This seems like a very reasonable take that is surprisingly front and centre in Politico today: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/09/israel-hamas-war-american-left-matt-duss-00120536 (View Post)

Yes. Which is one of the reasons I think we should have PR - people would be happier with their choices and feel they had actually made a choice rather than voted for lesser of two evils nonsense. An… (View Post)

Under 30s on the group chat: apparently they "still call ciggies fags" and most know what that phrase means. Sample size of 4, based in North London and Hertfordshire. (View Post)

That was perhaps a position the Israeli state could take 50 years ago. But increasingly the state structures of the surrounding countries have been more pro Israel than their people - as has been men… (View Post)

Do you not see a difference between "justifying" something and "explaining" something? Justifying denotes a moral defence or even a moral agreement; explaining is about discussing… (View Post)