
blue__wave
dictator death = good. Trump not having coherent plan for country he’s destabilizing = bad.Some of you are genuinely the most egotistical idiots known to man. You guys just respond to each other while ignoring what each other said or by completely misinterpreting it. “I don’t dictators” “oh so you like Hitler because he was against Stalin?” Like jeez guys cmon. And don’t get me started on the hot button issue of “US intervention CAN be OK” and yet for some reason you guys actually read it as “US intervention is always necessary”
The criticism is that you’re yet another “I oppose every war except the current one” liberal. Which I guess makes sense, given your entire personality is glazing Democrats. And if Republicans are War Hawks, I guess Democrats are like War Owls. Sneakier about it, but absolutely still a raptor.
Democrats are sneaky because they’ll trot out Dick Cheney, to endorse their candidate whose entire nomination acceptance speech was about being “more lethal” militarily, and said “Iran is our greatest adversary” repeatedly, and then be like “if we would’ve won, we wouldn’t be doing this Iran stuff!” after they lose and the Republicans start doing this Iran stuff that America as a whole has wanted to do for like 50 years now
Before Pearl Harbor, we were aiding the Allies and we had an oil embargo on the Axis, which was devastating their war efforts. It’s not like we weren’t INVOLVED already, we just weren’t FIGHTING yet. Pearl Harbor was Japan retaliating against us for the oil embargo, and is what got us fighting rather than just sponsoring our allies.
Most Americans didn’t know about the camps, but our high ranking officials definitely had intelligence that the Nazis were engaged in ethnic cleansing. They didn’t realize the full extent of it, but they knew about *something* going on. But again, the Holocaust was mostly perpetrated in occupied Poland and the occupied parts of the Western USSR. Places we wouldn’t have gotten to quick enough even with earlier direct involvement.
There were articles written about crimes in Germany from American journalist it wasn’t totally unknown to the American public. My understanding is if you were someone in the 1940s you could probably reasonably put together that some kind of genocide or crimes were going on.
Why would I form my opinions on the issues of the past without contextualizing those opinions into the past? Sure, if I put on my Hindsight Blinders, institute the Manhattan Project 10 years earlier and nuke Berlin in 1939. Sure, why not just completely disregard the material realities of the time period?
Keep in mind the word genocide didn’t even exist yet. It was invented to describe the events we’re talking about now, which were not fully brought to light until the Soviets started liberating death camps. Before the Soviets told us what they’d found in 1943-44, we had no reason to think it was anything other than standard ethnic oppression like so many other countries, including our own, engaged in.
Bc I’m not asking you if you would nuke Berlin lmao. It’s a yes or no question this should’ve been an easy thing idk why we’re playing so many mental games with it. With all the knowledge we have today, US soil isn’t attacked you’re the person who gets to decide, should the U.S. attack Nazi Germany?
I mean I’d be willing to get involved earlier if I had all the answers, sure. But that’s a dumb hypothetical, I do not in fact possess a time machine. Shit, if I had all the answers and all the power of the American government in that time period, why wouldn’t I just go back a couple more years and have some spy agency kill Hitler before he took power? Obviously, if someone knew as much as God compared to everyone else around them, they could make the best play.
Ok then just say “yes I would attack Germany” it’s not that deep. I’m not talking about time travel or anything it’s just a hypothetical about one question. I didn’t know hypotheticals would be this hard to get through. The point of my question is I’m trying to get at how you understand policy choices not what would you do with a Time Machine lmao.
Bringing up US intervention in WWII is crazy lmao. First, that was the last time that Congress actually voted to declare war (which was my other point). Second, Nazi Germany actually declared war on us after Pearl Harbor and dragged us into Europe. You can be against the Ayatollah while also being against US aggression and intervention, especially when it creates a large possibility of the US invading Iran.
imo kinda bullshit hypotheticals. trying to use the holocaust as defense as you shill for people who commit and fund genocide. real fucking interesting. you know that your argument could be applied to the modern United States, right? We have concentration camps being formed, ethnic cleansing being perpetuated and escalated, funding and arming genocide across the globe, and much more. it seems like the next natural step is for someone to intervene on American soil, based on this conversation.
but genocide is not limited to trump. Most major DNC candidates vocally support genocide as well, and even laughed in the face of protestors asking questions about Palestinians during the primaries. trump is our wanna-be dictator revitalizing American white supremacy, but both parties have always been agreed on when it comes to American imperialism and the harm we cause around the globe. hence why we’ve been an ally of Israel since nearly its inception, funding and fueling its colonization.
I’m trying to show you how your critiques of the holocuast in the lens of interventionism applies to our nation as a whole. if we accept what you’re saying, then someone should invade the US in order to topple our genocidal imperialist government. which in all honesty I wouldn’t even be fully opposed to, because we do deserve that treatment, but you see what I mean right?
No I don’t, I think invading the U.S. would be ultra stupid bc it would start a nuclear war among other reasons. You’re just rambling like I said just say what exactly I said that you think is wrong/bad not your weird interpretation of what you think I’m trying to say. Just paraphrase or give an exact quote.
do you want to address my actual point? what we engaged in was an international war crime that furthered our US imperial empire. it doesn’t matter if you think it’s good that a dictator is dead, we’re violating international law in order to do so. what is your red line for that international law, if you even have one? when is violating international law a dealbreaker? aside from all that, address my point about the correlation between your point and America’s two parties.
Again, read my comments. genocide is not unique to trump, nor is it limited to him in the United States. either you’re actually against genocide in all forms, or stop weaponizing the term in order to push propaganda in favor of your political party and beliefs. if you give a fuck about genocide, you also give a fuck about democrats endorsing genocide in the form of israel colonizing and ethnically cleansing Palestine, or the growing genocide of trans Americans here at home
then stop trying to weaponize the holocaust in your fervent support of US imperialism when you don’t actually give a fuck about genocide. why is it that we only “probably have a factual agreement”, it directly correlates to the point you’ve been making about the holocaust. Two simple questions: do you think Israel should be invaded or intervened in order to stop their genocide? and do you think the US should be invaded or intervened in order to stop our funding of genocide and own genocide?
Good thing no one gives a fuck about your perspective on the matter, the UN already has classified Israel as committing genocide against Palestinians. but I know you can’t recognize or acknowledge that because it conflicts with your unrelenting support for the DNC. must be hard, to be both against and for genocide at the same time.
I do care about genocide again we have a factual difference not a moral difference about what events are genocides. Idk how your connecting it to the holocaust point. No and no, bc I wouldn’t characterize either as a genocide and I think invading nuclear powers should be avoided most of the time. I feel like I already responded to a lot of this but we’re rambling like I said.
I put the comment about us trans Americans in because we’re in the early stages of a genocide being formed against us. That, in addition to the ethnic cleansing of the non-white immigrant population, while limiting further immigration to Europeans and white South Africans primarily, contributes to what I said about genocide here at home.
no, I do not care how you classify it, address what I asked about the United Nations. Do you think you are more knowledgeable on this topic, or have a more important perspective, than the entirety of the United Nations? Why do you think that you’re able to independently classify Israel as not committing genocide, while hundreds of independent organizations (plus the UN) already stated that they are?
You claimed to be opposed to genocide, and weaponized the holocaust while doing so; meanwhile you’re sitting here propagating genocide apologia. You can “claim” to be against genocide all you want, but your actions speak louder than words as you sit here claiming that Israel isn’t committing genocide. some food for thought.
is that why you misconstrued my statement? ethnic cleansing absolutely is what’s going on, hence why they’re not only enforcing immigration but also targeting specific non-white demographics, closing asylum and other immigration pipelines, and expanding immigration opportunities for Europeans and white South Africans specifically. again, engaging in apologia isn’t a good look after weaponizing the holocaust.
I don’t think I have to agree with international bodies factually. That’s fine if you want to say the UN is more knowledge than me I would probably agree but that doesn’t mean I have to agree. I’ve moved back and forth on the Israel Palestine conflict multiple times so I don’t make super strong claims about it or rlly post it that much for that reason.
You don’t “have” to agree, but you’re willfully disregarding an overwhelming amount of evidence. so naturally, we’re going to classify you as either a sympathizer or apologist, because that’s the exact behavior you’re engaging in. You’re doing exactly what Americans (and many Germans) did during the early days of the holocaust, like you all were talking about above. they had a limited knowledge of what was going on, and most did not want to believe the reality of the situation, nor its severity
that’s absolutely ethnic cleansing you utter dipshit. “the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area with the goal of making society more homogenous” It’s, by definition, ethnic cleansing. they’re not even hiding it, because they have imbeciles like you to defend it while claiming to be opposed to it.
I’m saying I’ll look at the evidence and maybe change my mind I haven’t seen the report from the commission. That’s not me disregarding evidence. You haven’t shown any evidence you just pointed to a UN report I didn’t know existed until right now, which is probably bad for me to have not seen but I’ve been pretty busy lately.
Woah ad hom that means your argument is bad. So if anyone removes people who are staying in the country illegally is that ethnic cleansing? That’s cool you found the wiki definition but you have to contextualize definitions, definitions by themselves aren’t dynamic even though our use of words might be.
hence why I already contextualized it, you’re just ignoring all of that under the guise of “immigration enforcement” (and me calling you a dipshit wasn’t ad hom, as that wasn’t the defense of my argument, but here’s some ad hom for you: I wouldn’t expect someone who qualifies under “scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds” to be an accurate judge of the various types of authoritarianism and their present forms in the world)
If you’re making the “US intervention CAN be OK” argument in the middle of a Not OK US intervention, then I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say you’re carrying a little bit of water for the empire. Less water than the straight-up pro-war Republicans, sure, but that’s just because Republicans at least have the backbone to be evil. Democrats can’t carry water for shit, because they have no spine, so they do this mealy-mouthed nuance-peddling and equivocation.
I’ll clarify my position bc I don’t think I’m being clear on one thing. If you want to say Trump is doing ethnic cleansing then sure I probably wouldn’t super disagree with that. The problem I see is it feels like you’re defining it in way that would include any internal immigration enforcement that’s my disagreement.
Imma be honest, I don’t really get your point. I’m not pro war, I don’t like the drafts which means I really don’t like Vietnam especially because it was a war against the red scare which was stupid to begin with. I do like that we helped the allies with supplies, because like I’ll say again, some U.S. intervention can be good.
And to talk about the G.W.Bush, I’ve known lots of people that really don’t like him because of his cruel actions. And for this reason I don’t like 90% of the politicians because they bend over backwards to please another person even if it hurts the American People. The current war in Iran parallels the Afghan war, Venezuela is also the same. We do it for the resources, and when we finish we leave them with no resources or support. I really fucking hate it.
your arrogance in your apologia for genocide is exactly why we criticize people like you as being fascists as well. You may not be pulling the trigger, but you absolutely will sit by and cheer it on. And if you genuinely can’t comprehend the relationship between ethnic cleansing and white supremacy, then I recommend cracking open a history book on the founding of this nation, specifically our genocide and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population.
A ceasefire doesn’t end genocide, and I cited direct UN documents and releases for you. the only one making “personal definitions” is you, during your attempts to deflect and avoid acknowledging that you’re wrong on any front. Otherwise, go ahead and cite the “personal definition” in question also, did you even look at the article I cited by the UNHR office of the commissioner, in which they described how Israel is guilty of genocide in the Gaza Strip?
I never defined white supremacy? I claimed that this country is currently revitalizing and reinforcing systemic white supremacy, and that the new methods of “immigration enforcement” while heavily limiting *who* is allowed through our immigration avenues based on their demographics, is a trait of that revitalization. I never provided a definition for white supremacy though. I welcome you to scroll and reread our conversation.
I did not define white supremacy, go ahead and take a picture if you’re so confident. I provided a definition of ethnic cleansing, and described how it’s inherently linked to white supremacy and that that’s what we’re seeing today. It’s funny because every time you lie and bullshit, I provide pictures of our previous conversation as support. When are you going to cite anything that you’re referencing? have you looked at the UN article I cited about genocide, since you said you would?
Again not saying you defined white supremacy idk how many times I have to clarify the same thing over and over in the same convo. I never disagreed with you on any that. I never said it wasn’t related or any of the other shit you’ve rambled about. Yeah it’s about 72 pages if you knew anything about it you wouldn’t expect someone to read it this quickly. But you like to pretend you’re knowledgeable able things I get it.
oh I fully agree, I just felt it’s important to emphasize how they’re weaponizing the holocaust while actively engaging in genocide apologia in regards to modern genocides The rest of this is just icing on the cake, they’re just too arrogant to understand it.
You did engage with it you were just too much of dipshit to engage with it without a Time Machine lmao. You had to invent a backstory so you could grasp how someone from the past can know a thing they wouldn’t normally know. Most people can just imagine that without a backstory about time machines lol.
Sure I understand what happened I saw you talking about the definition then I saw your post about white supremacy I assumed that was your definition before I read your reply that wasn’t in my inbox. To clarify, so I understand what you meant by your original comment about white supremacy was saying.
Okay I’m ending this conversation here. I have things to do, and much better ways to spend my time than continually harping over this, especially since I already established my originally intended point regarding apologia and weaponization. if you want to continue this, I’ll come back and respond after i finish some of my hw, but I’m taking a much-needed social break after this convo lmao.
Ahh I see what you mean, I understand that feeling as it happens to me as well, these convos can get quite disorienting after awhile when responses come in while others are being immediately drafted, my apologies for harping on that point! I wanted to acknowledge your response before going to do my HW, but I’ll be back in a little if there’s any others!