Yet here you are.

Normally I’d say Sling didn’t have a prayer under this administration, but Disney has pissed everybody off - including the Grand Cheeto - so I’m just gonna go stock up on some popcorn…

Doubt it - I find trans people tend to care more about their appearance than this asshole obviously does.

From the Wikipedia page:

In September 2017, Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada. In June 2018, Toys “R” Us closed its remaining 200 stores after entering bankruptcy, however certain international divisions outside of the United States continued.

In January 2019, the global (excluding Canada) Toys “R” Us intellectual property was transferred to Tru Kids, Inc. In August 2021, Tru Kids announced that Toys “R” Us would be opening over 400 stores within Macy’s starting in 2022. A few new standalone stores would open, starting late in 2021. The flagship store is located in New Jersey at the American Dream shopping and entertainment complex. A second flagship store was opened inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, in November 2023.

But even those countries who aren’t likely profiting from it have been rather muted in their reactions. It’s rather disappointing. Only their nearby middle eastern neighbors have really had anything significant in terms of response up until recently.

Agreed. How anyone can still stand the stench of Netanyahu - let alone continue to back him - is beyond me. It blows my mind that it’s taken this long for any even vaguely serious action against them to happen.

Yeah, I know. My first comment was a joke about two wrongs not making a right, just a right-wing - but then things went off the rail when someone asked what the second wrong was & I made the mistake of replying.

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This is the first legit response I’ve received thus far, so I want to thank you for that.

You make a good point - one I can kind of get behind. My initial comment, however, was in response to the idea of using nuclear weapons on them - that’s far too indiscriminate a weapon to be using, and one that will have lasting effects that spread beyond Israel. Nuclear fallout won’t stop at Palestinian borders, for example.

You can’t just take an obvious joke seriously & expect to be taken seriously.

Nice straw man. I simply said the indiscriminate killing represented by using nukes was unacceptable. Or are you such a fool that you think the nuclear fallout would stop at the Palestinian border?

Get real.

no Palestinian life matters, and a Palestinian cannot be innocent.

If you’re going to “debate” by putting words in my mouth, we’re done here. I never said, nor implied anything of the sort.

I am done discussing this issue with you–either you’re in bad faith and I don’t give a shit what you have to say,

Funny, I was about to say the same with you putting words in my mouth.

or I’ve given you something to think about for a couple days and you should process that before responding.

You’re obviously not even thinking about what I’ve said, and you’ve therefore done no such thing. It’s obvious you’re too full of yourself to debate in good faith, so goodbye & good riddance.

Didn’t know about that as I’ve been thoroughly disgusted by the whole thing & not paying close attention. All that proves, however, is that some significant number of Democratic lawmakers are DINOs in the pockets of the rich - not exactly a secret. America desperately needs viable third party alternatives, the lack of which is why it’s where it is now. Until that happens, I’m hoping the progressives can eventually take up enough positions within the Democrats to turn them around.

Point to where I excuse him? I’ll wait…

Wow - that’s quite the stretch there. I said no such thing, and you know it - that is unless you’re a bot, which is the only way I can see someone making that leap.

Address my point directly, or I’ll assume you’re just another disingenuous troll and move on.

I’m fine, as I try to treat each individual as just that - an individual worthy of respect until they show otherwise. Just because you are born & raised in a certain location doesn’t mean you’re going to be of the same mindset as the majority of those others who were. I’m not okay with murdering innocents for the sake of taking out the assholes - an issue you’re poorly attempting to sidestep.

Yeah, generalizations and assumptions really suck when they’re inappropriately and unfairly applied. I think they’re an evolutionary holdover - quick decision making is essential to animals surviving in the wild, so we evolved to lump things together to facilitate that and ensure our own safety. It’s often not such a good thing when it comes to anything more complex than the question of “is that other being likely to harm me,” however.

So if you were among those that don’t want either of those things, you’d be willing to give up your life (and those of the others with a similar mindset) in order to hopefully take the assholes out? How… insanely murderous of you. You’re no better than Netanyahu.

Please use MAGA instead of “America.” I’m an American who’s not a MAGAt, and half the country didn’t lose their marbles going off the self-righteous deep end, either. We’re all embarrassed AF, and don’t deserve to be lumped in with those assholes.

Indiscriminate killing. There have been numerous protests within Israel against Netanyahu’s actions.

OMG, this is so spot-on that it’s guaranteed to go way over their heads!