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That's what absolutely hits me, I do get these people. Before the Invasion of Ukraine in 2024, I'd be among the lot. I was calling for peace with Russia in the ongoing russo-ukrainian war that started with the invasion of Crimea in 2014.

I still wanted lower expenditure for the military, tighter economic bonds with Russia (which mostly meant german investment in Russia and import of russian natural gas), I was in favor of North Stream II and wanted to ensure peace through economic integration between the EU and Russia. The russian economy should simply rely so much on the european and vice-versa, that war between us or aggressive imperialism by Russia would simply be too expensive for them.

And while I (to this day) carry strong anti-american sentiments, they are grounded in my opposition to imperialism. The difference between them and me is that they will only ever see the West as the imperialists, while basically excusing everything Russia does.

And that I simply can not. I was... unsure about what to think about the russian invasion of Crimea, of course I absolutely detested it... but at the same time I hung on to my strongly pacifist tendencies and hoped that somehow the whole affair could still be settled peacefully.

But with the all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2024, Russia has shown that any lack of opposition will be taken as a sign of weakness by the imperial russian power and an invitation to commence aggression and subjugation. This is unacceptable and Russia can not be allowed to profit from the conflict it started, because that would only encourage further incursions, war and loss of lives in the future.

I dunno... many on the center-left? Yes, definitely! But don't give a false impression to @PugJesus@lemmy.world, hardcore leftists even here usually stick to the leftist Palestinian organizations.

Like the socialist Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, the communist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the marxist-leninist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the social-democratic, secular Fatah or their umbrella organization, the broadly leftist, secular PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)

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Woah there, somebody want's to piss off the entire australian continent.

I like that, will adopt this.

Just reading this makes me SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW!!!

The reasons just don't necessarily come with any moral take away attached.

Children get bone cancer for purely physical reasons, yes, but there is no plan behind it, nothing that makes the situation better in any way and this is how the phrase is usually being used. It's people saying: "Don't be sad, something good will come of it." to the faces of grieving parents or deathly ill people who have nothing to look forward to but pain.

Religious/spiritual proselytising has completely alienated the phrase from the methodological naturalism it could express.

The basic law of Cologne:

§1: Et es wie et es. („It is how it is.“) Look the facts in the eye, you can't change them.

$2: Et kütt wie et kütt. („It'll come as it comes.“) Accept the inevitable, you can't change fate.

§3: Et hätt noch emmer joot jejange. („Everything turned out fine in the past.“) What turned out okay yesterday, will still work tomorrow. Situationally: We know it's shit, but it's the best we can do with what we have.

§4: Wat fott es, es fott. („What's gone is gone.“) Don't cling to the past.

§5: Et bliev nix wie et wor. („Nothing ever stays the same.“) Be open to new developments.

"Boys will be boys" Oh yes, what deep insight, nicely expresses the lack of parenting that let little Billy here become a FUCKING BULLY that regularly kicks, punches and intimidates other children. Even worse when adults agree that "shitty and violent" is just how boys are, you know boys will be boys.

Well done being a role model guys, not only does that excuse the bully, it openly communicates to the victim that 1) he's allowed to be like that, 2) they should be bullies too and 3) nobody has any intention of actually helping them and changing the situation.

And then you make them shake hands afterwards and both have to apologize, the bully and his victim.

GRRRRRRRRR makes me so angry! Complete abdication of your responsibility to actually parent your little monster.

Oh, he's a villain alright, just not a super one

Had this discussion with a friend today, because the Confederation of German Trade Unions (the umbrella-organization of all German Unions), which he works for, and lots of other workers-rights and left-wing organization, along with the Alliance for Peace are having an anti-war-day on September 1st in my region with concerts and demonstrations and stuff.

And some groups (but not all) from that alliance are having a public demonstration for a ceasefire in Gaza (which is good) and in Ukraine (which is bad) where they will criticize the German military help for Ukraine and demand peace with Russia by making Ukraine cede territory to Putin.

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Ich weiß :´C