Moneo

Is Trump the sitting vice president of a country facilitating a genocide?

Fair enough, my ignorance/age is showing.

I've taken public transit all my life so I understood what it meant. Never heard the term in Canada before though.

Apparently we're calling commuters "straphangers" now too. I wonder if the NYPD will shoot at speeding wheelgrippers next.

Technically your tax dollars aren’t being used

Basically it’s taxpayer money being used to buy from american companies via a 3rd party

I understand that buying american weapons makes the aid end up back in america but it's still tax payer money being spent on weapons is it not?

What does aid mean then? Genuinely asking, I know the US sells weapons to Israel but don't they also give financial aid?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/world/middleeast/israel-us-aid.html

Idk how I'm supposed to interpret $15 billion in aid as anything other than giving them $15 billion in money/supplies

JK "I'm protecting women" Rowling?

Whats your argument? Everyone should have their sport at the Olympics even if it's problematic?

You're not engaging with the conversation, you're just saying people will be disappointed if break isn't an olympic sport.

Why is exclusion worse than cultural appropriation? I'm excluded from the traditions of the first nations people where I live because I'm not first nations, is that a bad thing?

Most sports are not as recent as break and do not have the same cultural significance. Break was developed by an oppressed people who have historically had their artistic creations repackaged and sold without their involvement. I have no idea whether breaks inclusion in the games is cultural appropriation but I don't feel like you are giving the proper context to the conversation.

Cultural appropriation is not bullshit. Look at the history of black people in america. Their art forms were copied by white people, sanitized, then sold to the masses with zero credit or compensation given to them. I'm not saying that only black people should be able to perform or enjoy those art forms, but there is a significant difference between respectful imitation and theft. Art forms that were created in large part due to the oppression they were put through, were copied with zero respect or acknowledgement, then repackaged and sold to the very people oppressing them. If you can't see how that is a bad thing then idk what to say.

To be clear I'm not arguing break being included in the olympics is cultural appropriation, that's for the culture to decide not me.

Man fuck all the downvoters, this is a perfectly valid question. If they started a haka competition people wouldn't be so quick to dismiss this.

To answer you question, no idea, never thought of it. I'm pretty ignorant of break culture but I'd be interested to hear what those in the culture think of it's inclusion.

It's honestly been depressing seeing how seemingly universal this reaction has been. I expected jokes and made some myself amongst friends. But I did not expect the entire community to unite behind a legitimate desire for violence.

Feels like a mask off moment.