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All from in this thread in !world@lemmy.world about a chant at a British music festival where an artist said "death, death to the IDF".

After other users were quoting that chant in the comments and had comments removed and banned, the hero of our story, @theacharnian@lemmy.ca (appearing as "acargitz") pointed out that under international law, fighting an occupying force is legitimate. But apparently not under world news rules, as their removed comments and the many explanations from mods make clear in the thread.

Equally against the rules is the call for the eradication of an organisation or business, even without an explicit call to violence against individual members of the business.

In the same thread: user @DeathToTheIDF@lemmings.world had comments removed for being anti-American "(again)", though I couldn't see the first time. It's not even clear to me how the removed comments were anti-American.

Bonus points for the "DC Comics" removal reason. Though this seems to be incompetence, rather than malice.

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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Biden did not sell weapons to be used in genocide. Biden believes, legitimately believes, that the Israelis are good people and would use the weapons for the proper defense of Israel.

He was selling weapons to netanyahu. netanyahu was and still is committing genocide. It became so obvious to everyone, even as someone as senile as biden, that the only thing those weapons were ever going to be used for was genocide. biden continued selling them anyway, in contravention of the Leahy law.

There is no ambiguity here. There is no "out" for biden on this. joseph robinette biden sold weapons for genocide. There was no other purpose. None. And you straight up lied on his behalf.

You can't get your underoos in a knot and ban me here. You can't use the banhammer as a "get the last word" button here.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

It was obvious to everyone... but Biden. Like I've said in other threads, Biden makes up his mind and ignores all evidence to the contrary.

We saw it when people told him the plan to leave Afghanistan was a disaster. We saw it when people told him the economy was awful and people were hurting. His ideas about Israel are just another blind spot, a giant one.

Many reasons why there was no way he would win the election, and now here we are with "Get it over with quickly and build a waterfront resort on the graves" Trump.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It was obvious to everyone… but Biden.

No one is that stupid. He knew damned well that every last bomb he sold was going to be used to murder Palestinians.

It's the only reason he sold weapons and the only reason you are defending him.

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