I think it depends on your legal system. Appointed judges that can overturn legislation are a problem, but if the judges don’t have that power and all they’re doing is running a courtroom then a judge representative of the community would be an asset.

See: Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea…

Actually sanctions don’t work at all, what’s happening here is the result of a war of attrition.

One of their favorite strings of words to say while being almost indistinguishable from the worst fascists in history is “I’m a moderate”.

The argument is that if Iran had been allowed to keep its original government and not had one imposed upon it, the conditions that resulted in the Islamic Revolution would not have been created and the fundies never would have taken power.

Males are not taking over any women’s competition anywhere in the world. I know that you think that trans women are men, but even by that standard this idea is a total farce - there is one transgender athlete out of like a thousand Olympians at this year’s Olympics. There have been no major trans competitors in the Olympics despite being allowed since 2004. There is no dominance of trans athletes in sports at any level in any country on this planet. This is a phantom that you have invented in your head, it is totally illusory and does not exist - and because it does not exist, the only thing trying to fight this phantom can possibly accomplish is hurting women by excluding them from their own competitions.

there must be standards

Here’s a standard: if you live as a woman you’re a woman.

and those standards must be either endocrine or genetic or both

There is absolutely no reason to assert that this must be the case.

Put simply, it was never really about transgender women, they were just used to create a psuedoscientific smokescreen around the same thing that misogyny has always been about: policing women’s bodies. If the patriarchy doesn’t consider you a woman, you don’t get to be one.

The suffering and environmental damage caused by animal agriculture is immense. Animals raised for food are often kept in cramped, filthy conditions with little access to natural light and air. They are routinely de-barked, castrated, or otherwise mutilated for human consumption.

Additionally, animals raised for food are fed an unhealthy diet that contains antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals that contribute to obesity, cancer, and other health problems in humans.

On the environmental front, animal agriculture is responsible for a wide range of environmental hazards, including air and water pollution, land degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Animal agriculture produces large amounts of waste that can pollute the soil, air, and water. This waste also releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.

Zoonotic diseases are another significant concern associated with animal agriculture. Zoonotic diseases are diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans. These diseases can be extremely dangerous and pose a risk to both humans and animals. Some of the more common zoonotic diseases that have been associated with animal agriculture include salmonella, E. coli, and norovirus.

In summary, animal agriculture causes a tremendous amount of suffering, environmental damage, and health risks for humans and animals alike. Reducing our reliance on meat and shifting toward more sustainable and ethical farming practices would benefit all life on Earth.

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A couple years ago the US Navy committed international piracy by stealing a Venezuelan oil tanker that was trying to sell Venezuelan oil. And that’s just one example of the years of economic interference we’ve been fucking them with.

It’s true that Venezuela’s economic troubles didn’t start with our embargo, but it’s also true that our embargo makes things ten times worse.

the election result is perfectly okay simply because “suck it 'Murica”.

America is ontologically evil, therefore anything America doesn’t like is good. QED.

The insult “cocksucker” did not fall out of a coconut tree. It exists in the context of all that has come before it, which in this case is decades of being the go-to insult of homophobes.

“it’s just a joke! i’m just joking! you need to lighten up!”

I never actually called you or anybody else a nasty homophobe, I called out a single comment for expressing a casual homophobic sentiment.

see someone else get called out for a homophobic comment

rush to their defense with even more homophobia

I didn’t say anything about any political leader, dictator or democratic. I called out a single comment for being in poor taste, and ya’ll are showing your true colors in your responses to it.

Don’t be dense. The poster above me was using “cocksucker” as an insult, which is a go-to homophobic insult, and I called it out. There’s no nuance or subtlety or dictionary lawyering that perfectly clearly expressed sentiment into being anything other than what it is.

“it’s not homophobia, it’s misogyny!” is not the defense of the above comment you think it is.

Ah yes, the truest sign of liberal enlightenment, casual homophobia,

Hurting Israel’s economy punishes them for hurting Gazans, even if it doesn’t directly stop them.

You seem to be under the impression that I don’t like political violence on principal. Not the case. I don’t like political violence that is on the side of perpetuating global empire, and I like political violence that is opposed to it. What you’re doing, by flattening all political violence into just “violence bad”, is a rhetorical tactic that promotes the status quo by demonizing all groups that fight against it.

The Houthis are fighting against the Saudi-backed puppet regime in North Yemen. They are not going to someone else’s country, ethnically cleansing the group that’s already there, and laying claim to it. They are enforcing a naval blockade in order to economically punish a country that is committing genocide, they are not perpetuating one themselves.

Part of the comment you responded to:

One of Israel’s ports is going bankrupt as a direct result of the Houthi blockade.

The Houthis are accomplishing something, and their real goals align with defeating the world’s hegemonic evil.

It does not.

One of Israel’s ports is going bankrupt as a direct result of the Houthi blockade. That might not be preventing Gazans from being murdered but it’s fucking something which is more than 99% of the world is doing.

The Houthis aren’t a perfect org, but US imperialism is the greater evil by far, and everyone who opposes it deserves at least critical support.