crapwittyname
@crapwittyname@feddit.uk
- Comment on Water bills are rising and thousands are planning not to pay 1 week ago:
It’s been 10 years so this might have changed, but I refused to pay a water bill because a) I was being charged for a previous tenant’s debt, and b) they weren’t allowed to cut my water off because I had a child under 5 in the house (same applies to disabled residents iirc). So if this is the case, a lot of households would have legal protection
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
Your question was obviously bait, so why would I ever answer it on your terms? Just get to whatever it is you’re getting at, already. This is boring.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
Israel is not the only thing between the Mediterranean and the Jordan, no.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
I’m not sure if you’re aware of how language works, but I am. And I can assure you, your statement is not true, particularly the part you have italicised. This is not as simple as you think it is or would like it to be.
I hope one day you realise how mistaken you are. - Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
No, it doesn’t, and yes, it is.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
It’s not a bad example, and I credit you with the intelligence to understand the principle the example is driving at, which you are choosing to ignore, that is: meanings change.
Do you really believe that girl made that t-shirt with genocidal intent? Do you think she wants Israelis wiped out? - Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
And the phrase “bless you” was created with the intent to banish demons out of your nose, but we still say it.
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, is what they chant. Calling that genocidal is Orwellian mate. Get a grip.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
People who are demanding an end to apartheid are extremists, you say. So apartheid, genocide, ethnonationalism, mowing the lawn, etc etc, are the norm, then? You’re raving mad.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 2 weeks ago:
It is debatable. It doesn’t mean to eliminate Israel, it means to liberate Palestine. It’s not genocidal, it’s anti-genocide.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 3 weeks ago:
No, it isn’t like that. Because “white power” is used exclusively by extremists, whereby “from the river to the sea” is not. Do you see the difference there?
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 3 weeks ago:
What a silly thing to say. Here are a few examples of actual genocidal language:
Galit Distel Atbaryan (Likud MK, former Public Diplomacy Minister): Called for “erasing all of Gaza from the face of the Earth” and described the enclave as needing to be “wiped out”.
Amit Halevi (Likud MK): Stated that the goal of the war is that there is “no more Muslim land in the land of Israel” and suggested leaving Gaza as a “monument, like Sodom”.
Nissim Vaturi (Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Likud): Stated in February 2025 that “all adults in Gaza should be killed” and that “the children and women need to be separated and the adults in Gaza eliminated”.
Boaz Bismuth (Likud MK): Invoked the biblical reference to “erase the memory of Amalek,” a phrase frequently interpreted as a call for the total destruction of an enemy, similar to references made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ariel Kallner (Likud MK): Urged a “Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of '48,” referencing the 1948 forced displacement of Palestinians.
Tally Gotliv (Likud MK): Demanded “crushing and flattening Gaza without mercy”. Hnoch Milwidsky (Likud MK): In a 2026 report, was cited as having stated during a debate that “it is legitimate” for soldiers to rape Palestinians.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 3 weeks ago:
I’m failing to see how the phrase “from the river to the sea”, alone, can be considered a call to destroy Israel, let alone unequivocally genocidal. It seems like there’s a lot of top-down reasoning required to arrive at either conclusion. I don’t think there is genocidal intent on the deployment of those words on that woman’s top. I think you assume too much. Israeli leaders use unmistakably genocidal language. And then they also commit genocide. You don’t get to both sides this issue with a very tenuous argument that this popular slogan is a call to genocide.
- Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 3 weeks ago:
If your interpretation of “Palestine will be free” somehow includes killing people because they’re Jewish, then you’re telling on yourself.
It’s really simple, and didn’t require a text wall to explain. - Comment on An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." 3 weeks ago:
1.5 “from the river to the sea” is not a slogan calling for the destruction of Israel.
- Comment on What does the acronym MAGA stand for? (wrong answers only) 3 weeks ago:
Molests Any Gender and Age
- Comment on Sometimes I wonder if my older brother and I both were in grave danger, who would my parents save first... 🤔 5 weeks ago:
I’m sorry to hear that. Some parents are worse than useless, which means you get to make your own connections with people you choose. Is the money in the will enough to buy your obedience to someone who actively makes you depressed?
- Comment on Sometimes I wonder if my older brother and I both were in grave danger, who would my parents save first... 🤔 5 weeks ago:
It’s good too always bear this in mind when asking this question: Sophie’s choice is a thought experiment. Meaning that the perfect conditions where a parent has to choose one child to live based on their personal preference, don’t exist. If both kids are in danger of being hit by a bus, the parent will grab both of them. Or if the parent has only one arm, they will grab the one who’s more in danger, or even get themselves in the way to save both kids.
In less dramatic circumstances, the parent might choose to give more money to kid 1 because they think they need it more, or because they think they will manage it better. It doesn’t mean they love kid 1 more than kid 2.
I’m a parent. I have infinite love for both of my kids. Love doesn’t play favourites or get into mind games. I love them differently because they are two different people. Treating them exactly the same would lead to unfairness, because their needs are not exactly the same. That applies to the ‘who do I save?’ scenario too, because invariably, one of them will be in more danger/be more possible to save than the other one in that moment. - Comment on POV: you walk into a meeting with people who make 10x your salary 1 month ago:
They’re all the same person for sure. I’m not sure if that person is you though.
- Comment on Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's Zionist Bar Problem 1 month ago:
I think people attacking you as “pro-genocide” is exactly as reasonable as the German standard disallowing comparison of Nazism, which is funny.
The existence of a field of study which purports to compare genocide doesn’t validate your assertion that Israel is less evil than the third Reich. I still don’t think you can make this point.
The German law around speech comparing anything to Nazism sounds complex and subtle. I would argue that it’s a matter for the courts to decide, rather than for unqualified moderators to overcomply in advance.
- Comment on Dbzero has Defederated from Feddit.org following its Governance post about the later's Zionist Bar Problem 1 month ago:
what [Netenyahu’s Israel is] doing is still not on the same level of evil as Nazi Germany.
Very difficult to say this for sure. Some of the acts we’ve seen are on the same level, frankly. And how could you possibly measure this, objectively?
I don’t think this can be argued meaningfully, and so should be removed from your argument.
As to the German law:
- Is that applicable here on Lemmy? *Is it up to the mods to interpret German law and apply it?
- Comment on Rage for the machine? 1 month ago:
Keep that shit at a reasonable volume outside of daylight hours
- Comment on Rage for the machine? 1 month ago:
“Some of those heroes who work forces are the same patriots that burn crosses”
- Comment on "I am going to punch you" WHAT A BOSS! 1 month ago:
Your comment suggests you’ve taken lessons from Joseph Goebbelz…not because you oppose fascism, but because you’re using the same tactic he perfected: weaponizing emotionally loaded labels to inflame outrage and mobilize people to violence.
Nope. Using the same tactic as someone doesn’t mean you have the same values as them, or even learned the tactic from them.
Nazi concentration camps run by the Nazi Party during World War II were instruments of genocide, culminating in industrialized murder at places like Auschwitz.
ICE detention facilities, whatever criticisms one may have, are civil immigration detention centers…not,z extermination camps. Equating the two erases intent and trivializes the Holocaust.
Nope. Nazi concentration camps were not extermination camps from the get go. Read a book.
As Goebbels himself famously argued, if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it…and that is exactly the propaganda playbook you’re running
Nope. This is way wide of the mark. You seem to think you’ve proved something but you really haven’t.
What you have done, though, is defended ICE. Why would you do that? Here’s a question for you: what would it take, at a minimum, for you to accept that ICE are a fascist organisation? I think before you answer you might do well to review the definitions of fascism.
- Comment on Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID 2 months ago:
Just outright lies! There’s just not even a concession to the truth with you, is there.
- Comment on Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID 2 months ago:
Here’s the proof, again. You abject liar.
- Comment on Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID 2 months ago:
Nope. They publicly supported Israeli “right” to starve Gaza, criminalised the support of a direct action group that opposes the genocide, continue to arm Israel, allowed Israel to attack British boats and kidnap British citizens sailing on them, continue to fly spy planes for Israel and refuel their planes at Akrotiri.
The UK government is complicit in genocide.
- Comment on Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID 2 months ago:
Why do you still tell this lie. I put you straight on this a while back. Some 30 licenses were suspended in 2024, hundreds of licenses are still active. The UK still arms Israel.
You claimed this before, and I showed you the evidence that you were wrong. You are now twisting the claim. Your are a liar. - Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible 2 months ago:
100% agree. I hope to be alive to see it. Popsci would have me believe it’s coming any day now.
I kind of get the no waste framing, since the nuance is too technical for most people to bother with. If we say anything more complex than three words about waste, then we will lose public support for fusion. It’s still not right, but I see a greater cause in that lie than the increase in clicks which is the driver for the lie that it’ll be ready tomorrow. - Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible 2 months ago:
Recycling is definitely an important aspect of developing the technology to a maturity where it forms part of a power grid. But it’s not beyond the wit of man. If we can crack Q>5 for nuclear fusion, surely we can crack economically viable recycling for LLW. I don’t think it’s worth abandoning research on fusion over this issue.
- Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible 2 months ago:
I understand there’s no waste with a half life >100 years, and the activated steel can be recycled a few decades after commissioning?
www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/…/El-Guebaly SESE-KN-2.pdf