[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 36 points 6 months ago

Is NATO pretending to be neutral?

That was a bad attempt, try harder.

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 28 points 6 months ago

He literally asked her.

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 20 points 7 months ago

Does knowingly causing an ecological catastrophe qualify as an act of war? To me, that seems worse than blockading these specific ships.

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Let me prefix this with saying that I'm sympathetic towards Varoufakis. I've been following him somewhat since his time at Valve.

He claims he is now subject to a "Betätigungsverbot" which is very different from being "banned from the country". I tried to find any sort of official confirmation that he actually has "Betätigungsverbot" but I couldn't, feel free to post a link if you can find it. I personally believe that what he wrote in this post doesn't even come close to warranting a Betätigungsverbot - however, even assuming the Verbot is actually in place, claiming this means "Germany is going full fascism" is dishonest, exaggerated, and void of any nuance, which is my original point.

Reading the first sentence of the definition of fascism on Wikipedia should show you how ridiculous that statement is. Words have a meaning, and throwing around the word "fascism" for any measure you (potentially rightfully) don't agree with just hurts your credibility and devalues the meaning of the word when it's actually appropriate.

I'm fine with you attributing actions like this to historically motivated, misguided sense of "loyalty" (or however you want to call it) to Israel, or the Israeli government. Just keep the word fascist for actual fascists please.

Nuance exists, the world isn't just black and white.

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That can go both ways through. To some people, criticizing Hamas or saying that their attack warranted a reaction (which doesn't mean I'm condoning what's happening now in any way) means you're actively calling for genocide.

Nuance is hard, people tend to prefer simple categorization into black and white, good and evil. The statement "Germany is going full fascist" is a perfect example of this.

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 40 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's the charitable interpretation. The less charitable one is astroturfing aiming to further destabilize "the west"

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 16 points 7 months ago
[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Who is blocking support for Ukraine?

spoiler spoiler
It's not Biden

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 21 points 8 months ago

Agreed, what Russia is doing in Ukraine is horrible.

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You do realize this is a list, that the list has other items, and that this isn't the first or last package Germany sent?

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 18 points 11 months ago

Shut the fuck up.

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