[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Can we start taking seriously people who come to CTH/Hexbear malding about Assad's shitty regime to the point of calling Kurdish/Minority groups in Northeast Syria "traitors", among other things?

I'm personally subtweeting a particular post on here already but there are at least 3 different users I've seen posting stuff that is beyond the usual critique of YPG-American working relationship (which is a fair critique that has evidently hurt the revolution).

Stuff like:

  • X group within north east Syria are "traitors"

  • North East Syria houses "anti Turkish" groups that engage in illicit activities such as drug smuggling or terrorism.

  • Sympathy or apologism for Turkish-backed jihadism in Syria, whether by the SNA or HTS or other groups.

  • Attempts to portray the SDF/SDC as a "Kurdish" administration or armed group, minimising the majority Arab role in the region.

  • Red flag but not necessarily suspect, but using "PYD/YPG/PKK" is usually a sign a source or poster is parroting a Turkish source.

Should Not be tolerated on this instance. It is reactionary, reductionist, and revisionist to the political, economic, and social revolution and its consequences for the Syrian people.


I was on CTH before it was banned and I know that was years ago, but there needs to be some serious internal criticism if in those years we went from (critical) support for the revolution to blind adoration for the Assad regime that served Syria up on a plate for jihadist and Zionist bandits.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

Imagining his inner conscience counting them out:

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^two

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^three

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

It's the line held by the SDF, but obviously the elephant in the room being the SDF's close ties to the US makes that impossible.

Hopefully the US leaving Syria would be a catalyst for Russia to expand its role in defending the northeast and eventually some progress on that front.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

My short feelings:

Hezbollah has defeated Israel, there is no arguing that Israel failed to penetrate Lebanon nearly as much as 2006, despite being given over twice as long to do so. Despite this, it has also suffered a massive blow; both to losing Nasrallah but also much of its upper command. Hezb preaches strength but it has finished the war weaker than it started.

The war in Lebanon was untenable for Israel, and the ceasefire is the best pile of shit in a mountain of shit. Even despite how badly this front was going, it was still able to act with total impunity against a sovereign state and UN troops. This war has proven to Netanyahu that there are genuinely no red lines for the intl. community, which is a dangerous world to live in for us all.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago

MFG'ING actually stands for motherfucking gooning

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

Israel is in its death throes much like South Africa or Nazi Germany. The unlimited money for military equipment from Amerikkka is the only lifeline they have right now.

Just like previous fascist regimes, the leadership is reliant on endless wars of escalation to defeat their enemy in one final glorious battle, but every time they just spawn a bunch of new enemies that will lead to more escalation.

Unless Israelis topple the regime itself, this is going to burn more and more money, steel, and blood until it becomes truly unsustainable for the Zionist project.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

"you'd be thrown off a roof in Gaza for being trans" mfs who don't even recognise the existence of trans people

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 months ago

isn't this that guy from one direction?

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago

Steam subscriber agreement removed a clause that forces individual arbitration instead of court.

Before this you couldn't sue and this couldn't do a class action, but law firms decided to just file thousands of arbitration clauses at once which cost like $1500 each to valve no matter who wins.

Valve then decided to change the SSA (whilst trying to retroactively kill outstanding arbitration cases with another clause) to save them money.

If you're in the EU, UK, AUS, or a bunch of other countries this never applied to you and you could take valve to court in your own country.

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago

the countless palestinians who live besides the Mossad in Tel Aviv

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago

How's Suyu going? Nintendo is fucked up beyond all recognition sending goons to a guy's house for daring to make an emulator for their shitbox proprietary slop

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

Disco Elysium hands-down. Has a brilliant story with a bunch of branches, it's a great way to kill 20+ hours.

A shorter experience but one still pretty fun is Thank Goodness You're Here which is a comedy with brilliant voice acting and setting. 2.5hrs ish.

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