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[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

got banned for pointing out that they can't pull a revolution when they can't even handle words like... GASP...

idiot

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Considering two people followed up to this comment by referencing the intellectually disabled, that may be one of the tankies actually stronger points.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

As someone who's autistic, I find it more ableist if you assume that idiot and stupid and any other variations upon automatically means intellectual disability.

It's like, really? That's where your mind goes when you hear stupid? It's telling on your own perspective and I challenge you on that. Say idiot, say stupid, say dumb, since that's not the intellectually disabled or what we go by.

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mod accidentally revealed his IQ of 80

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 6 points 1 day ago

Room temp IQ but can't afford the heating bill.

[–] FunkyStuff@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Goat's just lying here though, they got banned because of what happened in this thread:

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmmm... some convincing evidence. Guess there is only one way to resolve this:

goat, what's your stance on palestine?

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Israel should leave it alone, and it should leave Israel alone. They both have the right to exist.

Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is needlessly cruel.

Hamas is evil and a terrorist force that raped and massacred innocents, it also regularly silences Palestinian voices as well. Neighbouring countries like Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt should do more to help the Palestinians.

My opinion on I/P is the same as any other conflict on the other side of the world, my country is so far removed from the conflict that there's nothing we can do except send strongly worded letters. I'm rather nihilistic that they'll ever find peace, considering the region has been in a state of perpetual war for thousands of years.

i also have some cringe ideas for peace if you want to hear them

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I always suspected the tankies may have been wrong

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

For Tankies anyone who doesn't believe that Israel should face complete and utter destruction are zionists.