Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences from private parties. That's what the OP meant. Either you knew that and ignored it or that swooshing sound was his point going over your head.

Russia invaded others. Israel was invaded by others. If Ukraine stops fighting there is no Ukraine. If Russia stops fighting, there is peace. Likewise if Israel stops fighting we get pograms. If Hamas stops fighting we get peace. That's why your analogy is BS. Being stronger or weaker doesn't make you any more or less moral. Charley Manson is a weak old man, does that make him moral? News flash, sometimes the more moral side has better weapons too.

You are proving his points. You know that right?

I would like to point out that by doing this, NPR is basically saying that Berliner was right and they don't care.

Serious question. Say they get what they want. What does that change? In Gaza it changes absolutely nothing except the IDF will have less accurate weapons. How is that a win?

The fighting in the Levant is about 80 years old. And US support for Israel meaning absolutely nothing in the strategic sense. If the US gives them weapons, it just means that Israel will use newer and more accurate weapons instead of some of their older stockpiles. More precision means fewer civilians negatively effected. So please believe me, these protests are useless and dumb and don't accomplish anything even if they got what they wanted. I'm sorry, but this is a win for Google to get rid of these people. A big big win.

My dude, there isn't a Republican within 50 miles of the LA homeless complex. The idea that conservatives have anything at all to do with how LA County is run is absurd. It is exclusively run by Democrats.

That has nothing at all to do with their corporate culture. PageRank was developed when they had fewer than 100 people. They bought most of their successful businesses from others. Google was very successful, but that was because of what about 100 people did about 20 years ago and almost none of those people are still at Google. What you are seeing is what you can get away with when there is a truckload of cash coming in.

No and stop getting your news on what Republicans say from MSNBC. That's like me getting a report on you from your ex-wife.

That's absurd. Yes China has changed its economic policies at times but right now they are a command economy. They started to move away from that but then Xi took power and it all reversed. That you think a few EEZs changes that is pretty biased thinking. I think you need to relax and take another look at the data and its cross-checks and perhaps you will see reality again. Unless you work in PR for Bloomberg (who is trying to save his Chinese investments from tanking) and you know you are just posting propaganda, then you really need to get some perspective.

To where? The great leap forward or the part where command economies don't work? The only place you are is somewhere without history or economics.

War crimes like launching missiles at civilian areas? Everyday for decades? Like those war crimes? Also, Israel is the one providing food, water and infrastructure to a group of people whose stated goal is to kill them all. My man, if you don't see the problems with that, I can't help you. Go touch some grass and get some perspective. Also, nobody takes the SA government seriously for a reason. They can only keep the lights on about 30% of the time at this point. They tried to sell their entire government to 3 Indian businessmen. If you take them seriously on any topic, you have no hope.

Just to be clear, they don't oppose Zionism. They just think that Israel has to be established by the second coming and not by man. They are a pretty wacky bunch and are often trotted out to prove that Jews don't support Israel.

That's only in the English version. In the Arab version they make it clear that they want the Levant "free from Jews". That's a clear call for ethnic cleansing and meets every single legal definition of the term. Just to be clear, the direct translation of the Arabic version is, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be Arab". And Arab isn't a religious designation, its an ethnic one. That's why we call it ethnic cleansing.

Um, no. I know this gets repeated a lot but it is wrong. The West Bank is an open air prison. Gaza was an autonomous zone with neighbors (including Egypt) who don't like them. Gaza wasn't an open air prison, but it will be now. Also, your claims about losing land in 1948 don't really wash. 99% of both populations were not in the Levant in 1900. That area was worthless after the Silk Road stopped being a major trade root in the early modern period. So most people left and Ottoman administrative incompetence did the rest. After WWI, small numbers of both Jews and Arabs moved into the region. After WWII, many Jews from Europe went there but all the Jews from the Middle East and North Africa were forced at gunpoint to move to the Levant. When they got there, the British (not the Jews) were moving the two populations into different areas to prevent conflict. There were atrocities (by both groups) but only one of those groups was moved there by force and it wasn't the Palestinians (who didn't use that label yet). Truth is, this style of conflict is endemic to this area since 1100 or so when terrorism became a common tactic. And it is largely only practiced by the Muslims. Also, I am being nice here, there is a lot of history I am leaving out and none of it makes the Palestinians look good.