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OccamsRazer

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  • Experts Say Israel's 'Booby-Trap' Attacks in Lebanon Violate International Law

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  • Were these targeted attacks against hezbollah militants (who are sworn enemies of Israel and are responsible for terrorist attacks inside Israel) or were they against random civilians living in Lebanon? How do you define terrorism?

  • Experts Say Israel's 'Booby-Trap' Attacks in Lebanon Violate International Law

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  • So what's your point then? I'm only commenting on the hypocrisy of people calling out Israel for targeted attacks on their enemies, the same enemies who have made it clear that they want to kill any Isrealis.

  • Experts Say Israel's 'Booby-Trap' Attacks in Lebanon Violate International Law

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  • The article you linked says that Israel owns the settlements legally. Are you trolling me?

  • Experts Say Israel's 'Booby-Trap' Attacks in Lebanon Violate International Law

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  • Are the illegal settlements on land belonging to Lebanese citizens? What do they have to do with the settlements? Or are you saying that the terrorists living in Gaza are actually from Lebanon?

  • Experts Say Israel's 'Booby-Trap' Attacks in Lebanon Violate International Law

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  • If I were Lebanon I'd be pretty annoyed, but they also aren't really doing anything about the terrorists using their country as a base, so I also can't blame Israel for taking matters into their own hands.

  • Experts Say Israel's 'Booby-Trap' Attacks in Lebanon Violate International Law

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  • Israel deserves criticism for indiscriminately bombing the general location where terrorists live, and accepting that civilian casualties are part of the deal, but then people continue to criticize a sophisticated and precision attack against the enemy combatants with an absolute minimum of civilian casualties. Seems like people think Israel has no right to defend itself at all, and makes you wonder if it's just good old fashioned anti semitism.

  • Study: Increasing minimum wage does not reduce jobs

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  • Yeah that's true, but with tips they actually do pretty well so it's tough to count that in discussions about minimum wage.

  • Study: Increasing minimum wage does not reduce jobs

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  • Makes sense. Like fast food, it's a job that doesn't require experience or any particular skill set.

  • Study: Increasing minimum wage does not reduce jobs

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  • Wages don't go down though, or at least I've never seen it. And rarely have I seen wages sit at minimum, indicating that the market wage isn't linked to the federal minimum wage. I understand that this may be different in other parts of the country. This is just my experience.

  • Study: Increasing minimum wage does not reduce jobs

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  • Who even gets paid minimum wage? My kids started at fast food for several dollars above minimum, to where I'm not even sure what the point is.

  • Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers explode

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  • Uhh... Terrorism where innocent citizens are targeted is worse than specific targeting of terrorists themselves.

  • America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

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  • I suppose the third type of person is a revolutionary, who wants to throw it away and start over. But then what, continue the cycle of revolution once the next generation arrives? Or is there an end point? Do you think it can actually be achieved? From a practical perspective, does human nature allow that?

  • America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

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  • I mostly agree with you about the bubbles. Getting outside your bubble is extremely important. It's important that they get outside, but additionally it's important for each of us to step outside our own bubble to make sure it isn't happening to us. None of us is above that affect, and it's instinctive to seek validation of our own preconceived notions. Trump has a propaganda machine working for him, but his opposition has an equally powerful machine working as well. Would you recognize it? Can you tell when it's the machine and when it's the truth? It's pretty tough to separate out the noise, especially in a place like this that has an overwhelming sameness of opinion.

  • America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

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  • Not even to try to understand them so that you can address the root cause of why they like him? Or is the fact that they like him evidence of them being irredeemable and flawed humans? In that case, how should they be dealt with?

  • America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

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  • Thanks for actually answering the question! I would distill it down a little further though, and say that the difference between conservative and progressive is that progressives believe that human nature is malleable and that the system can be used to drive humanity in a positive direction. On the other hand, conservatives believe that human nature cannot be fundamentally changed and that attempts to do so will result in dystopia of some kind, or an overall decrease in happiness as humankind strays further from it's nature. Obviously there are people within either of these camps who take things way too far. I don't remember where I read this theory, but it's the only one that has held up over the years and in various contexts.

  • America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

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  • I don't believe in putting the worst possible spin and interpretation on one person or party and giving the other a complete pass. I was hoping for an objective assessment of conservatives motives and beliefs, but it was pretty much the same old "conservatives are racist". Trying to distill it down to racism is ignorant at best, but is more likely just another opinion piece with an agenda. Is Trump tapping into nationalist tendencies? Well yeah, but that's not what characterizes conservatives in general, and it's not racist in and of itself. Nationalism isn't necessarily racist (though it can be, and to some it is), specifically it's pride in what the nation stands for and what is required to maintain the nation the way it is. Or at least the essence that makes the nation. Again, to some this has racism at its roots, but to most (in my experience), it's about ideals and values that are irrelevant of race. What do you think are the core differences between progressives and conservatives? What is the true, fundamental difference in world view between one who is conservative and one who is progressive?

  • America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

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  • It's just that I thought it was supposed to be objective and a fair representation of different perspectives, and it clearly isn't.

  • America is on the verge of something fateful, but it cannot escape history

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  • Based on op comment, I thought it was going to be an objective assessment of different views and perspectives, but it obviously isn't. Maybe that was my bad assumption.

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  • No need to be pedantic. My point is that the author clearly likes Harris and doesn't like Trump. The author does a good job illustrating the perspective of people who like Harris and don't like Trump. But someone who likes Trump and doesn't like Harris would say that the author doesn't know what he is talking about.