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The Magistrate

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9. You Tell Me, Sir
Fri Feb 16, 2024, 10:43 AM
Feb 2024

Do you think that, taking the sum of human rights violations around the globe, two thirds are inflicted on less than a thousandth of its population?

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The line from the article that shocked me the most Dorian Gray Feb 2024 #1
In One Recent Year, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #4
So we shouldn't focus on the actual violations, but rather on the number and who condemned the misdeeds? RAB910 Feb 2024 #6
You Tell Me, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #9
I am not going to engage in the fallacy of relative privation, to defend Israel's crimes RAB910 Feb 2024 #11
Thank You For The Laugh, Dear The Magistrate Feb 2024 #13
Mocking laughter will not change the reality that I correctly identified the fallacy being employed to defend the RAB910 Feb 2024 #14
No edhopper Feb 2024 #16
Nah, it's simply addressing the elephant in the room: antisemitism Arazi Feb 2024 #19
Seems that Palestinians being brown skinned and Muslim are not exactly being treated well RAB910 Feb 2024 #23
A lot of words to try to avoid that elephant Arazi Feb 2024 #34
Islamophobia? Brown skinned people being treated like second class citizens? RAB910 Feb 2024 #41
Not the topic here Arazi Feb 2024 #43
seeing how the people whose rights are being violated are Muslim and brow skinned, now is in not the topic? RAB910 Feb 2024 #46
Start another OP on that Arazi Feb 2024 #48
You do understand, don't you, that millions of Israelis are, thucythucy Feb 2024 #49
Muslims are quite capable of committing genocide! They killed 1.6 million Armenians. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #52
The UN loses fucking credibility when they talk this shit. Hamas is a terrorist pedophile rapist organization. SoFlaBro Feb 2024 #50
And Even If It's Not Because They Are Jews, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #25
And ask yourself how many resolutions condemning violations of human rights were against say N Korea? EX500rider Feb 2024 #26
let me explain RAB910 Feb 2024 #27
Which does nothing to explain why the UN ignores much worse human rights violators to concentrate on Israel EX500rider Feb 2024 #30
That is a seperate issue which is not relevant to the issue of Israel's repeated human rights violations RAB910 Feb 2024 #32
But we should be ignoring the other countries violations? EX500rider Feb 2024 #37
Some Are Gifted With An Instinct For The Capillary, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #38
The millions of Palestinians living in what would be fairly described as hell on earth (thanks to Israel) would strongly RAB910 Feb 2024 #39
Gaza wasn't "hell on earth" until they started a war with their powerful neighbor who supplies much of their supplies EX500rider Feb 2024 #45
"They" being Hamas, not the millions of Palestinians who are suffering RAB910 Feb 2024 #47
Yes and the Nazi party started World War II EX500rider Feb 2024 #51
Hamas got what they wanted Dorian Gray Feb 2024 #68
At Least You're Getting Back To Your Strengths, Dear: Emotional Manipulation The Magistrate Feb 2024 #55
My strenghts are critical thinking and intellectual honesty. It 's how I could so easily spot the logical fallacies and RAB910 Feb 2024 #57
"Double standards" oh the irony EX500rider Feb 2024 #60
. sarisataka Feb 2024 #61
All you're doing here is attempting to hijack the thread, MarineCombatEngineer Feb 2024 #63
You want a get out of context free card but it won't be granted TheKentuckian Feb 2024 #62
I Like That, Sir: A Get Out Of Context Free Card The Magistrate Feb 2024 #64
I think you're missing the point.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #10
What you are suggesting plays into the fallacy of relative privation RAB910 Feb 2024 #12
No, it doesn't. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #22
let me explain RAB910 Feb 2024 #28
I believe there has not been a year sarisataka Feb 2024 #35
Until Israel is actually innocent of human rights violation these stats are meaningless RAB910 Feb 2024 #40
And there it is... sarisataka Feb 2024 #42
Jew haters gotta hate Jews. Nothing else matters. TheKentuckian Feb 2024 #54
Ouch... this reads REALLY UGLY. Dorian Gray Feb 2024 #69
The GD Idiocy of thta Statement Should Be Acknowledged. Cha Feb 2024 #59
"an insult to every single victim of October 7th. Pathetic." Yes. betsuni Feb 2024 #2
Disgusting! LeftInTX Feb 2024 #3
This Statement, Sir, Is Peak Something Or Other The Magistrate Feb 2024 #5
A disgusting statement by a useful idiot. Swede Feb 2024 #7
As amply demostrated by their peaceful diplomatic mission across the border last October 7th. DFW Feb 2024 #8
Nobody's surprised by this. Nobody Arazi Feb 2024 #15
Between statements like this and the collaboration between Hamas and UNRWA, the UN is hurting their reputation Amishman Feb 2024 #18
Of course, that has some implications..... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #17
I Would Add, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2024 #24
Good Post GuppyGal Feb 2024 #44
Antisemities are becoming less concerned about publicly showing themselves sarisataka Feb 2024 #20
What's their username? BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #21
30 International Doctor's? AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #56
Oh lord haven't thought about that one in a while! BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #67
Alrighty then Solly Mack Feb 2024 #29
That person needs to be sent back to wherever he came from. LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #31
I don't think this is at all an uncomon viewpoint in the U.N. ripcord Feb 2024 #33
"It's a political movement, not a terrorist organization"? and that is the problem with some in JohnSJ Feb 2024 #36
This is so disturbing....Still upset over it.. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #53
Fuck the Terrorists aa the UN Pimping for HAMAS! Cha Feb 2024 #58
Complicit with terrorism mcar Feb 2024 #65
I wait with bated breath mcar Feb 2024 #66
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