Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on A Plea for Ceasefire and Hostage Exchange by Michael P
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Mind you the objectivist comments on this particular matter are quite retarded. They’ll immediately talk about no moral equivalence and then suggest one side wants Life and Liberty, and another side wants Death and barb…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Disposable Villains by Irfan Khawaja
First Biden greenlights Israel’s war. Then he commits our forces to fight for them. Then he starts to get cold feet on the eve of battle, and mumble unintelligible, incoherent nonsense. The Israelis, he tells us, should invade Gaza, but not occupy it. …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Disposable Villains by Irfan Khawaja
BBC on the convoy hit. Israel denying involvement. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67114281.amp LikeLike
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(QC RSS) Touching Base
She’s doing her best. Her best just isn’t very good
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Disposable Villains by butimbeautiful
Yes! LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Disposable Villains
No one to play soldier now, no one to pretend –Metallica, “Disposable Heroes” Having read maybe scores of articles on the ongoing disaster in Israel and Palestine, I want to hold off indefinitely on offering up any commentary, and restrict any posts I write to news items with distinctive informational value, particularly items describing events…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on A Plea for Ceasefire and Hostage Exchange by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Michael P. Yes, Saul is thoughtful. But I guess I would say this. There are many complexities in the “5000 year” history of the place, but one thing is clear enough. Since Israel’s founding, Americans and others in the Wes…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on A Plea for Ceasefire and Hostage Exchange by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Michael P. it seems that they believe self-defense is an open ended skirmish where they can play out their revenge fantasies on a race of people they dont like all under the umbrella of self defence Correct. It is, by now, a well-worn and w…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on A Plea for Ceasefire and Hostage Exchange by Michael P
In reply to Michael P. Sorry I forgot to ask about this thread on twitter. it comes across as thoughtful People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-Israe…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on A Plea for Ceasefire and Hostage Exchange by Michael P
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. it seems that they believe self-defense is an open ended skirmish where they can play out their revenge fantasies on a race of people they dont like all under the umbrella of self defence out of curiosity I’d like your …
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