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    9 months ago

    After all, President Biden recently said he cannot understand why non-Palestinians are so vested in the Palestinian plight, according to another Democracy Now report.

    Can you imagine? People having sympathy for Palestinians being slaughtered?! It’s unbelievable and unforgivable, we like our people to be quiet and uninformed, thank you very much. Next thing you know they get concerned over kids being slaughtered in school shootings. The audacity!

    /s

    And as a side note; he doesn’t understand why people are sympathetic to the Palestinian plight, but he is ultra sympathetic to Israel. And he doesn’t even see the irony in that…

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      Well he’s right, nobody cared about Iraqis, Afgans, Syrians, Libyans, Vietnamese, Cambodians,… we’ve slaughtered tens of millions with no problems, so what’s different now?

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        Some of the largest protests the world and specifically America had ever seen took place during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars drawing incredible numbers of people all across the country to protest. Our government got violent putting down a lot of those protests and The News largely just didn’t report it.

        It’s just harder to hide shit now, but a lot of people seem to discount how much power the TV had over what people thought was going on outside.

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        We live in a different era now. Where we aren’t as influenced by the media anymore. They can spin stories all their want, but actually seeing the footage come out of Gaza makes it impossible to ignore or deny. The media is losing its grip and that’s what we’re experiencing.

        We can no longer be pacified with “it’s not that bad” or “they are the bad guys anyway, all of them” when you see the footage of four guys being blown up, just like that. When you see the videos of parents burying their babies. When you hear the first person stories the media isn’t bringing you.

        That’s what’s different.

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    9 months ago

    Everyone just wants to ban content they don’t like.

    How about you all mind your own business, fuck off, and let me watch what I want?

    Fascism coming at me from both sides.

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    9 months ago

    The obsession with TikTok continues.
    Are you guys also obsessed with preserving Facebook?

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      It’s not about a stupid cringe dance sharing app. It’s about censorship of social media by vested interest groups.

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        It’s a good thing China doesn’t censor anything by the West. Or else you’d be calling the kettle black.

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      God forbid I choose my own forms of entertainment rather than letting fascist clobber platforms who have content they didn’t like.

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          Hear me. I don’t give a fuck what anybody fucking does. Capitalists, communist, flat earther it’s all exactly the same. Unless it’s people calling for the violent deaths of a person you can fuck off. China, USA, your mom’s country sized ass.I dont’t care.

          It’s fucking fascism brought on from every angle.