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Lol, meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Is this how you debate? Like do you actually think this is a competent rebuttal to anything I said?
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@TheUnderdog
Rapists are put to death if convicted in Saudi Arabia, so they may view sex differently, but they are also tough on rape.The world doesn't agree on everything, but I think we can all agree that rape should be severely prosecuted. The middle east tends to have higher rape penalties than the west. Because of this, I think rape is less common in the middle east than the west (although I'm not sure and the correlation isn't strong).
Well you're wrong, it's so common that husbands do it to their wives regularly there and the wives can't report it as official rape.
You don't understand the culture you are defending or the horrors that happen, what you are doing is living in a fairytale. If I read even the title alone of the past seven threads you've made, it implies naivety and ignorance all at once.
More than 100 countries across the world have criminalized marital rape; India stands in the dubious company of the likes of Saudi Arabia and central African countries in this regard.
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GP, the thing I don't get about people like you and Incel-Chud/Wylted is you turn around and one minute say you're concerned with fighting tyranny and the next kneel and let tyrants rule and get furious that anyone empathises with and sticks up for the victims.
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Wait you actually think that the Aziv Battalion are the only defenders/frontline/casualties?
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@TheUnderdog
The approach in Sharia Law/culture is that women are the property of men and that sexuality is a singularly male experience. This means that when sex occurs, the women are by default taking advantage of the male's sexuality, in the Islamic understanding of sexual urges and dynamics.
In fact, this is very ironic in the sexism because therefore to them a 'whore' or 'slut' actually isn't horny, she is just enjoying men being horny over her. It is also why they can't recognise homosexuality as then they'd need to admit that two women can be sexually intimate and enjoy it, which would mean that they had to admit that sexuality is not only present in females but that it isn't at all a 'thing' that is used against men in particular.
When a woman wears a certain dress or walks and dances a certain way, in Islamic cultures it is said she deserves what happens to her for she dared to evoke the sexuality of the man. On the other hand, if the man is very sexy to her and she makes a move on him, she is said to be a filthy whore possessed by the devil.
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@n8nrgim
Do you know who doesn't make it to documentaries and headlines? The majority of people who had NDEs that didn't experience an afterlife type thing at all.
Those that do experience a whiteness/light because as blood drains from you and your eyes become less alert and brain as well, the default sight to see when your eyes are seeing something but not sure how to make it out is just a bright light.
When you are losing blood, even during an operation like a tooth extraction that perhaps you aren't put under for but just given local anaesthetic to the mouth, you will notice that your body feels peaceful despite the entire experience because exhaustion and blood loss actually make you feel peaceful and calm. The reason tired people are more agitated and hostile is they are not being allowed to remain calm (if that makes sense).
When the body loses blood and brain even has damage to it and isn't acting much, it defaults to perceiving light and even to have flashbacks and memories. Unfortunately, as the brain isn't so alert and conscious, it will not be accurate to the memory and it will feel like a new dream/experience akin to lucid dreaming. This is why you never get a Muslim seeing the Christian god or Christian meeting Allah. You sometimes get people ironically meeting the devil in their NDE but these people have often felt like the devil has a huge hold on their life.
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Germany pretty much owns Europe and everyone in the Union.Have you boys actually thought this one through?How's life living in a German dominated Union?
Firstly, Brexit actually happened. The UK is out of the Union.
Secondly, contrary to what the pro-Brexit propaganda said, UK actually has had a massive seat at the table, equal to Germany and France, the entire time. In fact, UK and France are the two big dogs, Germany only gained genuine power and respect in the EU because it gave to it a lot financially and dedicate to proving it had learned from its past. The UK will never ever be able to rejoin the EU with the same level of power and sway it once had, thanks to idiots thinking it had no power and trying to escape a Union that it had a significant say in.
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Would you be against that?
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Would the Neo Nazis of America not defend America if it were invaded?
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@Dr.Franklin
Have you ever been to Croatia and Britain or just talking out of your ass?
Obviously the roughest British cities are rougher than the least rough areas of Croatia.
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@TheUnderdog
1) Murder is banned.2) Rape is banned.3) Arson is banned.Despite how different the world is, I think we can all agree on that.
Depends on the country with #2. Officially it's banned in Saudi, for example, however you need so many male witnesses to testify to it and even then it can end up the woman is blamed for seduction and wilful sex outside of marriage such that the women ends up scared shit to ever prosecute for it.
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THOUSANDS OF 20 YO Russian men dying in the name of grèed.
Special military operation, not a war.
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@bmdrocks21
Thanks for reminding me why you are blocked.
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These are young men, maximum 27ish, just look at the faces of any that have been captured. These mena re generally 23 and below. It is shocking to me the people don't understand what happened.
Listen to me when I tell you what they were told. The soldiers sent in were tricked by their commanders, told that Ukraine had requested assisted in Kyiv to defend against NATO attacks.
They then rolled in with their tanks and didn't even know they were already crossing hte border, they were firstly tricked into that, then they were told the people ambushing them were neo-nazis opposing the defense operation. This is where confusion began even amongst the Russians tanks and soldiers as clearly they were confused why people were screaming and running if they were there to save them and why absolutely everybody who was armed was attacking them, even the Ukranian official military. This is where some of them had the sense to surrender and that is how we are finding out their side of things bit by bit by prisoner of war interrogations.
Putin is a high functioning psychopath (I don't even believe he's a sociopath, I think it's genuine psychopathy). You need to truly understand this. He does not feel emotions deep, his 'human and kind side' is a carefully constructed act. This man has bullied Russians for his entire rule and rose to power by cunning means as well. He is a spy with a very violent and cryptic past that we still don't fully know and understand.
Anybody supporting him who says they are right-wing libertarians, do not know the first thing about the libertarian aspect of their beliefs. Putin loathes everything about you and what you stand for other than you enabling the rich to get richer. The rich in Russia either serve Putin, are run into the ground or are literally poisoned or brutally beaten the crap out of. You don't understand what kind of person you are worshipping and I couldn't give a shit if this website is owned by a Russian. I am not intending to live in Russia, ever.
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@TheUnderdog
How so? What makes a country right wing?
- rabid capitalism and oligarchy
- homophobia
- sexism
- ethnocentric attitudes
- jingoism
- censorship of pro-liberal, pro-left media and direct arrest and brutalising of improtant figures of such causes
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@ILikePie5
You talk shit about an Iranian General but what of the Russian generals literally committing terror over Ukraine right now by tricking 19 year olds into dying for a cause they didn't even understand when they were told to go on a special military operation.
19 year old men. 22 year old men. thousands of them.
this is fucking sickening.
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@Athias
'Black' is a race, what it isn't specific to is any particular black ethnicity. Also, black ethnicities have people like Eminem amongst the ethnic community that grew amongst them but aren't racially black, only blacks can use the N-word.
I am not sure why you pretend to know more than me or always talk down to me but I've come to realise you think you have it all figured out (on any topic you and I happen to discuss) so I will just let you exist in your vacuum as I have better things to do with my time than argue why a term that was used by slavers to black slaves specifically to demean, degrade and dehumanise them, isn't the kind of word we should be saying on a debate website that hopes to pick up any members who aren't on a severe fringe of society (far-right fringe echo chamber is sure to evolve from that).
Very few people on the planet want to see a website regularly using slurs, many would go so far as to abstain from using the website and telling others bad things about it if that proceeded. The easiest way to get debateart in the shit-tier ratings of all search engines, rankings etc is to have the sensors pick up slurs.
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@bmdrocks21
The intensity of oppression isn’t even remotely similar nor is the level of control, so how about we all be good historians and find better comparisons instead of making such inflammatory comments?
Try saying the war is even happening there or a word about Putin or being gay.
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You know, this is actually very akin to what I experienced during the pre-site-election period from Lunatic and Mikal. They saw me say some things to Airmax and decided that if I felt I was entitled to in any way 'attack' Airmax, they could respond to that by limitlessly slandering and abusing me even using doctored images, digging at anything they could to hurt my feelings, saying I sent dick pics and lying about me relentlessly, while breaking countless site rules because they knew they had the power to get away with it.
Putin may perceive NATO as a threat and thinks that them daring to move East entitles him to slaughters thousands of both his own people and Ukranians as a dick-waving contest that he feels is justified as retribution. Unfortunately for the dead, the reasoning existing is no saving method and for their families, this 'special military operation' cannot ever be anything other than disproportionate Russian aggression in 'revenge' for NATO daring to begin to discuss with Ukraine the option of joining (which it carefully turned down despite Ukrained begging to join it since the Crimea invasion).
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I realised this literally as a young teenager but I had the fortunate fact of being a loner and bullied, which turned me away from seeking out too many friends. Conversely, I ended up seeing friends turn on each other from the outside, it taught me things that I didn't really need to learn much the hard way (but of course I did, we all get fake friends, even loners who pick carefully). I found that there is more to it than just not making you a genuine part of their schedule, though.
What you're describing does involve actual gaslighting typically, meaning they constantly demean you for wanting to be a priority and a part of their life but the reality is that you described a busy friend who just doesn't handle chaos well, as opposed to a fake friend. The friend you describe is generally pretty OCD with planning things, sticking to the plans etc and finds it hard during busy periods to slot you in.
While this can be extremely frustrating if you're a person who wants to be valued, it isn't so much fakeness necessarily as being busy and strictly organised.
People like this also tend to be that way to their own lovers, not just their friends. They tend to mix well with people who also have a lot in their life outside the relationship to fill time with and spend energy on.
A fake friend is beyond your description, they tend to be more sinister and more on your side of the situation in terms of schedul-demand (constantly forcing the other to adjust their life to them and give-give-give). I am not saying you're being overdemanding, I'm saying that a fake friend tends to be one who does more of the complaining about the other not meeting them enough and attending to their emotional (or even financial and if it's a relationship, sexual) needs enough.
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@TheUnderdog
Also, what matters (if you want to back only right wing countries) is if Russia is more right wing than Ukraine, which I doubt.
Erm... this is without question the case.
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@oromagi
Nobody should use those terms except 'queer' in the context of 'genderqueer'.
The problem with 'queer' being ruled out is that the term genderqueer is actually the term that those who are genderfluid originally referred to themselves as, so it kind of is confusing if it's a slur or the actual terminology.
I never understood a single reason (not one single reason) why black people need to use the N-word nor why gay people need to use the F-word etc.
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@ebuc
Then why is he your friend if you can't stand him and insult him? Why spend time with your friend if you think he is crazy to such an extent?
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@Dr.Franklin
Those problems are more prominent in countries that are more right-wing, like Nigeria for instance.
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@oromagi
Big talk.
Go and say it to black people for real then talk big.
I think it is pointless to allow the word even if the user is black IRL because it would require doxxing to properly moderate like that.
It is like when LGBT use the slur Dyke. It is futile and rude in a self-deprecating manner. There is fun in trolling, sadistically and rebellion-wise but it just is not as empowering as it seems.
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Yes it is. FRACKING HAS PROVED DETRIMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
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The entire victory was contingent on China backing Russia, so far it played the fence very much but it merely has to shift and it all is over for Russia.
Already from 5-7 days ago their shift to pure neutrality began (as the war escalated, they practically instantaneously flipped on Russia by refusing to actively support them).
China may become the antivillain of the war if it switches to actively condemn Russia. It takes one change of mind and it's done.
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Why don't you try and defend Pelosi's SALT bullshit?
I am not a fan of Nancy Pelosi's politics. I am not sure what you want me to defend, she is one of the least left-leaning Dems in history.
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wealthy people get the hell out of the Republican states, generally speaking and go for either centrist or left-leaning states where the standard of living is more decent.Bullshit. The wealthy go where they get screwed the least and where the politicians stay bought.Florida is way nicer to live in than Chicago or New York.
Florida is a perpetual swing state, no?
You can't blame either party for Florida overall, both are shifting to a centre that keeps itself altering.
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That is utter bullshit. One party states like California and New York have had 50 years to tax the rich with State taxes, and yet they instead pass tax evasion for the rich like SALT deductions only when the far left is in control of Congress.Is that what you mean by "only so much?"
Cherrypicking corrupt moments of specific governors is something that will backfire if you want me to nitpick and dig into Republican governor decisions.
I am not here to just say that Republicans play dirtier (they do) but that they stand for something that cons the working class of a certain type to believe the government is 'taking' more than 'providing' for them and the way this is perpetuated in America is to never allow the left wing enough leeway to ever prove otherwise.
In all nations where a liberal and progressive left-wing party got actual leeway to act, it was the right-wing party and entire nation that shifted left permanently whereas the left-wing does more swinging towards and away from the centre depending on the power of duping that right-wing propaganda is having on the frustrated working class at any given election.
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As bad as those states are, they don't have nearly the level of wealth inequality as the one party states run by the left party monopolies.
That is because the wealthy people get the hell out of the Republican states, generally speaking and go for either centrist or left-leaning states where the standard of living is more decent.
It is extremely akin to how the wealthy who rise from upper-middle to extremely high in developing nations often spend at least four months a year abroad in a more developed country (very often left-leaning) on a mixture of business and leisure. However, it's also true that right-wing 'expat havens' like the UAE exist, which can attract capitalists from left-leaning countries but they are few and far between and generally the people are just fine going back when they need to.
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@Thoth
With Airmax as site president you can even use the n-word.
No cap.
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Stalin wasn't a fascist. You can be on any wing to decide to imprison your political opposition. Any wing will do when your wing has the power to get away with it.
So, do you admit that Putin is a tyrant and that he is Fascist?
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You obviously either don't live in a one party state like New York or California, or you willfully choose to ignore the effects of bad policy there.
Compared to what? How rednecks that struggle with those same struggles are treated by the rich and authorities in right-wing States?
What exactly are you implying? A state leadership can only do so much with a Republican Congress ensuring America stays serving the rich.
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You should read the defenses from these little political soldiers on Biden's Oil policy. Hilariously out of touch with reality.
Wrong, they have more right to dislike it than you do.
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@bmdrocks21
Are you saying you don't think the bloodshed and tyranny even prior to this invasion by Putin is very similar to the Fascist style of leadership that Hitler ran? Prisons in Russia run similar to the Gulags that Stalin had, just this time with a slightly higher aim to keep the prisoners not starving.
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@Dr.Franklin
And that's worse than your country being literally invaded?
Also, do you think the right wing or left wing do more to help those trapped in an environment that has:
unbelievable rates of poverty, crime, depravation, and suicide.
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For me, it's the left wing.
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The way I see it, Russia's allies are doing so put of cowardice and now so many are against Russia that being neutral has actually flipped around to letting Russia ultimately implode and lose.
This means it is not likely to evolve into wider war but instead to revert to severe peace.
The oligarchs will pincer Putin with severe pressure to pull out, thanks to the economic warfare. It is a matter of time and other nations joining the boycott.
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@Dr.Franklin
How has it been worse?
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@Dr.Franklin
I asked a 'what' question, you answered a yes/no dynamic...
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Thousands are dead right now, most of them Russian cannon fodder. This is the thing you say you don't care about and find funny to poke at Biden about.
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Trump did blackmail Ukraine with humanitarian aid being held back (as well as other assistance) indeed if they didn't help him sabotage Biden. Perhaps this is Putin holding up his end of a deal as a 'sorry' to Trump for losing in order to make Biden look weak, perhaps it is a deeper conspiracy.
Regardless of the true depth of conspiracy, I think you do not speak for all Americans and it would do you well to not pretend you know what Americans feel and think who are not yourself.
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Perhaps he should see about stopping that, it will give Putin sympathisers something new to bitch about and would help hamper Putin.
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@ILikePie5
Fair and square is inclusive of context-abusive resolutions yes?
Then you won fair and square by making the semantics of the debate revolve around impeachment being what was not to be done to the ex-president even though he was unfit to be president and fucked up so much so many times and is corrupt to the core.
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@oromagi
but the gas and oil was bought in Russia so the clouds are purple and the sky is green.
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So that justifies Putin invading Ukraine?
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