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antareseld.bsky.social @antareseld.bsky.s.. • 27m Are you alright, man? Having fun shadow boxing with the person in your head who is saying "the FLN did nothing wrong"? Anyway the point I made was it's obviously relevant but to make the case that FLN, in particular, targeting civilians led to Algeria's political issues post liberation - you have to either say why French colonial rule would have been preferable or how the FLN could have made the French withdraw w/o targeting civilians. It's a simple counter factual that doesn't at all depend on endorsing the FLN's actions. If your diagnosis of Algeria's current issues is that they're downstream of FLN war crimes, explain why they were superfluous and how avoiding them have lead to a better outcome.
mrs. wind up bird @pop_mycology If liberals saw the Palestinians in Gaza--the ones who are being starved, shot, and burned in real time every day--as whole, human subjects, then the idea of getting up on a pedestal to "give your take" on the genocide to reify your supposed level of nuance would be unthinkable. You can claim that it's the "online leftists" or "university students" who are getting under your skin, but it's ironically us allies to whom you grant interiority. People who are being killed aren't spared so much as a thought. They aren't real.
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Tweet by Cornelia Woll @Cornelia_Woll The recognition of civilian victims in Gaza without a discussion of the terrorist massacre of Hamas on 7 October 2023 and the victims of the war on the Israeli side was biased and I would like to apologize sincerely for the impression that victims and perpetrators are inversed.
Jeffrey Melnick @melnickjeffrey1 Every time I read the word "fear" in connection with American Jews I replace it with "rage" in my mind and it almost always makes more sense Now why are so many American Jews so enraged? On the face of it in there seems to be little reason for all this free-floating anger. But I think it's worth exploring how a kind of deeply warping cognitive dissonance has been at work in American Jewish life for awhile All of our must cherished narratives—Biblical and historical-are underdog stories. It's like we don't know who we are if we are not pretty close to some tale of affliction and ultimate triumph But life in these United States has been a little vexing for us. While certainly there has been plenty of antisemitism to fend off, overall the ride has been remarkably smooth
Hagay Amir May 26 • Exciting news for the Israeli society, you came to the first place in exporting hatred and evil, thanks to Netanyahu's government and the very supportive opposition, the Israelis are going to be the new evil of the world, in the past these were the Germans Russians who are El-Qaeda ISIS and the Muslims, each in his own turn and generation, now these are the Israelis, they are going to make movies about you, in the Israeli TV series already star in quite a few bad people, in short it's going to be interesting, of course everything comes from anti-Semitism, the world doesn't It is updated that today the moral thing is to burn babies and children because maybe in the future they will not like to be under a military regime, well what to do, the world is always morally retarded after the Jewish people, it will take time and they will understand, meanwhile we are in first place and that's what matters.
Post Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social There's a very simple way to combat being painted as a violent antisemite, which is to loudly condemn incidents of violent antisemitism. Many really stalwart allies of the Palestinian cause do this with no problem. • Deleted June 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM & Everybody can reply 64 reposts 3 quotes 519 likes
Fugitive slave laws in the United States Article Talk The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. The idea of the fugitive slave law was derived from the Fugitive Slave Clause which is in the United States Constitution (Article IV, Section 2, Paragraph 3). It was thought that forcing states to return fugitive slaves to their masters violated states' rights due to state sovereignty, and that seizing state property should not be left up to the states. The Fugitive Slave Clause states that fugitive slaves "shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due", which abridged state rights because apprehending runaway slaves was a form of retrieving private property. The Compromise of 1850 entailed a series of laws that allowed slavery in the new territories and forced officials in free states to give a hearing to slave-owners without a jury. 2]
POSTED SPEED AND HIGHWAY OPERATIONS Selecting Posted Speed for a Highway The posted speed (shown in 5 mph increments, e.g., 30, 35, 40) is generally obtained by rounding the 85th percentile speed to the nearest speed value in miles per hour that ends in 5 or 0. Using the 85th percentile speed in selecting posted speeds is based upon the belief that the large majority of drivers • are capable of judging appropriate speeds based upon the roadway geometry, roadside development, weather conditions, traffic, etc., and • operate at speeds that are reasonable and prudent. Basing posted speeds upon 85th percentile speeds also promotes uniformity among speeds at a given location (i.e., it keeps the bell-shaped curve in Figure 1 tall and thin). The benefit of a uniform speed is that vehicle collisions are less likely to occur if drivers are traveling at about the same speed. Applying Posted Speed in Highway Operations Exceptions to the 85th Percentile Procedure There have been two principal exceptions to the 85th percentile speed procedure. 1) On sections of highway with high accident experience, the posted speed may be as much as 7 mph lower than the 85th percentile speed. 2) National or state maximum speed limits prohibit higher posted speeds, even when the 85th percentile speed is higher. There are concerns that, except in cases where safety makes it necessary, posting speeds below the 85th percentile speed puts the majority of drivers in violation, places unnecessary burdens on law enforcement personnel in arbitrarily selecting who should be ticketed, leads to a lack of credibility of speed limits, and leads to the use of large tolerances adopted by enforcement agencies.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social notwithstanding everything else, there is a reason that diplomats for a particular country are considered civilians.
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