Assassinations usually make things worse. Just look at what happened to the string of coups in South Vietnam during the Vietnam war.

Or, can you think of a time when assassination actually did improve matters?

You don’t understand how leadership works, do you?

Look, I’ll talk with you, but not if this is how you treat me.

Can you give an example of a time when assassination produced a better successor?

AI. And PoW-based cryptocurrency.

As if it matters what Trump of all people says.

How do you know the fascists won’t just rally behind somebody else like Trump, but younger and more competent?

Bravo, blazera. It’s always nice to see some concern for the truth on the internet. I mean this very unsarcastically.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen somebody publicly changing their mind on the internet until I came here. Perhaps there is something special about lemmy.

The internet needs more of this. Maybe lemmy can amplify public mind changings like this somehow…

Yep. I read a quotation from this show elsewhere. I thought it couldn’t be right, so I found the show and listened, looking for perhaps some missing context that might soften the quotation a little. No. Just no. No amount of context can ameliorate the terribleness of Lindsey Graham.

I hate news about news. Here is the actual news: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CWRboGsn-oA

Nintendo makes it as hard as possible to use their computers generically.

Nintendo fanboys: “Thankyou, sir, may I have another?”

Those quote marks around the ‘wins’ are just great.

Going around asking people who criticize a nation state whether they are also racist is similarly bad faith.

For the last time, it is not clear to me that the guy saying “fuck Israel” is only criticising the government, even with the accompanying context. This is what I’ve been trying to tell you. It seems clear to everybody else here. Fine.

There are plenty of people blaming Israel and Israelis for what is happening in Gaza. If this guy is one of them, I want to know. Not because I wish to insult him or see him banned, but because I want to better understand him. And he still hasn’t answered for himself. His is still the only answer I will accept. I should never have even responded to the other answers. I regret that I did.

Until I hear back from that guy, I’m done with this whole thing.

You mean even if the motion passed, there wouldn’t have been a Citizen’s Assembly?

er… what, did they call it a motion? The thing they just voted on. To form a Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform. Some Libs and Tories actually did vote for it. In fact, my MP, Ben Lobb (Con), voted for it. Good for that guy. I am actually considering voting for him next election because of this, even though I really don’t agree with the rest of the Conservatives.

Oh, so, there have been instances of hatred toward Israeli citizens that have been removed by mods? Were these incidents also fabricated? Seems like you have actually proven the existence of these people for me.

This actually has been interesting, and I wish we could have had the same conversation without all of your insults, condescension, and histrionics, but I have had enough of it. Please do not send any further replies.

Fuck the Israeli government.

Wow, even if the Liberal MP in question voted for this bill? I could understand that though.

OK, for real, though, what if you’re wrong about me? Sure there are trolls using the JAQ play, but then there are people who are actually legitimately just asking questions. That’s the whole reason trolls even use this tactic. Because people like you mistake people like me for trolls, effectively increasing the number of trolls.

Look, man, I already said exactly why I asked the question. What more do you want from me? I did not post in bad faith. Maybe “Fuck Israel.” was clear to you. Fine. It was not clear to me. Jesus.

You have come to the wrong conclusion about me. It is disappointing. I was actually trying to figure out whether they guy saying “Fuck Israel” was including Israelis in that. This does happen, like a lot.

But in any case, I would say you still haven’t answered the question. When you dunk on trolls in real life, are you the same level of insulting and condescending? That is what I am asking. I’m not asking about what you are doing. I am asking about how you are doing it. You really are being needlessly rude. It is very offputting.