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So do you guys think Bethesda and BioWare will be able to redeem themselves with TES 6 and DA 4 respectively? Both of these studios haven’t made a good game in a while.

This is the third time you're being obtuse when I wasn't abstruse. NO, I'M NOT SAYING ANY OF THE BS YOU SPOUT IN MY NAME. READ MY [REDACTED] POSTS. IM OUT OF PATIENCE DEALING WITH MORONIC ARGUMENTS. WHATS [REDACTED] HILARIOUS IS AN EIGHTH GRADER COULD UNDERSTAND MY POSTS BETTER THAN THE [----] YOU COME UP WITH TIME AND AGAIN. WT* IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN! IM SURE THEY HAVE SWEET DREAMS THANKS TO YOUR REASSURANCE. AGAIN THAT [REDACTED] WORD. IF I TALK ABOUT RAPE AS A GLOBALLY OCCURING PHENOMENON I'D LIKE WIPED OUT, WOULD YOU WANT THE DETAILS OF EVERY SINGLE PERPETRATOR AND VICTIM AND THE MO AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOT CAUSE AND TRAUMATIC AFTER EFFECTS AND EVERY OTHER DAMN SPECIFIC? BUT GIVEN YOUR HISTORY OF UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES, GO AHEAD AND NEVER MIND. BETTER THAN YOUR FRUSTRATING MISINTERPRETATIONS WITH THAT INEXPLICABLE CERTAINTY. AT THIS POINT I GIVE UP WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RUSSIA BEING MORE MORALLY EVIL AND THUS MORE DANGEROUS. STICK TO A STANCE DAMMIT.

Nah, not a fan. I feel like the game railroads waaaay too much and doesn't offer as much choice as other games. Plus, I feel like I've built my character a little too poorly, like if "Movie Trivia" is not going to be a useful skill, why include it? Really would benefit from a respec option.

I'm talking about entire decades of meddling into affairs, poking noses with shitty excuses. Not just contemporary events. And Western policy isn't just as simple as recognising them as independent states.

Right, just a quibble, but while the example notes 'democratic' the preamble restriction just says 'any other country'. As far as misuse, sure, I can't guarantee it won't and suspect it will be. However, I am sure the definitions of race, religion, sex, gender, age and every other protected class in the Civil Rights Act have been abused by bad actors, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be included. And lets be honest, these laws exist to protect the nation when people with a belief in the rule of law are in power. When people with bad intent get too much power, they aren't going to care a fig how State Department or Congress defined anything. To bring it back to the wider point, I totally approve of the protestors trying to sway the electorate into bringing forward a government that is closer aligned to their positions even when I dont always agree (e.g. get more progressive democrats elected or votes changed), but, if you want to prevent authoritarianism, try to do it in a way that does not to tear down the only plausible alternative simply for the sake of keeping your conscience clean. (Not saying that is you btw, I know many of the boarders here have stated basically a 'be critical now, support when the time comes' approach, which is fine).

And with the recently vastly expanded Section 702 of FISA, that creates “new ways for the government to spy on Americans without a warrant”. And don’t you know, there’s lots of un-American antisemitic behaviour in all these liberal universities, and won’t that expanded section 702 come in handy right about now.

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Arguably apartheid is not since it's against other DEMOCRATIC states. And there exist no democratic states in existence right now that have anything like that. Mostly, however, I think it's real clear that this will be abused anyway, because the definition of antisemitism before this was being abused and this expands that.

See above: 'human rights violations, war crimes, and having an apartheid state' are all accusations you can make against other states and thus excluded from the definition. The only area you can really get into hot water re: Israel is denying they have a right to self-determination, which no reasonable person is suggesting.

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The issue is thinking that being critical of Israel and Zionism is anti semitism and how that will be used to silence criticism of both, especially when talking about Israel committing human rights violations, war crimes, and having an apartheid state where they Palestinians as second class citizens.

BTW, gotta be honest, have had my eyes on Ripp for quite some time now. Something about that French socialism is exotic and I think we can build on that to satisfy my needs.

I think that's addressed in the preamble before the examples: "Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity. However, criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic." So, for example, protesting the Israeli occupation, or even making claims of genocide are clearly excluded since other countries can and have committed comparable actions. However claiming Jews were involved in an illegal occupation or genocide would be. It appears State was keen to make it clear that the 'double standard' can't be applied that way.

I think this is a good place to start as to what people see as problematic: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/apr/24/un-ihra-antisemitism-definition-israel-criticism

Show the whole section: "For purposes of this Act, the term “definition of antisemitism”— (1) means the definition of antisemitism adopted on May 26, 2016, by the IHRA, of which the United States is a member, which definition has been adopted by the Department of State; and (2) includes the “[c]ontemporary examples of antisemitism” identified in the IHRA definition" Which is stated on the State Department website: https://www.state.gov/defining-antisemitism/ I see absolutely nothing wrong with anything written there.

We’ll see.

Maybe you should read the act yourself. "It requires the Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism when enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws. The working definition says antisemitism is in-part "a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews." The definition includes denying Jewish people their right to self-determination by claiming that the State of Israel is a racist state and drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis." (From Lauren Peller's ABC news article). The bill would threaten any school that recognizes Jewish V For peace or SJP, or assigns anti-zionists texts, with losing federal funding. Sorry, this is a terrible bill pushed and drafted by far right wingers and supported by very stupid Democrats that are bought at paid for by a Pro Israel lobbyist group. This is a bill that is worried about criticism of Israel and conflates that with anti-semitism, intentionally. Anti semitism is on the rise thanks to the GOP who drafted this bill. This does nothing to combat anti semitism, this just attacks legitmate criticism of a racist state we fund with our tax dollars, and arm, and turn a blind eye to as they oppress the shit out of arabs in Gaza and the West Bank.

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I prefer when they all randomly start singing in their own storylines. It’s so ridiculous. Man now I wanna watch Magnolia. Fuck you Hamas.

Thats why israel says they have killed 17 thousand (aprox) "hamas fighters" wich just so happens to be every adult male that has been killed so far. Its insane.

https://x.com/bl_balthaser/status/1785799513883423101?s=46&t=vs0NVT2kLVsJAr1LOX25kw So the government doesn't like that there are Jews against Israel and does not want Universities to recognize them. No doubt every person that voted for this is given donations by AIPAC.

Dawn, did you even read the actual act? Its only a page long. It is literally just a sense of congress reiterating the already existing legal position that the civil rights act applies to anti-semitism. Which ends in: "SEC. 6. Other rules of construction. (a) General rule of construction.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed— (1) to expand the authority of the Secretary of Education; (2) to alter the standards pursuant to which the Department of Education makes a determination that harassing conduct amounts to actionable discrimination; or (3) to diminish or infringe upon the rights protected under any other provision of law that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Constitutional protections.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States." In other words, it doesn't do anything at all new other than make a statement that congress is worried that anti-semitism is on the rise, which... it is.

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It is very strange when Ripp, Kal, and myself all agree. If Paul Thomas Anderson was directing this, this would be when frogs fall from the sky.

You would need even more if you drank every time someone mentioned 'The Hive'.