He did a stochastic terrorism and utterly failed. If he at least targeted one individual who was vocally Zionist and fatally shot them, that might have made a consequential difference. Trying to run over or shoot lots of people at random can only be counterproductive.

Stochastic terrorism is Bad, Actually.

What if it was Carlsbad posting?

Was it specifically dedicated to an apartheid state instead of a multinational state or partition?

A vague position on “a Jewish state”, especially 7 years before the eventual reality of it set in, doesn’t seem to be pro-apartheid.

I could be wrong and if there were founders quoted as saying “we need to kick the Palestinians off their land” then I’ll accept that this particular institution sucked.

Did he identify the specific people who were giving directly to the IDF and shoot them? Are they dead now?

Is giving normal contributions to a religious establishment, which contradictorily gives some of its income to Israeli state programs, some of which probably gets accounted under the umbrella of the , the same thing as “going out of their way” to fund the IDF?

Last I checked, he killed 0 people with his vehicle. If anything, it’s likely that they’ll put more funding into Israel now, because that is what happens when a group feels like they are under attack.

does dumping red paint or defacing property stop them from sending money for more bombs and bullets?

Does shooting a few people, while leaving the rest of the synagogue with a traumatic memory of being attacked, stop them from sending money for more bombs and bullets?

because the other Synagogues weren’t Zionist.

Which ones?

The appropriate response to wrong positions is spilling red paint and other defacing or destruction of property, not

It is very easy for a diaspora Jew to be convinced to align themselves on the ethnic warfare narrative, a bit more challenging to persuade them away from it, and attacking the bodies of Jewish people with deadly force makes it even harder to make that kind of correction. Herzl laughs from Hell.

because the other Synagogues weren’t Zionist.

Which ones?

An appropriate response to a Zionist-friendly synagogue (or anyone with problematic beliefs) is dumping red paint or defacing expensive property, not shooting people.

Rotate 30 degrees counter-clockwise and the Persian Gulf becomes

Is it wrong to say that Jewish communities deserve to be safe in their synagogues and schools?

If the official stance of the webmaster for the synagogue is pro-Israel, does that mean the congregation deserved the shooting?

The most guilty party is Zionist settlers in the land of Palestine. The second most guilty party is the American state apparatus. If someone were to target something in America for that cause, it should have been military or police. Saying that a synagogue (especially a Reform one) full of diaspora Jews had it coming, or that they shouldn’t be mourned, is kind of not good. It opens the door to collective ethnic retaliation.

The solution to the problem involves making sure Jews can be safe in the world so that they don’t need to terrorize and slaughter Palestinians. Attacks on Jewish communities, rather than individual leaders or property, just play into the Zionist state strategy.

Yes to Jews; No to Israel; uphold the distinction.

Removing their own catalytic converter in a vain attempt to get better gas mileage, and also to afford more gas

Yeah, maybe otherwise if it just referred to interceptors.

IMHO this belongs in c/bloomer

Yes, that’s exactly what “asymmetric warfare” means. No notes.

Do you suppose a corset might have the same effect? I’ve heard several femme friends who do theater or cosplays complaining about how extra-tight and constraining lots of corsets are.

Mr. Benelli!

For one org, we have a sort of informal onboarding process where people get included in larger coordination efforts only once they have demonstrated their commitment, and a lot of things are disseminated on a need-to-know basis.

For another org, the organizational activity (somewhat along the lines of Land Back) coincides directly with the betterment of its members, so it doesn’t make much sense to talk about someone “sacrificing their own time and energy for the benefit of the group”.

They never find themselves thinking “what do we want from these people, so far away from us”.

Set weapons to full auto! Don’t stop firing until you see the whites of their truce flags!

Nitrogen fertilizer prices climbed about 95 percent

Sorry but the toxic runoff will stop