Unruffled [they/them] @ Flatworm7591 @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Yeah, it's a fascinating topic. I'll check him out, thanks!

Yeah, I have a terminally racist relative and was trying to explain to her why we should look after refugees. I asked her if her neighbor's house burnt down whether she would invite them inside and offer them some shelter and comfort, and she agreed that "of course" she would. Then I asked about if it was someone from the next street over, and she immediately became hesitant about it. Sometimes I think as a species we just never psychologically evolved beyond living in a tiny village and fearing anyone we don't know personally.

That sucks buddy, genuinely sorry to hear you've had such a bad experience. Glad you are able to be social on here, at least.

Thanks for sharing - the gay community can be awesome sometimes!

Agreed, I don't know why people worry about pills changing their personality, so long as it's changed for the better.

See this post.

Totally on-point. Every right wing attempt to attack him is just like free promotional advertising about why the left should like him more.

While I generally agree with your sentiment about hb, I don't block them in my feed because of mod duties. And lucky for y'all, I filter out all the pig-poop-balls content on your behalf, and only crosspost the good memes :p

Could try out Georgia's defense strategy maybe?

It's a fantastic portrait of him.

Some significant news for Telegram users!

See this article for some interesting backstory context on Pavel Durov and Telegram: https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-telegram-billionaire-and-his-dark-empire-a-f27cb79f-86ae-48de-bdbd-8df604d07cc8

Since the post article is in French, here's an auto-translation:

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was arrested around 8 p.m. on Saturday evening as he got off his private jet on the tarmac of Le Bourget airport. The 39-year-old Franco-Russian was accompanied by his bodyguard and a woman.

The arrest was carried out by the gendarmes of the GTA (Air Transport Gendarmerie). Registered in the RPF (wanted persons file), Pavel Durov came straight from Azerbaijan. He had over his head a French search warrant issued by the OFMIN of the National Directorate of the French Judicial Police, issued on the basis of a preliminary investigation.

Why was he under threat of a search warrant?

The Justice considers that the lack of moderation, cooperation with the police and the tools offered by Telegram (disposable number, cryptocurrencies, etc.) makes it complicit in drug trafficking, paedophile offences and fraud.

This search warrant ran if, and only if, Pavel Durov was on national territory. "He made a mistake tonight. We don't know why... Was this flight just a step? In any case, he's locked up!" a source close to the investigation told TF1/LCI. Since he knew he was persona non grata in France, Pavel Durov used to travel to the Emirates, the countries of the former USSR, South America... He travelled very little in Europe and avoided countries where Telegram is under surveillance.

And now?

Investigators from the ONAF (National Anti-Fraud Office attached to the Customs Directorate) notified him and placed him in police custody. He is expected to be presented to an investigating judge this Saturday evening before a possible indictment on Sunday for a multitude of offences: terrorism, drugs, complicity, fraud, money laundering, concealment, paedophile content...

"Pavel Durov will end up in pre-trial detention, that's for sure," comments an investigator to TF1/LCI. "On his platform, he allowed an incalculable number of misdemeanours and crimes to be committed for which he does nothing to moderate or cooperate," said a source close to the case.

His pre-trial detention at the end of his indictment is indeed in no doubt. Pavel Durov, a billionaire, has substantial means to flee and his guarantees of representation will hardly convince the judges.

A net with international resonance

For the investigators, this international sweep has various objectives. First, it makes it possible to kick the anthill, impress and deter the perpetrators of crimes and offences who exchange, until now, freely on Telegram. Secondly, they aim to put pressure on European countries to step up joint work to make secure messaging on terrorist cases bend.

Indeed, Telegram is a hive of criminal content. At the moment, the platform is in the news with the illegal broadcasting of Ligue 1 matches. But on this encrypted messaging service, many accounts are used by organized crime. Beyond terrorism, the most dangerous pedophiles communicate on Telegram to exchange content. "It has become for years THE number 1 platform for organized crime," comments an investigator.

Yeah, farewell Telegram. He should probably have stayed at home.

Simulator checks out lol

They kinda look like some sort of overpriced Phillipe Starke design.

Are you implying it's ok to make excuses for war criminals if the civilian casualties caused by one war crime are lower than during another war crime? Because it sounds like that's what you're suggesting. I mean, sure, I agree with you that Israel's war crimes have been *even worse *than Russia's. But I'm not the person defending one of these genocidal wars because the other one has more civilian casualties. What I am saying, supported by facts and evidence, is that that you seem to be ok with defending one of these war crimes while condemning the other. Someone who isn't politically partisan would be opposed to both.

Total deaths: Palestinians killed in Gaza: at least 40,005 [...]

Civilians killed in Gaza: Gaza’s health ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but says at least 5,956 women and at least 10,627 children have been killed. Source

Nope. Where did I do that? The civilian casualties are horrific in both cases.

Yep, it was 4 x FALSE, 1 x PANTS ON FIRE, 1 x HALF TRUE

I guess 1/2 out of 6 is about the accuracy we have come to expect from conspiracy theorist RFK Jr lol.

The comment I linked to lists a bunch of your problematic comments about Putin and Ukraine, so I didn't have to repeat them here. But if you insist, here they are again:

• Israel has already killed more civilians in 45 days than Putin during his entirely Ukraine war.
• The west is commiting actual genocide right now. Don’t mis use the word for Putin.
• Ukraine is doing plenty of terrorism against their occupier. Your double standards are showing.
• Reminder that israel had already killed more civilians than Putin did since the start of the Ukraine war. Biden is literally worse than Putin.
• You fuck off genocide apologist. When it came to Ukraine you were all calling for the Russians to assasinate Putin.
• Now that it’s about non white people you’re literally saying you’re gonna vote for the genocide guy. Fucking racist hypocrites.
• The war crimes Russia committed in Bucha pale in comparison to the complete genocide israel is committing right now.
• America is already talking about dropping support for Ukraine.
• Ukraine was just a proxy to exhaust Russian resources with.
• Now that the entire country is in ruin America is going to pull support and leave them for dead like they’ve done with all their other proxies.
• Even the Russians had far greater precision than this when attacking Ukraine.
• You’re in for a treat when you start reading about the Azov brigade. They’ve got literal Nazi’s.
• It’s so sad that all you have is whataboutism isn’t it? And the worst part is that Genocide Joe isn’t even the lesser of evils anymore. He is now the worse evil.
• Genocide Joe is the person able to stop this. Instead he removes all war crime restrictions on the weapons and protects israel with all his power. He is actively committing mass genocide.
• A reminder that Genocide Joe has killed more than twice as many civilians than Putin in Ukraine already.
• Not to mention the amount of children murdered by this barbaric Zio Nazi
• Not to forget Ukraine is slowly getting ditched too so the “world powers” are losing that one as well.
• Israel is like 10000% more genocidal than Russia.
• But anyone not supporting Ukraine with weapons against Russia obviously has to go because that’s very “unfreedom” of them.
• The Kurds welcome Ukraine in joining the long list of groups abandoned and left in ruins by the US after being promised support to fight their enemy as long as needed.
• Biden needs to focus on committing Genocide now. He has no time for Ukrainians beating an invasion. Surely Zeloonsky understands, he unconditionally supports israel’s genocide himself.

Nobody is denying Israel's genocide, or the war criminal Netanyahu's culpability. What I am questioning is why you are only concerned about the genocide in Gaza, but when it comes to Russian war crimes, you are happy to make excuses for them. That's what I find disingenuous. All the excuses you make for Putin are the exact same sort of excuses people use to support Israel's genocidal actions. It's a double standard, and it demonstrates that your concern trolling on this topic is motivated more by anti-Western political propaganda than it is about genuine concern over war crimes.

Where's the lie? I agree there is some whataboutism, but in this case the hypocrisy of your position is so striking that it needs to be pointed out.

Crocodile tears indeed. It's interesting that you seem to care so much about the genocide in Gaza, but can't quite bring yourself to express the slightest concern about the illegal and vicious Russian invasion of Ukraine. Are innocent Palestinians worth caring about, but not innocent Ukrainians? According to your post history, you are in fact generally supportive of Putin's actions in Ukraine. If you only oppose genocidal acts in which the US supplies weapons, but handwave away a literal direct invasion by Russia, then you're just engaged in partisan propaganda. I don't think you can be taken seriously as someone who is anti-genocide if you think that it all depends on who is committing the genocide, and/or who is the target.