NeatPinecone

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Jerkoff in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] NeatPinecone@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

I support the real troops

Freedom for me but not for thee in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] NeatPinecone@lemm.ee 44 points 3 months ago

The hypocrisy is in the selective application of free speech values. If someone in a MAGA hat advocates for free speech, they are presumably supporting the broad principle that people should be able to express opinions without government or social punishment. Yet, if they also call for deporting people who criticize Israel, they are actively opposing that same principle when it applies to views they dislike.

Yes, the First Amendment limits Congress from passing laws restricting speech—but the spirit of free speech extends beyond just legal protections. If someone champions free speech while simultaneously advocating for punishing others for their speech (through deportation), they are engaging in hypocrisy, regardless of whether laws are involved

ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] NeatPinecone@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Exactly. I only want my data to be harvested by the NSA. It feels more patriotic.

U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] NeatPinecone@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, your right. Syrian oil production plummeting after US occupation is actually just a coincidence. We also 100 percent invaded Iraq for WMDs. You're not going to find BBC, Reuters, or the Washington Post outright stating the disposition of US interventionism.

U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] NeatPinecone@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm former military, I've deployed twice, but none of that qualifies any statement towards the US routinely exploiting countries like Syria for their natural resources.

U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] NeatPinecone@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Yeah, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for BBC to cover Western atrocities in the developing world, let alone any US outlet (or rather frame it as justified in response to retaliatory attacks to violence initiated by US intervention in the first place). The issue with over relying on sites like MBFC is that they inherently have a western bias. The US exploiting Syria for its oil isn't even news at this point, this has been ongoing since 2011.

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U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat Continuously (www.telesurenglish.net)
 
  • US occupying forces in northern Syria are continuing to plunder natural resources and farmland, a practice ongoing since 2011
  • Recently, US troops smuggled dozens of tanker trucks loaded with Syrian crude oil to their bases in Iraq.
  • The fuel and convoys of Syrian wheat were transported through the illegal settlement of Mahmoudia.
  • Witnesses report a caravan of 69 tankers loaded with oil and 45 with wheat stolen from silos in Yarubieh city.
  • Similar acts of looting occurred on the 19th of the month in the city of Hasakeh, where 45 tankers of Syrian oil were taken out by US forces.
  • Prior to the war and US invasion, Syria produced over 380 thousand barrels of crude oil per day, but this has drastically reduced to only 15 thousand barrels per day.
  • The country’s oil production now covers only five percent of its needs, with the remaining 95 percent imported amidst difficulties due to the US blockade.
  • The US and EU blockade prevents the entry of medicines, food, supplies, and impedes technological and industrial development in Syria.