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@Andy7915886 @DropSiteNews Of course they do. It was a horror. The indiscriminate murder of thousands of civilians from Gaza and Lebanon have served to make Israel as guilty as the monsters who committed Oct 7th.

@DropSiteNews Funny how no one ever mentions Oct 7th

Professor Derek R. Peterson, a University of Michigan historian and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, thanked “pro-Palestinian student activists” during a graduation speech today, for “opening our hearts to the injustices and inhumanity of Israel’s war in Gaza.” Peterson teaches history and African studies at the University of Michigan, where he also became chair of the faculty senate in 2025.

@z7654321 @DropSiteNews Criticism of the actions of Israel isn’t antisemitic. Continuing to indiscriminately murder civilians is turning people against Israel. Not against Jewish people, but against the actions of the Israeli military.

@DropSiteNews If this guy is the Chair of the Faculty Seante, then maybe the university is not a good place for Jews.

@SABlackburn82 @DropSiteNews Criticizing the actions of Israel is not anti-Semitic.

Faculty overall lean heavily left/liberal (often 10:1 or more Democrat:Republican in social sciences/humanities per prior surveys), which correlates with higher criticism of Israel. However, explicit antisemitism (IHRA-defined, including some extreme anti-Zionism) remains a minority view—though a vocal, influential one that shapes campus climate and fosters antisemitism can see be seen and heard at graduations.

#ELB: Breaking: Supreme Court Over the Dissent of At Least Justice Jackson, Breaks Its Usual Procedural Rules to Allow Louisiana to Minimize Black Voting Rights in the Middle of an Ongoing Election ift.tt/voJlu0P

Breaking: Fulton County elections officials are racing to block a federal subpoena seeking personal information about thousands of election staffers, poll workers and volunteers who helped administer the November 2020 election. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/…

@TomForsythe7 @Crimsteel_gg @katefeetie Asshole, no one said anything against due process. As thrilling as it’d be to listen to you opine about rape, I don’t have time at the moment. Perhaps someone else can jump in and explain many issues rape victims face in the criminal justice system, which is what I referred to.

@marymargrets @Crimsteel_gg @katefeetie Without due process, how do you know who the rapists are?

insane thing to say when 31 states still allow rapists to sue for visitation or custody rights

@TomForsythe7 @Crimsteel_gg @katefeetie No one said anything about not believing in due process.

@marymargrets @Crimsteel_gg @katefeetie Is there a better way to do it, that allows for due process before punishment?

@oddhanfoo @KenGardner11 The daft idea that Germany under the Nazis was a left wing govt. is so farfetched, I doubt it’s possible for you to see past your obvious ideological limitations. Nonetheless, I will list this—thesecondworldwar.org/interbellum-19…

@marymargrets @KenGardner11 A right-wing government would have respected institutions, would have kept a de-centralized power structure that respected the states, because of the interests of the nobility and interest in private property. Would not have pursued a unified German state

I'm not an "own the libs" guy -- in fact, I am the polar opposite of such people and I especially hate that genre of social media -- but very few things make left wingers madder than pointing out, correctly, that Nazism was a virulently anti-capitalist, pro-socialist movement.

@oddhanfoo @KenGardner11 Oh, that’s it. It wasn’t Hitler, or Nazism, it was—gasp—socialist policies. Not the dictatorial government, run by a madman.

@marymargrets @KenGardner11 The bad things that followed were only possible because of the pillars of socialist policy outlined in the platform. By giving the state overall control of everything including property, and centralizing all power in the federal executive, that allowed Hitler to operate as Furher

@oddhanfoo @KenGardner11 You’re referring to Nazis platform written in 1920, I assume? Sorry, but that’s not accurate explanation of what Nazism became. Hitler was a master propagandist—he said whatever it took to amass power. That you believe this early document tells the story of Nazism is unrealistic.

@marymargrets @KenGardner11 I give you primary sources, you give opinions. You want ppl to believe expanded welfare, property redistribution, elimination of large companies, abolishing nobility are 'right-wing' policies. I don't bend myself in a pretzel trying to explain away obvious intellectual conflicts.

@Tentmak49887517 @KenGardner11 That’s not my interpretation, but one often referred to. I suggest you read through this thread, and do a little of your own research (beyond a 1920 platform.) There’s one fact not in dispute—the Nazis were not Socialists.

@marymargrets @KenGardner11 Unsourced screen-shots ha ha. "They were just trying to appeal to ordinary people by calling themselves socialists and advocating socialist policies" is quite the dodge.

@oddhanfoo @KenGardner11 Nope. It’s more nuanced than that. Knowing something about German society, and history of that time, helps.

@marymargrets @KenGardner11 You make an assertion based in wish casting. It’s in the party name so they wanted to be seen as socialist. Three fifths of their platform was explicitly about reordering the economy on socialist ideas and cementing central government authority, as w all other socialist movements

@Tentmak49887517 @KenGardner11 Nazis weren’t claiming they were Socialists—they were trying to influence working class voters into thinking they had interests of working people in mind. They weren’t proposing Socialist policies—they just wanted to imply sympathy with working class.

@marymargrets @KenGardner11 Why would calling yourself "socialist" appeal to people who weren't in favor of socialism?

@BasedMikeLee There’s something seriously wrong with you.

@Tentmak49887517 @KenGardner11 That’s unlikely. It was PR, to appeal to working people. It doesn’t mean they were Socialists.

@marymargrets @KenGardner11 "a broad populist appeal" meaning Germany was full of socialists and calling his party "socialist" wasn't a turn-off. Hitler despised USA as "Jewish capitalism." youtube.com/watch?v=vrclzt…

Israel's mass slaughter in Gaza, enabled by the US, was a moral outrage. And now, as the @nytimes reports, Israel is applying the Gaza model in Lebanon -- and once again we Americans are enabling this moral catastrophe. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

@KenGardner11 @slowhoneybee It’s worse than I thought if you guys think Nazis were socialists, or left wing.

@slowhoneybee We really do a terrible job teaching history in our schools.

My timeline, of course, is full of angry people (again) claiming that the Nazis didn't actually MEAN socialism ("it was just a marketing ploy" seems to be the favorite talking point). In fact, they were. And it's literally in their name. When people tell you who they are, believe them.

@TomForsythe7 @Crimsteel_gg @katefeetie Much of it has to do with how we deal with rape cases in our criminal justice system, which is very poorly.

@Crimsteel_gg @katefeetie Any legal system is bound by what can be proven. Fairness is hard to come by. If the work was fair, we wouldn't need laws, at all.

@TomForsythe7 @RegularSanStan @addict_reality @katefeetie I value women’s lives.

@RegularSanStan @addict_reality @katefeetie Sperm isn't life. A fetus is. By scientific definition. You value human life as a matter of function. I value it in its essence.

@TomForsythe7 @katefeetie First they have to be convicted. Only 25 perpetrators out of 1000 are.

@katefeetie Do you favour mandatory minimum sentences for rape? If he's in prison for 20 years, or even better has been executed, suing for custody is moot.