Smallletter

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[–] Smallletter 6 points 2 years ago

A lot of people swear by this whole "death of the author" philosophy because it let's them ignore the literal stated intent of the author in favor of whatever pet theory they have. Which is fine, but you can't use it in a debate about theories about the work. There isn't a right answer to what you want to believe, but there often IS a right answer to what the actual author actually intended, especially modern authors in the age of information.

[–] Smallletter 2 points 2 years ago

Did you feed it the article as well? Just wondering how it got the details of a recent article

[–] Smallletter 10 points 2 years ago

But there's a huge range between "both sides are almost the same" and "democrats are perfect"

[–] Smallletter 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some people like dressing comfortable and prefer simple styles. It doesn't make them less than.

[–] Smallletter 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

People like this love when their elitist or exclusionary opinions are countered by the masses. Just makes them feel even better. Source, I was one of them in my younger days.

[–] Smallletter 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For the love of God please just say latinos. You don't need to police our language.

Latines is better than Latinx which is a monstrous perversion, but spanish is just fine the way it is.

[–] Smallletter 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel lucky to be making 20 an hour but it is NOT enough, especially having kids.

[–] Smallletter 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm gonna distance myself from you here. I'm not pro Israel. They have done and continue to do some horrible shit and I've seen first hand the effects of that. The unfiltered hatred some people there possess shocked me. They did not lose the public relations war, their actions alone have made their public relations what it is.

I was just advocating for nuance and honesty.

[–] Smallletter 2 points 2 years ago

I will confirm what you said. The mayor of the town I lived in was Arab.

[–] Smallletter -3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

You're getting downvoted but you're not wrong. I lived in Israel for 4 years and I was in an Arab neighborhood. They were mostly christian, but they were all pre-israel descendants and they had all the same rights as anyone else.

I'm super against what the government of Israel does, but apartheid just doesn't fit.

I have also lived in south Africa, post apartheid but close enough that I'm very familiar with what it really was.

I see why apartheid is used, in some ways it is descriptive and useful but it ignores a lot and is ultimately inaccurate like you say.

[–] Smallletter 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Question, do these bodies have teeth? And if so would these teeth exist without the EU?

My understanding of the EU is that the only thing they can really do to coerce uncooperative members is threaten to revoke membership.

So, if these bodies are not EU, and it wants to impose a sanction against a member nation, by what mechanism can it enforce that?

Just wondering.

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