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if you actually believe that drugs cannot cause bad behavior, at all, then this sort of implies that every crime or transgression committed by an addict or user is done solely because of their own innate, inescapable badness as people. Which is worse!! That's like Drugs Calvinism!!
There certainly has to be a way to say we shouldn’t stigmatize people seeking treatment while also recognizing that drugs can and often do cause bad behaviors.
May 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
if you actually believe that drugs cannot cause bad behavior, at all, then this sort of implies that every crime or transgression committed by an addict or user is done solely because of their own innate, inescapable badness as people. Which is worse!! That's like Drugs Calvinism!!
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Some years ago I wrote that Gideon Levy, like many born-and-raised Israeli Jews, is not very good in spotting antisemitism and is a little antisemitic himself - in the sense that Israelis are educated to look down on and even despise diaspora Jews.
Yesterday he gave an interview to Jackson Hinkle 🤦
Yesterday he gave an interview to Jackson Hinkle 🤦
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Some years ago I wrote that Gideon Levy, like many born-and-raised Israeli Jews, is not very good in spotting antisemitism and is a little antisemitic himself - in the sense that Israelis are educated to look down on and even despise diaspora Jews.
Yesterday he gave an interview to Jackson Hinkle 🤦
Yesterday he gave an interview to Jackson Hinkle 🤦
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Netanyahu releases a short video, all but confirming that he knew his closest advisor was working also for Qatar.
I don't think even Houdini could get out of this one.
I don't think even Houdini could get out of this one.
April 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Netanyahu releases a short video, all but confirming that he knew his closest advisor was working also for Qatar.
I don't think even Houdini could get out of this one.
I don't think even Houdini could get out of this one.
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""[We] cannot have another 30,000 more Palestinians dead," Biden said in an interview with MSNBC on Saturday [March 9, 2024]. Asked whether an invasion of Rafah, in the south of Gaza on the border with Egypt, was a red line, Biden replied in the affirmative: "It is a red line.""
Rafah Today
Rafah Today
April 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
""[We] cannot have another 30,000 more Palestinians dead," Biden said in an interview with MSNBC on Saturday [March 9, 2024]. Asked whether an invasion of Rafah, in the south of Gaza on the border with Egypt, was a red line, Biden replied in the affirmative: "It is a red line.""
Rafah Today
Rafah Today
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Bashir Abu Manneh writes with clarity on the protests in Gaza.
jacobin.com/2025/04/pale...
jacobin.com/2025/04/pale...
Palestinians Against Israel’s Genocide and Hamas
Palestinians in Gaza protested last week for the end of the war and for their right to live in peace and dignity in their homeland, targeting both Israel’s genocide and the disastrous leadership of Ha...
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April 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Bashir Abu Manneh writes with clarity on the protests in Gaza.
jacobin.com/2025/04/pale...
jacobin.com/2025/04/pale...
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I still remember when Egypt arrested AJ journalists and Western media institutions launched campaigns of solidarity.
Israel has murdered 161 journalists - including Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansur today alone.
Israel has murdered 161 journalists - including Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansur today alone.
In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.
There are no words.
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.
There are no words.
March 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I still remember when Egypt arrested AJ journalists and Western media institutions launched campaigns of solidarity.
Israel has murdered 161 journalists - including Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansur today alone.
Israel has murdered 161 journalists - including Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansur today alone.
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If we accept the logic that Hussam Shabat's military training rendered him a legitimate target - we also accept Hamas's claim that all Israelis who received military training are legitimate targets.
Both claims contravene international law.
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Both claims contravene international law.
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March 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If we accept the logic that Hussam Shabat's military training rendered him a legitimate target - we also accept Hamas's claim that all Israelis who received military training are legitimate targets.
Both claims contravene international law.
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Both claims contravene international law.
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DSN providing a sanitized version of the anti-Hamas protests that have engulfed northern and Gaza strip. You need to get to the second sentence of the second paragraph to learn that this was against Hamas.
They occasionally have good reporting but the bias is unmistakable.
They occasionally have good reporting but the bias is unmistakable.
March 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
DSN providing a sanitized version of the anti-Hamas protests that have engulfed northern and Gaza strip. You need to get to the second sentence of the second paragraph to learn that this was against Hamas.
They occasionally have good reporting but the bias is unmistakable.
They occasionally have good reporting but the bias is unmistakable.
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There is growing awareness that Israel is committing crimes against humanity (HRW)/genocide (Amnesty), but chillingly that there is no indication that this can translate to a major shift in international attitudes and policies. Even if this continues or escalates.
December 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM
There is growing awareness that Israel is committing crimes against humanity (HRW)/genocide (Amnesty), but chillingly that there is no indication that this can translate to a major shift in international attitudes and policies. Even if this continues or escalates.
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Biden read Rashid Khalidi and decided it was finally time to show mercy to the persecuted.
December 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Biden read Rashid Khalidi and decided it was finally time to show mercy to the persecuted.
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The 2006 war, which lasted 34 days, claimed the lives of about 2,000 people in Lebanon.
Today - in a single day - close to 500 were killed in Israeli strikes.
Today - in a single day - close to 500 were killed in Israeli strikes.
September 23, 2024 at 8:40 PM
The 2006 war, which lasted 34 days, claimed the lives of about 2,000 people in Lebanon.
Today - in a single day - close to 500 were killed in Israeli strikes.
Today - in a single day - close to 500 were killed in Israeli strikes.