But they were only allies because being allies served US interests.

Although I guess that’s true of allies in general.

That’s been like every administration. The US has pretty much only cared about its own interests.

Eh, I’m not sure. Pretty much everyone who actually cares about Palestine recognizes that the state of Israel and the Jewish people are separate. The only people who conflate the two are those paid to do so, and those who were looking for an excuse to express their hatred.

I doubt Israel’s actions have actually created many new antisemites.

Then they ship the jobs to India because they can hire 10 Indians for the price of one American. Then when everything gets fucked up they have to hire more Americans to unfuck it.

You’re making some wildly baseless assumptions about me, buddy.

I’m not the one saying that men being killed for their gender is a less serious crime than it happening to a woman.

Also, you’re literally advocating for women to be sentenced less harshly for the exact same crime.

There’s certainly a sexist here, but it’s definitely not me. You don’t combat inequality with more inequality.

My point was that anyone who harms someone else based on who they are or what they believe (so long as those beliefs aren’t hurting others) should be charged with a hate crime.

The legal system isn’t a zero sum game. There’s no reason to treat the crimes differently.

Plus, if you want to talk about disparities in the legal system, woman already, on average, get less time than men for the same crimes.

Your offer of a better solution is to charge the act of killing someone because of who they are or what they believe should be a hate crime.

If more men commit hate crimes against women than women committing hate crimes against men, then there will be more men charged with hate crimes than women.

How does making it a hate crime to kill men because of their gender take away from it being a hate crime to kill women because of their gender?

Do you think killing a white person because of their race shouldn’t be a hate crime?

I bet you also think it’s impossible to be racist against white people.

It’s because nothing else you’re saying is worth responding to.

The rates of which gender is killed more should have no bearing on whether killing the less targeted gender, just because of their gender, is a hate crime.

A hate crime is committed when someone targets a person because they belong to a specific group.

But I bet you also think it’s impossible to be racist against white people.

So it’s only a hate crime if it happens to the gender that has a higher rate of being targeted?

And they call Ukrainians Nazis

The border is really big, and not all of it is fenced. It’s definitely possible to accidentally cross it.

Not saying that’s what happened here, though.

It’s still in international waters, unfortunately.

Will they?

That’s because the bullies never matured past the school yard.

That was my experience visiting Yellowstone pre-pandemic. The biggest issue in my experience is they tended to not respect lines or barriers.

Exactly. They carry weapons for the express purpose of self defense against immediate threats.

Yeah, we’ve been destabilizing governments for financial gain for well over 100 years

It’s even worse when you learn they used a knife to do the raping.