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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by gghhzzgghhzz on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:55AM (#35763757)
Putting aside your implied definition of Leftists here. The Palestinian point is broadly enlightening, but maybe not in the way you intended. Armed struggle for the purpose of self determination should be materially supported in Ukraine, but not in Palestine. This is the glowing contradiction, and I'm not sure real leftists are the most guilty party here.
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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by alphanullmeric on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:00PM (#35763815)
I don’t want to materially support either country.
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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by gghhzzgghhzz on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:21PM (#35764036)
As someone who considers themselves on the left, i have broadly the same view.

I also don't have a hard view on gun control, because if the state authorities are militarised then it's hard to argue that civil society can't be. The solution for this of course is to demilitarise the police.

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by yarg on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:39PM (#35764790)
US complicity has permitted the decades long ethnic cleansing of Palestine to continue unabated.

It is truly abhorrent.

However, there's a significant difference between arming a nation under invasion, and arming religious fundamentalists.

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by throwaway27391 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:26PM (#35765803)
in the US it's flawed because you end up with a police state and only the state is armed and the party that did it is anti-police
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