stonedemoman

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[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure, I definitely see that they're biased towards Pro-Israeli and their founder was Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. I'm not going to stop looking until I find something conclusive, because of how repulsive these reported actions are. There's a lot of propaganda out there, though.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

How normalized does hatred have to be for anyone to think that this defense isn't inherently despicable:

...falsity of the Israeli army's claim that the Palestinian civilians subjected to torture in the presence of Israeli civilians were fighters involved in the October 7 attack

Hamas prisoners or not this is pure, unfettered zealotry and it's embarrassing that these soldiers thought this would be a credible justification.

Edit: welp I did some digging and I don't know what to believe now:

https://unwatch.org/un-human-rights-office-amplifies-blood-libel-by-terrorist-sympathizers/

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor’s leadership routinely posts antisemitic and pro-Hamas content online.

The chairman of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor’s Board is none other than Richard Falk—the former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine who has hailed Hamas’ “spirit of resistance,” justified Palestinian violence, and claimed that Hamas aims for “long-term peaceful co-existence.” While he was Special Rapporteur, Falk was at the center of multiple controversies that led to continuous calls for his resignation by the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, and others. According to the U.S. State Department, this was because of his “despicable and deeply offensive comments, particularly his anti-Semitic blog postings, his endorsement of 9/11 conspiracy theories, and his deplorable statements with regard to the terrorist attacks in Boston.” Falk had first called the Boston bombing a false flag and then justified it as a form of “resistance” that was “bound” to result from U.S. “military undertakings.” Even Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had to come out several times to publicly denounce Falk’s statements. Falk’s antisemitism has even gotten him fired from a Human Rights Watch committee.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

steal Palestine

Again, this is misinformation. It's particularly concerning that you are accusing me of not being nuanced when your uncharitable interpretation of the conflict seems to suggest that Israel never had a right to be there in the first place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine

"After an Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire arose during the First World War in 1916, British forces drove Ottoman forces out of the Levant.[3] The United Kingdom had agreed in the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence that it would honour Arab independence in case of a revolt, but in the end, the United Kingdom and France divided what had been what had been Ottoman Syria under the Sykes–Picot Agreement—an act of betrayal in the eyes of the Arabs."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration

"The intended boundaries of Palestine were not specified, and the British government later confirmed that the words "in Palestine" meant that the Jewish national home was not intended to cover all of Palestine. The second half of the declaration was added to satisfy opponents of the policy, who had claimed that it would otherwise prejudice the position of the local population of Palestine and encourage antisemitism worldwide by "stamping the Jews as strangers in their native lands"."

Your ire should be directed at the British protectorate for the ambiguity that enabled both sides to feel justified in their believed independence. This initial blunder seems to me to have fostered mutual extremism.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Your comment is not true whatsoever. Anyone that reads the history of the conflict will easily see that israel has been the key instigator of war every single time.

This is why I'm attempting to remain impartial and critical of both sides, to avoid spreading complete misinformation as you have done here.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/arab-israeli-war

"The United Nations resolution sparked conflict between Jewish and Arab groups within Palestine. Fighting began with attacks by irregular bands of Palestinian Arabs attached to local units of the Arab Liberation Army composed of volunteers from Palestine and neighboring Arab countries. These groups launched their attacks against Jewish cities, settlements, and armed forces."

"After Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948, the fighting intensified with other Arab forces joining the Palestinian Arabs in attacking territory in the former Palestinian mandate. On the eve of May 14, the Arabs launched an air attack on Tel Aviv, which the Israelis resisted. This action was followed by the invasion of the former Palestinian mandate by Arab armies from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calls_for_the_destruction_of_Israel

"The history of calls for the destruction of Israel is rooted in the prelude to its establishment. Leaders such as Azzam Pasha of the Arab League threatened a "war of extermination" in the event that a Jewish state was established. Prior to the 1967 Six Day War, there was a nearly unanimous consensus among Arab nations aimed at the obliteration of Israel.[7] Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser reiterated calls for the annulment of Israel's existence in the lead-up to the war. Contemporary discourse from political figures in Iran, including leaders like Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, continues to advocate for Israel's destruction, accompanied by antisemitic rhetoric and Holocaust denial.[8] Islamist Palestinian organizations like Hamas[9] and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad[9] consistently promote the goal of Israel's elimination, as evidenced by their charters, statements, and actions, such as the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel."

I have many, many more examples if you wish to continue spreading misinformation.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You're not doing anything wrong, the playlist function is just half-baked. My guess is they put just enough work into it to intend for it to be used in small chunks, such as a single evening.

Edit: I've just seen your clarifying statement, and although Plex playlist is relatively non functional I've never seen that specific behavior. Try hitting play on an item in the playlist instead, that works for me.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Instead of minutia, I'm just going to mention the few reasons that really sold me on containers.

  • Security: Being able to host external services that only have access to the folders I map to it.

  • Compartmentalization: I can specify exactly what resources I want to limit/control for each individual service. I.E. stacking a VPN on top of services for a 100% guaranteed Killswitch.

  • Automation: Docker is an incredible tool for automatically restarting services whenever they hit a snag and keeping your services up to date with the latest version.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think you're forgetting that the supernatural is but another theory, put forth by humans, to explain our existence. It doesn't earn bonus points for being unobservable. I've seen 0 evidence supporting it, contrary to how many questions particle physics has solved.

I've simply stated that we can't draw statistics about things for which we have no evidence - which you now seem to be agreeing with.

I've posited quite the opposite of this. If there are two opposing theories, with one substantiated and one not, then the substantiated one is more likely. For example: you wouldn't say that a chicken's offspring being implanted in an egg by cosmic rays is just as likely as the egg being fertilized before it was laid because the latter is substantiated while the former has yet to have any observable truth.

I'd say 99% is a completely fair probability as the ratio of something to nothing approaches infinity.

we don't yet have evidence pertaining to any hypothesis for how it was created

I just gave you some? I don't know about you, but humans being able to replicate the exact particle that originated matter is a profound bit of evidence towards the universe not being a product of some higher power to me.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

They aren't immeasurable. The reason you think I'm making a different argument to your point is that you're asking for every negative proof. This is never going to provide an answer, as it would be a competition to dispel the imagination.

Hypotheses and positive proofs are slowly answering the question of why we're here. We know that evolution is likely, DNA is irrefutable evidence. We know that it's likely our known universe began with a singularity because of the background microwave radiation accelerating away from a point of origin. We know the field and corresponding particle that gave matter its properties from the particle acceleration tests by CERN.

It becomes a much different question when one is not only seeking answers that fit their beliefs.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Considering that the overwhelming majority of religions out there are creationists, yes we are.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The mere fact that humans are 1% removed from apes serves to undermine creationism in general.

[–] stonedemoman@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

Eh, we can prove that human DNA is 99% primate and that there was no great flood. Seems unlikely to me.

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