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Irrespective of how you feel, please do respect elderly trans/queer folk using the term, it might be dated but please be kind to them when they use it, remember that it doesnt come from a place of malice when older trans/queer folk use it.

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by talos this cant be happening

Human Target Practice - Hail the Sun literally at the end of top left, the entire album is beautiful (Wake - Hail the Sun)

Palestinians in Gaza have been mistreated for over a decade, they can only enter Israel during the day and have to come back by nightfall. Israel closed the border between Gaza and Egypt. People have been trapped in Gaza and treated like cattle for so long. They have been denied healthcare and basic needs. And the moment a few palestinians revolt against the oppression (even though killings by hamas are horrible), the world denounces palestine as a whole? Have you read about what Israel has been doing for the past decade or so? I think that in it's core, it's a fight for freedom. Hamas' approach is absolutely terrifying, but palestinians can't just stand and watch. How can you make sure your opinions reach the government when they don't want to listen to you? That's the entire point of religious conflicts, Israeli government hates palestinians for just existing. And you tell me that palestinians are supposed to sympathise with the killings in Israel, when Israel has done (and continues to do) atrocities on their people ten times as worse?

Was it horrible for british colonies to fight against the british empire? What would you think the narrative would be if Britain had a colony right now which was trying to revolt? What about everything that the US has done to destroy economies in the middle east, just to line the pockets of the rich? How is this not obvious?

I absolutely agree with this. and I know that one of the ways to force employers to pay them fairly is to not tip. there's still some problems with it, cause first of all minimum wage in the US is horrid, it's not enough for living at all. but secondly, if everyone were to stop tipping immediately, workers might make lesser than they already are. a better way to go about it is to increase minimum wage to begin with. of course, not really possible IRL so I guess you'd see both happening simultaneously.

I mean, it's a religious conflict. There's not going to be any satisfactory solution for both parties really. It's still absolutely horrible that they resort to violence over this, both the israeli government and hamas are to blame for this, and as always, the ones caught in the crossfire are innocent civilians. However, if residents of Gaza were allowed to leave, most would flee anyway, despite it (possibly) being their land. Preventing that is something Israel is certainly to be blamed for. Of course, one can make an argument about terrorists escaping along with them, but yeah.

Also, just because you can't change history doesn't mean that you ignore it, but anyway.

X is like a clogged sewer just backing up with garbage until one day when it will explode violently. it'll be so much fun to watch

Almost all freedom movements have extremists. The existence of extremists doesn't justify oppressing innocent civilians. Focusing on Hamas is important, sure. But what's a LOT more important is how Israel is (and has been) treating Palestinians. A complete disregard and lack of accountability for Israel's actions while simultaneously asking the oppressed to condemn Hamas sounds a bit too insane to me.

There's a reason why pro-palestine protestors do not talk about Hamas: they don't support Hamas. But talking about Hamas takes the attention away from the crap that Israel has been putting Gaza through for more than a decade. Sure, both need to be heard. But right now, what's not being done (and in fact, actively ignored) is talking about Israel's actions: making it seem like a response to Hamas' recent attacks even though it's been happening for so long.

yes but the way it stands right now, tips are still important right? until you get to a decent baseline minimum wage, workers will need tips to sustain themselves. is the new wage enough for sustenance in NY?