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Queensland moves to ban pro-Palestine slogan ‘from the river to the sea’ under sweeping new hate speech laws (www.theguardian.com)

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Laws to be introduced this week include up to two years in prison for distributing, displaying or reciting prohibited phrases to harass or offend

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't say they can "never" coexist in peace, I said the solution is more complex than simply throwing them into the same pot and saying "there, have democracy."

If you're just going continue to lean on strawman characterizations of what I'm saying, then we're done here.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I didn’t say they can “never” coexist in peace

So why you are saying a one state is imposible?

I said the solution is more complex than simply throwing them into the same pot and saying “there, have democracy.”

And I said a million time that i agree it is complex . The problem is that you refuse solutions just because it is complex.

we’re done here. I hope so

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If you want an example of how that sort of thing plays out, go read about Kurdistan.

Multiculturalism and democracy are good things, but if they're not implemented intelligently then bad things can happen, and ignoring the historical contexts in which conflicts between ethnic groups are rooted is not sufficient to overcome the animosities that may arise when you try to merge them into one functioning government.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

The only one who ignore hystorical context is you