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The Palis oppressed themselves. Please. Who else gets waterfront property and still manages to fuck it up? Israel let their people live in Israel, become citizens of Israel and before 10/7 had more than tripled the number of work permits issued to Gazans. Any single Arab Palestinian who wanted to live next to or in Israel was free to do so. He or she just had to agree to stop, you know, blowing up school buses and cafes. And even then, Israel would (stupidly) release them from prison only to have them turn around and keep trying to kill Jews. See, e.g., Yahya Sinwar.

Oppressed indeed. Pfft. That is the crazy af US liberal go-to line. Are you a Columbia student? If not, I recommend not using it.

Nothing is really going to change with the Islamic Republic until they are folded inside out. The right wing (don't twist) theocracy there is not going away any time soon. Yeah, their nuke program has been set back (my condolences to buck and the other anti-American trash on this board), but they'll come back and be a problem in no time. Still funding terror, still pursuing nukes, still hating the US and trying to thwart its interests at every turn.

There is a liberal contingent in Iran. Not like our resident retard liberals, e.g. bucktard and the girls, but tuff classical liberals; people who can read and know the earth isn't flat. This is a pretty good piece, albeit from 2021: https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/expressions/what-does-iran-really-want

A couple of relevant excerpts:

While the Vienna negotiations have been led by Iran’s liberals over the last eight years or so, the so-called "Endurance Front" was working to extend the Islamic Republic’s influence outside its borders, taking advantage of the increased fragility of Arab regimes grappling with domestic unrest. Whether Iran is out to implement a Grand Shia design, or crafting a defensive sectarian shield for itself amounts to one and the same.  In the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, those who were seen as advocating openness were violently purged before resurfacing under Presidents Khatami and Rohani. They are in favor of more peaceful relations with neighboring countries, which would imply abandoning the military-sectarian shield that Iran maintains throughout the region at great expense. Their vision appeared to be consistent with the population’s demands as expressed during the 2017-2018 protests. From then on, the representatives of this group within the ruling elites became an existential danger and an enemy to crush for the conservative establishment. Their influence on any major policy decision has now been all but eliminated. (emphasis added).

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Iran’s support for the Palestinian cause and its rhetoric of an ongoing war against Israel should be read in this context. If it was up to the Iranian people, a large majority would be in favor of normalizing relations with the Jewish state. And if seen from a sectarian perspective, Jerusalem is mostly a holy site of Sunni heritage and is not central to the Shia tradition. It is true that Ayatollah Khomeini was an early champion of the Palestinian cause, but in retrospect, that stance seems to have served more as an alibi to hide the narrowly Shia nature of his project. Iran’s anti-Israeli militancy serves multiple purposes, the most important of which is to argue that the Jewish state’s military power and behavior justify Iran’s own military and nuclear program. As to Iran’s arming of the Sunni movement Hamas in Gaza, it serves to maintain an indirect presence on Israel’s southwestern flank while driving a wedge into the Sunni front of Arab countries. 

Yep. If you grab either of the Fag Flag or the Stars and Stripes from its owner and burn it, both should be property crimes.

If you buy your own Transtastic or USA flags with your own money, free speech says it can be burned.

^^ Yep. For anyone wondering, that actually happens. Actual pooping outdoors. And then the guy, who is invariably blown out of his mind, shuffles around aimlessly with his pants down at his ankles (just how Bill likes it) trying to find a way to wipe his ass. It's quite nice.

And, yet, there is never a shortage of these fucking tours that people go on around PS. I'm always like, what the fuck are you people doing here on vacation? Go the mountains or something. But PS? Really? There are old buildings everywhere. Nothing unique about those in PS. If anything, they're rundown.

Every great beer place in Portland closed down during/after COVID. Right before COVID we had breweries where you could buy a Japanese lager that was actually a collaboration between a brewery there and one in Portland.

Except Maui's. Maui's will still be standing even if it's boarded up and taking on the apocalypse.

Seattle PS in late 90s/early 00s was a lot of fun for college kids/early post grads. Steep downhill over the last 15yrs obviously.

Same with 1st ave/Burnside area of Portland.

Both were a little rough on the edges back then but when you’re 22 you DGAF. Now they’re just places for H/Fent addicts to panhandle and die in the streets.

Again, the liberals are super happy with what they have done to destroy our cities. They love it, and are so proud they continue to vote for the same.

I also worked at couple places in Pioneer Square as a bar back while in hs and as an undergraduate at UW. Definitely rough around the edges even in the late 70s. My jr/sr year I waited tables and was one of the bartenders at Celebrites if anyone remembers that club between the Fire Station and the Penix. The tips were so great I continued to work Friday/Saturday and Sunday evening early in my professional career until my daughter was 4. I witnessed some wild shit in that club and it was a heaven for Sonics/Ms and hawks and Sunday nights were insane once the manager and DJ started to attract the early rap crowd, one brother was shot and killed inside near the end of my time there. Rick James era