Message from @galesteppes
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lame
it not a surprise really
Ah the title and discription are misleading
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It's very concerning how split conservatives are on the issue of the military pull-out from Syria and Afghanistan. A lot of in-fighting is going on right now and as a ***RADICAL CENTRIST*** I'm trying very hard to appreciate both sides. TBH from what I've seen, the 'leave' side is making more shaky arguments. Foremost is the point that Trump promised this. In the debate over whether it's a good idea to pull out, this argument really has no value. Whether or not Trump said he would do it has no bearing on whether it's a positive action. Second is the point that America should come first and because American military presence in Syria is not in America's interest, therefore it is in America's best interest not to be there. I don't find this argument convincing. It always seems to be very superficially and often very emotionally assumed that presence in Syria is not actually in America's strategic interest. This assumption is put forward by people with generally little or no knowledge in military defense or strategy. On the other hand, Mattis - probably *the* most eminent voice on the subject - provided highly rational reasons *for* a presence in Syria and Afghanistan. For example, it is certainly in America's interest to maintain her strategic relationships with her allies. Opposing this fundamental notion is genuine radical nationalism, since even a moderate nationalist is able to agree that relationships with other nations, especially long-standing military partners, still matter.
I also find the side in favor of the pull-out to be very uncharitable in response to this point since, as far as I know, the belief that Trump should put other countries first is not being put forward by anyone, yet supporting our allies is characterized as such. It's also uncharitable to characterize the 'stay' side as being hawkish and desirous of conflict. If you actually look at what the 'stay' side believes, they almost invariably believe in pulling out only more gradually and strategically for the purpose of preventing future conflict. For essentially the same reason, the 'stay' side argues the importance of maintaining pressure on her strategic opposition i.e. Russia, China, & Iran. The 'leave' side seems to show very little concern for this point, usually reverting to the aforementioned position of radical nationalism. Then there is the inevitable slaughter of Kurds. Again, the leave side only responds to this with radical nationalism, which is frankly a brutal attitude.
There won't be a Kurdish problem if there are no more Kurds left.
delet kurd @MountainMan
Is paris on fire?
I say we build a wall
Don't just read the headline
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@Fitzydog time to invest in pmc
Looks like it's time to send out my resume!
*The two Chinese characters that make up Huawei’s name literally mean, “To Serve China.”*
I just listened to (most of) the transcript of Matt Christiansen's call with Patreon's trust and safety team
lol if that doesn't scare the living shit out of creators then I don't know what will
Matt's video is good as well
It adds more context
she is saying "our rules are totally and completely subjective - you could be banned for any reason or no reason - but rest assured that we are ideologically driven and we will obfuscate that ideology and present ourselves in a way that masks that so as to have maximum negative financial impact on those that we disagree with"
"thanks for choosing Patreon"
"I *understand...*"
"please don't understand, or maybe you should, we're not going to tell you either way unless you are gender fluid and have tits for nuts. Also, please be sure that you review our un-banned patreon accounts for examples of what is deemed acceptable content and post accordingly. Failure to do so will result in a JDAM-equipped munition through your roof or even a simple warning, and that is up to us to decide and will be received without warning, have a nice day!"
what I got from that video was that being a successful creator with Patreon could be like ending up as a character in the movie SAW
I bet she had that super annoying California UpTalk accent
yeah, so this scared the shit out of me and i don't even have a Patreon account
my prediction is that all right-leaning political content creators will be dealing solely in crypto within 10 years
Patreon will be killed, subscribestar will be killed and whatever Jordan Peterson is coming up with will be killed
Yeah, but the one Peterson is working on will unveil who's really behind the deplatforming
Probably gonna happen
On the other hand, Jordan isn't afraid of bringing lawyers into this
won't matter, that will be a sock puppet at best
I.... don't know what you're saying but okay