Original RI quotes only

[Belligerent Savant]

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I don't feel too bad about your having to scroll through a copy/pasted article.
Normally I would suggest just reading the darn thing.
But I scroll right through a lot of crap too, never thought to complain about scrolling through - maybe complain about the article itself.
And sure, weaponized copy/pasta is poor technique,
Anyway it was more in response to the idea that this very thread was fouled by "copypasta".
So cheers

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The copy/paste argument has got to go.
If I were moderator I would insist we stop complaining about something that is a necessary and appreciated sharing of information. Its getting old, just scroll down and quit complaining, or maybe read the article and comment on it.

It's too damn long for a thread with discussion going. It's a lot of scrolling! I'm not always logged in, so "foe" doesn't work and scroll-scroll-scroll it goes just to reach someone's one-liner before the next scroll-scroll-scroll. It's impolite. A headline, a few paragraphs and the link suffice. I did it in the days of the Wall Street thread, but no one was complaining because that one moved a lot slower, and, humbly, I was finding a lot of different perspectives. If one fears the Memory Hole (that used to be the justification, for me too) and therefore wants to archive full articles, I'm for it but not in the middle of active discussions. Often it's done passive-aggressively, as an answer to someone's point.

Perfect summary of my thoughts on this 'phenomenon' (and I would wager we're not alone in this sentiment).
Well done, JR.

* First time I ever used that "mad2" smilie, felt good.

Touché, BHill.

You're entitled to be half-right.

(we're in danger of derailing the "original RI quotes" thread -- outlaws, we are.)

[Burnt Hill]

I know. How did we get in here anyway? Gotta find my way out...

[Elvis]

If Mr. Assad would have simply allowed his country to be used as a stepping stone to Iran, we could have been saved much of this trouble.

—Sounder

[MacCruiskeen]

And why do we at RI need to know what David Brock's mediamatters says about what Alex Jones says?—besides its comedy value. In RI terms, it's grade school stuff. The diligent highlighting isn't worth the filler material quality. Are we third-graders here?

Emphasis added.

[Grizzly]

[Belligerent Savant]

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Yet another piece decrying a theoretical general construct of "The Left" never specified as actual people or groups or through actual statements. (There are real-life Tankies, but none mentioned or cited.) A bunch of prejudices about a strawman are given. Who says "The Left" or antiwar people don't care about Syrians when so many of them call for an end to the war on all sides? I can more easily say this author doesn't care about the Kurds being massacred right now (and completely ignored in this discourse) by the bogus "ex" jihadis of the "Free Syrian Army" under Turkish command. Another 200,000 refugees! What has he got to say about that?

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This is the baseline for discussing "what to do" in Syria: recognizing what has been done by the US/NATO/KSA already, what is still being done by them, what the imperial goals are related to what has been done, and (therefore) understanding that anything "to be done" that does not materially oppose these goals is rightly construed as supporting them. There is an obligation therefore to support of the sovereign nation of Syria, or else be rightly found complicit in your "neutrality" with what the US/NATO/KSA has done and is doing in Syria. Anything else that is done is, in effect, supportive of imperial invaders. You may think it sucks that those of the real terms of the conflict, but those are the terms.

The (Largely Unrecognized) US Occupation of Syria

The United States has invaded Syria with a significant military force, is occupying nearly one-third of its territory, has announced plans for an indefinite occupation, and is plundering the country’s petroleum resources. Washington has no authorization under international or even US law to invade and occupy Syria, much less attack Syrian forces, which it has done repeatedly. Nor has it a legal warrant to create new administrative and governance structures in the country to replace the Syrian government, a project it is undertaking through a parallel invasion of US diplomatic personnel. These actions—criminal, plunderous, and an assault on democracy at an international level—amount to a retrograde project of recolonization by an empire bent on extending its supremacy to all the Arab and Muslim worlds, including the few remaining outposts of resistance to foreign tyranny. Moreover, US actions represent an escalation of Washington’s long war on Syria, previously carried out through proxies, including the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda, into a full-scale conventional war with direct US military involvement. Yet, despite the enormity of the project, and the escalation of the war, the US occupation of Syria has largely flown under the radar of public awareness. . .

https://gowans.wordpress.com/2018/03/11 ... -of-syria/

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Mohammed Sulaiman wrote...

However, this is not to suggest that “Western intervention” in Syria is driven by dominating and stealing their material resources or because it wants to reshape the region so that it can establish a firm foothold against the axis of resistance or protect Israel. If this were the case, it would have intervened much earlier and on a scale much larger than just a limited number of airstrikes conducted in less than one hour.

(gotta love 'howevers')
This if/then statement doesn't work because it whitewashes the millions of dollars and weapons sent continually and on a long term basis to the terrorists.

Thanks bks, what you wrote is so succinct and straight up. Excellent quote choice also. I would like to, but do not think we will hear any arguments against it.

You may think it sucks that those of the real terms of the conflict, but those are the terms.

On second thought, I'm confident that AD can pull something from the c/p catalogue that deals with just this kind of wrong think.

I'd like to see the argument against it. And I'd like to see in that argument a call for the invasion of the US that should have begun 200 years ago on behalf of the 13%+ percent of the population that has suffered historic, brutal forms of oppression that continue to this day in the form of the "criminal justice system" and other institutions, an oppession which remains a moral imperative to intervene against.

[Jerky]

I actually kind of liked Dunkirk and found some of Dr Evil's criticisms either unfair or somewhat confusing. However, there's no arguing the evergreen usability of his parting thought:

The best thing I can say about the movie is that it's not Interstellar.

[JackRiddler]

I could complain that this thread is supposed to highlight our best work and smartest insights, not the game of troll/counter/troll, but if you go back to p. 1 you can see the first item posted was me being mean to a now-departed member, just for the lulz.

[Burnt Hill]

quoting mentalgongfu2
"With certain people hem-hawing nonstop about the slow death of this board due to lack of discussion, some seem happy to continue focusing on individuals above issues to the detriment of the discussion they claim they want"

[brainpanhandler]

I could complain that this thread is supposed to highlight our best work and smartest insights, not the game of troll/counter/troll, but if you go back to p. 1 you can see the first item posted was me being mean to a now-departed member, just for the lulz.

"departed member". Pfftss. GM Citizen was as vile, petty and mean a troll as this board has ever seen. Richly deserving of every word, which for all it's subtle viciousness, also contained a degree of empathy.

"Best work" can = sparkling, brilliant prose, regardless of it's original intent, which definitely was not "just for the lulz".

[JackRiddler]

Hey, thanks!

[minime]

It's behavioral, gone organic. A group pathology. Self-reinforcing behavior in a closed environment. Left-hemisphere run amok. Victims of the ism/jism schism. No way out through an open door.

[MacCruiskeen]

Mods, I request that you delete this post of mine from one page back and all those that have followed it in this thread. I am responsible for starting this unfortunate mini-trend, and I regret it.

"Original RI Quotes only" was indeed designed to highlight the best writing on this board and not the worst.

Thanks in advance, and my apologies to all concerned for misusing the thread. I won't do it again.

[seemslikeadream]

that would be great and I agree only if BS is deleted along with mine and Mac's

the worst is alway better in 5 words in another forum

[Elvis]

Good show, my friends.