To your 1st point, I don’t know if Jesse Brown hasn’t had an opinion, he’s very much a Zionist and recently attended an event with Ben Shapiro headlining with the title of “defending against anti-zionism” (or something stupid like that).

Freeland has been very much against BDS during her tenure, repeatedly defended Israel during it’s genocide, and has always “affirmed Canada’s strong support” towards Israel even when they committed war crimes (a UN judgement) during the 2019 peaceful march of return where Israel was sniping medics (among many other atrocities).

Here’s a more in depth summary: https://yvesengler.com/2025/01/20/freeland-must-pay-political-price-for-support-of-israel/

You’re right, basque police should also be hated on. They have very close ties to Israel, buy a lot of their equipment from them, and get training from the IDF.

But basque police didn’t beat Canadians.

Some of the most unhinged cunts supporting the fascist regime there are Americans from varying backgrounds (mike Huckabee, Biden, trump, etc.). You can do better than spreading hateful antisemitic tropes that don’t help anyone.

Truly! The highly tailored 24 hours news cycle of hyper sensationalism is atrocious.

And so happy that you volunteer for rehabilitation! The animals always need allies. I’m now following Superbowl! :)

Aaannndd…? What is Canada going to do as a response?

Ah yes, more ethnic cleansing because “hey, they’re all Arab anyways”. Some of the most racist shit I’ve seen today.

I think the key term being used is “mercenary” though

“I’m inserting myself into this thread of a topic that I don’t care about and don’t want to be a part of!!”

Are you Meghan and Harry in a trench coat? An energy vampire? Do you need a hug?

Tim Hortons does not control it’s affiliates and franchisees hiring practices.

And it’s those who are speed running the TFW program because they’re getting paid by the applicants.

This is Tim Hortons’ response to Dunkin Donuts opening up shop to try and appeal to their Canadian roots.

Mercenaries are definitely not all professionals - who do you think are the boots on the ground for all the proxy wars happening today?

Turkey and Russia were flying out Syrian mercenaries to north Africa to fight each other over Libya.

It’s extensively published in military research papers that guns for hire (mercenaries) are becoming much more ubiquitous in today’s proxy wars.

BBC carrying water for the facists in the UK to ban kids from the internet because they might get radicalized with all the shit the fascists are doing (or indoctrinated by fascist influencers).

Heavens forbid that they actually attack the companies and the algorithms that harm the kids.

I wonder if infantino is going to get the US and Iranian delegates to try and shake hands on stage like he did with the Palestinian delegate and the Israeli pro-genocide delegate. You know…for peace…

Lol, that last part was me, not my therapist. It doesn’t make things ok now nor did I ever say so, it was in response to OP saying that things are looking worse than ever with right-wing governments etc.

But xenophobia, racism, sexism, conservativism, and overall fascism (all the shitty isms) was the norm and by far the majority - it’s considered extreme these days for a reason.

Some things that helped me:

• online isn’t reality
• getting organized with a few people and volunteers helps a lot. It doesn’t need to be protests or direct action, something simple like mutual aid, food drives, meeting people can really flip the switch
• focusing on the good that does exist, because it’s there, whether it’s something small amongst friends or little victories here and there.

My therapist also says 2 things - 1) if it’s too big of a problem, break it down to manageable things. 2) if it’s too big that you can’t do anything about, then it’s better to focus your attention on things you can change.

Also, the world was always shit, and waaayyy worse. We’re just blasted by how bad it is 24/7.

I’m sorry, was I being hostile? I thought I was maintaining an informative tone.

But…but…the fifa peace prize!

I don’t know why you would assume that they would go further on the offensive.

All studies, publications, and reports show that if Israel didn’t have protection from retaliation, that they would be opposed to offensive operations if they experienced even a fraction of the horrors that they commit on others.

https://jewishcurrents.org/iron-dome-is-not-a-defensive-system

https://www.amacad.org/publication/daedalus/new-technologies-strategic-stability

Israel always wanted to be in perpetual conflict to continue it’s expansion. Conflict means the need to have superior firepower and defensive capabilities which help continue perpetrating it’s genocide unabated - it’s what Bibi pushed for these many decades.

https://www.972mag.com/netanyahu-hamas-october-7-adam-raz/

But if you take away the superior defensive capabilities and the risk of continued aggression (which is why there was opposition to funding the Iron Dome in the US) then Israel would think twice about it’s expansionist policies.

I wouldn’t be so sure

Last week, Israel’s death penalty drive entered its next stage: Lawmakers in the Knesset voted 93-0 to create a special military court to try Palestinians accused of perpetrating the October 7 attacks. As Sari Bashi argued, the new tribunal will be designed to subvert due process rights — and by allowing for confessions extracted through torture, will likely lead to mass executions.

On April 29, the Haifa Magistrate’s Court convicted 31-year-old activist Mohammad Taher Jabareen and 42-year-old attorney Ahmad Khalifa of “indirect incitement to terrorism” and “identification with a terrorist organization,” charges that carry a combined maximum sentence of eight years in prison. The decision came after more than 30 months of legal proceedings — during which Khalifa and Jabareen were held in administrative detention for four and eight months, respectively, before being released to house arrest.

So bringing the death penalty for “terrorists”, then politically run courts to label people as “terrorists”. It’s just genocide with legal backing, and now Israel found another way to genocide the Palestinians with Israeli nationality.

Yeah, of course! And other countries share those same colours on their flag - it’s not about the colours, but knowing about the oppression that’s important; and it’s never too late or wrong to learn and share!