President Joe Biden says he will not supply offensive weapons that Israel can use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there.
    • modifier@lemmy.ca
      221·
      8 months ago

      You’re the one making the extraordinary claim that this decision had ‘nothing’ to do with massive, nation-wide, broadly covered protests occurring in a hotly contested election year amongst a key demographic.

      So, prove it.

        • modifier@lemmy.ca
          132·
          8 months ago

          I’ll save us both a lot of frustration and wasted time and simply refer you back to my first comment.

            • modifier@lemmy.ca
              121·
              8 months ago

              That’s just it though. Neither of us can point to a causal chain of events conclusively proving or disproving our belief.

              The difference is, my belief is fully compatible with the mountain of circumstantial evidence mentioned in my above comment, whereas your belief requires one to completely ignore all of it.

              So you’re going to look at a decision in the heat of an enormously momentous election year, made by a president who is running for reelection, amidst numerous, widespread, widely covered protests made largely by a demographic that is absolutely critical to this candidate-president winning said election…You’re going to look at all that and say it had ‘nothing to do’ with those same protests.

              Not, ‘there were other factors’, nope, you confidently assert the protests had nothing to do with it and demand proof of a suggestion to the contrary.

              Once again, check your tether.

              You start distorting reality, and it gets tough to stop, by nature.

                • null@slrpnk.net
                  3·
                  8 months ago

                  So this whole time you’re simply being pedantic about the word “proof”?

                  That’s pretty pathetic.

                • modifier@lemmy.ca
                  21·
                  8 months ago

                  Hey you’re crushing this whole internet discussion thing, provided we all join you in persistently ignoring all of the circumstances I keep mentioned.

                  I have no proof. I have a mountain of evidence, and I am keen to hear your erudite take on why none of it matters.

                  The, if you like, you can share your evidence, but I doubt you want to.