SaltSong

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 10 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

So, as a white person, I cannot pass as black, so I can never expect people to treat me like I'm black?

Don't get me wrong, I think the idea is silly, but all the arguments I've seen in this thread are a word-swap away from being a bad argument against transgender people.

What's the essential difference?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Problem is that “race” isn’t just cultural. How you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “race” and subsequently it will shape your life reality

But surely how you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “gender” and subsequently it will shape your life reality?

Everything you described up there sounds exactly like "cultural."

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

Information flow can never go backwards. There's plenty of examples of reporters or even social media compromising military operations. In at least a few cases, it has lead to the destruction of military assets. Once broadcast, the damage is done.

Trying to force reporters to think hard about what they are broadcasting is a good thing, from the point of view of national defence.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 14 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Is it normal to allow people to send military information to your enemy?

I'm not a huge fan of either of the two belligerent, but this is not exactly an unreasonable position to take. And they are at least putting reporters on notice.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

I picked it up from an episode of Deep Space Nine. Good times.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

The US is obligated by law,

Yea, that's a law we passed, right? One which we could repeal, too?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 33 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I thought I was wrong, once. But I was mistaken.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 16 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

And we provide Israel weapons to bomb Gaza.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 0 points 4 weeks ago

That doesn't always work.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

We used to have an agreement, didn't we? What happened to it?

Oh. Right.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 45 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

Are they running out of people to murder in Gaza? Or do they just need someone to fight back, so they can look oppressed?

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