hydroxide

hydroxide , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to world in Biden says he’ll sign bill that could ban TikTok if Congress passes it

Instagram reels and youtube shorts is structured in the same way (from what I can see superficially), though I dont use anything but Lemmy/YouTube. Though the common complaint I hear is that the algorithm is significantly worse on alternatives.

Not sure how this meaningfully changes anything other than forcing people to use another app that also violates their privacy.

hydroxide OP , 3 months ago to videos in The Most Dangerous Thing In The Western Hemisphere - Second Thought

I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.

MLK Jr.

hydroxide OP , 3 months ago to videos in The Most Dangerous Thing In The Western Hemisphere - Second Thought

Is it? I asked you ‘how so’. Can you provide me a concrete example of a ‘whataboutism’, what is he ignorant about? The reason I asked that is because the quotes he uses encapsulate what the video is about. Quoted from MLK and Malcolm X.

hydroxide OP , 3 months ago to videos in The Most Dangerous Thing In The Western Hemisphere - Second Thought

How so? Would you also call Malcolm X and MLK ignorant?

hydroxide , 3 months ago to worldnews in Father of Marine killed in Afghanistan arrested for shouting at Biden

You can blame both of them for the disastrous response. Breaking the terms of the withdrawal, imposing sanctions and then drone striking civilians in Afghanistan before withdrawal were massive contributors. Culpability isn’t black and white.

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

Israel told them to go to safe spots, such as refugee shelters or the Rafah crossing. The bombed both anyways. Not only does it take significantly more time to evacuate 2 million people, they had no where to evacuate to. This ship and the employers had an option, go through a passageway where they were explicitly warned they would be fired upon or turn back. They chose to ignore explicit orders believing the US had more control and could grant them safe passage. That’s not remotely comparable.

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

You mean while they were under complete siege and 80,000 died? You wanted them to attack their allies and also take on mass starvation/bombing raids from Saudi Arabia 😆

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

Thanks for replying to every comment I’ve made to ensure I know that I am a ‘fucking child’. It’s the most mature display I have ever seen. You’re teaching me how to be an adult.

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

Civilians they told to turn back. Its a single ship not an entire landmass. They immobilized most ships and ceased fire. That’s not some kind of unrestrained bloodlust.

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

Those waters aren’t safe. They are free to circumnavigate

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

Where did you get the idea

from their leader and troops

sorry bud but if you’re really going to equate the death of two people to a genocide you lost me there.

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

They’ve killed two people out of quite a sizable number of attacks. Deeply unfortunate anyone died, but it speaks to the fact they’re trying to avoid civilian casualties. They have the courage to stand up to the US backed genocide of Gaza, because not long ago, they faced similar odds in the US backed, Saudi destruction of Yemen.

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in Houthi attack kills two sailors in group’s first fatal strike on shipping

They’re using their sovereign rights to blockade their waters. I don’t care about the demonization or the disruption of shipping. They’re putting themselves in the sights of the US out of sheer empathy. Which gives me hope.

hydroxide , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to world in UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on Israel

Non-Jewish Arabs in the basic laws of Israel do not have rights to self determination. Its a fucking apartheid state. Its like saying millions of native Africans lived in South Africa. These people only had a reason to attack because they live in an open air prison that mirrors a Warsaw ghetto with complete siege from their neighbor. A lot of the things they did was retaliation and a deep brewing anger. What the fuck were they supposed to do? March peacefully? Israel shot them by the thousands in 2018 when they tried to. where is your humanity?

hydroxide , 3 months ago to world in UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on Israel

You are ridiculous. First you spread misinformation about the ICJ ruling, bending what the ruling meant. Now you are trying to use a ‘no, you’ card to bend my words and pretend that there hasn’t been a racist campaign against Palestinians and Arabs for decades.

There were likely rapes that occurred on October 7th, and there have been rapes of Israeli detained Palestinian hostages as well. How can you not see that one is now being used as a racial justification for genocide while the other is ignored.