DKNY

Dispeller of Jewish Misconceptions.

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@Abigail_M2050 I thought, before the war, Gaza was an open air prison?

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@Akewusola_Herbs @ReddCinema That's the problem. It's not even remotely true

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@prestoninperson @jackmirkinson While countries might be political entities, acknowledging their existence is not political. It's a simple statement of fact.

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@prestoninperson @jackmirkinson It hasn't been decades but that's irrelevant. Just because you're not happy with the Israeli government doesn't mean the parade all of a sudden becomes a political statement. Israel is a legal, sovereign nation and it's existence is not political. It's a simple and basic truth.

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@LeadingOrderSol @BernieSanders @grok can you explain to this chap how financings work, specifically when a company issues shares to raise capital for its operations. In this case, also how a grant was converted into equity?

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@LeadingOrderSol @BernieSanders No I didn't. The government didn't seize their stake, they bought it.

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@adam_dorr @BernieSanders How is the government seizing the assets of a private company a good idea? I don't even think it's legal, and it's certainly not good by any measure.

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I'm not defending it. I understand why it was given that moniker, given that it was used as a platform for Nazi propaganda. However, it was not organized by the Nazis. The Olympics existed long before the Nazis and survived long after they were gone. The label was simply a reference to where and under whose government it was held, like the Beijing Olympics, Moscow Olympics, or Munich Olympics.

Now, if you're done with all this deflecting, the point is that the Israel Day Parade is not a political statement. The parade would go on regardless of which party is in power, what coalition governs Israel, or what policy debates are occurring at any given moment. It is a celebration of the State of Israel.

Some people argue that the very existence of Israel is political. However, for the vast majority of people who rightfully recognize Israel as a legal and sovereign nation, celebrating its existence is about as political as celebrating the Fourth of July. The mere acknowledgment of a country such as the United States is not political. It is a simple statement of fact. You may support or oppose specific governments, leaders, or policies, but recognizing that a country exists is not a political position. It is a single and basic truth.

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@fiveyearwaruk @jackmirkinson I agree, but that's hardly the point. It wasn't the Nazi Olympics you blatherskite.

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@fiveyearwaruk @jackmirkinson What Nazi Olympics? It was the Olympics. It was hosted in Berlin when it was under Nazi rule, but Germany was selected as the host country before the Nazis were in power.

The ignorance on here is really astonishing. Try learning from books instead of TikTok.

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Non-citizens can't vote in any democracy. That's completely separate from the human rights issues that made apartheid so horrific. You're conflating human rights with the rights of participate in a political process. I mean, America had slavery and yet was unquestionably a democracy.

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@____theo___ @ibroxmassive @im_PULSE The black population absolutely could not be involved in the political process. They were stripped of all their rights.

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A democracy means all of its citizens can participate in the political process. That's the case in Israel. Comparing apartheid South Africa is absurd. No one in Israel is a victim of apartheid. Surrounding Muslim countries are much closer to apartheid states than Israel will ever be.

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@____theo___ @ibroxmassive @im_PULSE I mean, Israel is a democracy. That's not a fact in dispute. That doesn't mean everyone who lives in Israel, let alone in the areas deemed occupied, get to be citizens. You're talking apples and oranges.

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Annexation is not simply building settlements, approving housing projects, or increasing administrative control. Legally speaking, annexation extends its sovereignty and domestic law over territory it did not previously govern.
Israel formally annexed East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. It has not formally annexed the West Bank and certainly not Gaza. Amnesty International is arguing that this is de facto annexation, which is a term that has no legal meaning. It's just propaganda.

Regardless, we wouldn't be having this conversation we're it not for the attacks of October 7th.

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No new taxes have been passed yet other than the pied-a-terre tax, and this might not be a pied-a-terre.

They also might be heavily invested in real estate or highly appreciated stock, so while they may be billionaires, they are paying little tax.

Point is, you have no idea what's going through the heads of the people who bought this house.

That said, I certainly don't think every billionaire is going to leave. However, when you have 200 earners generating 8% of the tax revenue for New York City, it doesn't take too many to leave to make a dent in the city's budget.

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@jonpeng @ibroxmassive @____theo___ @im_PULSE The last time Israel annexed any land was in the Golan Heights in 1981.