - all of which conflicts with the interests of the ruling class.

The DNC is too far gone at this point. They’ve ignored the popular will for so long and embraced corporatism so nakedly that they enabled fascism by granting its veneer of populism more luster.

They squandered any good will they could have gained from wholeheartedly supporting popular policies and any trust they could have engendered with a consistently progressive track record. They lost any respect they could have earned from fighting tooth and nail against oppression, and any momentum they could have raised within the institution from fostering a new generation of energetic idealists. Take all that away and what you’re left with is a staid orthodoxy that is begrudged, distrusted, spineless, and out of touch.

The only thing they have to fall back on at this point is ‘not being as bad as overt fascists’ and ‘being reasonably complement stewards of an economy designed to funnel money to the wealthy’. We’ve seen that this is not a good strategy for winning elections, but does a hell of a job at driving voter apathy, powerlessness, and resentment.

/rant

Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist

Keep on loving, keep on fighting

And hold on, and hold on

Hold on for your life

Hey that’s not fair, it’s also a dogwhistle for homophobia. They’re butthurt about gay rights too lol

It’s disgusting. There needs to be legal recognition of all that is at stake for patients and their families. The denial of necessary care is structural violence and should be treated as such by everyone.