• @yesman
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    Netanyahu picked a bad time to provoke Biden while the pro-Israel republicans have neutered by the antisemitic hard right.

    Biden has pressure from his left to call for a ceasefire and little political upside to supporting Israel. Any other year, the Republicans would be howling about how Biden is soft on Terrorism, or weak on Israel, but the Krazy KauKus is standing on the throats of that kind of conservative.

    Netanyahu’s strategy of relying on support from Christian Nationalists while ignoring Jewish Americans may not have been wise.

    • @acosmichippo
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      what I don’t understand is, while yes the far right is anti-semitic, are they not even more anti-islamic?

      • @[email protected]
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        The conspiracy far right hates jews more than anything and the Christian far right likes jews and hates Arabs.

        • @acosmichippo
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          511 months ago

          I guess the question is how much overlap is there in that Venn diagram. I assume a lot.

      • TacoButtPlug
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        211 months ago

        Judging Turtle Neck McConnell’s recent pro-isrealhell speech, I think you’re right.

        • @[email protected]
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          That’s the difference though. McConnell is old guard Republican. Far-right, but in a stodgy, slow kind of way that builds strategic alliances where needed. Trump’s far right is utterly impulsive, guided by pure emotion, and completely unfettered in their hatred.

          • @[email protected]
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            111 months ago

            And Trump is extremely susceptible to flattery. It makes him very dangerous to have as a leader.

            • @[email protected]
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              Trump is dangerous for so many reasons that at this point its difficult to even try to list them all.

  • @Carrolade
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    7711 months ago

    though tensions between the two allies have grown sour amid mounting U.S. concerns

    Should be …relations between the two allies have grown sour amid…, or …tensions between the two allies have grown amid….

    “tensions” growing sour makes no sense though. Are there sweet international tensions?

    Can really see the deteriorating quality of journalism in the writing used. They’re being paid for this. Supposedly anyway.

      • @Carrolade
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        3411 months ago

        Honestly, I think ChatGPT wouldn’t make that particular mistake. Sounding proper is its primary purpose. Maybe a cheap knockoff.

        • metaStatic
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          chatGPT just guesses the next word. stop anthropomorphizing it.

          • @acosmichippo
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            it guesses the next word… based on examples created by humans. It’s not just making shit up out of thin air.

          • @Carrolade
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            Yes, it does that because it was designed to sound convincing, and that is a good method for accomplishing that. That is the primary goal behind the design of all chatbots, and what the Turing Test was intended to gauge. Anyone who makes a chatbot wants it to sound good first and foremost.

          • @[email protected]
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            Lol making a mistake isn’t unique to humans. Machines make mistakes.

            Congratulations for knowing that a LLM isn’t the same as a human though, I guess!

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      This happens sometimes in my own writing when I’m revising quickly. Of course I don’t have an editor and I’m just commenting on Lemmy and Reddit, but same idea. First I write it using one phrase, then I revise it to another phrase while leaving behind a trace of the removed phrase. The final sentence might check out grammatically but not logically, so a simple grammar checker could miss it.

      • @Carrolade
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        Makes you wonder how fast they’re trying to go. I do it too, and I’m not on a deadline. I’m also not a professional, working within my field though.

    • @[email protected]
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      Could just be a way of saying, like, tensions have grown worse. When things sour, they get worse. Unless it’s sour cream. Or citrus. Or pickles.

      I dunno I’m not a linguist.

  • @njm1314
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    3211 months ago

    Good, I don’t want us pandering to a fascist anyway.

  • Binthinkin
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    Nobody wants that fucking trash bag in this country anyway.

    • @Questy
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      Of course they will. This little spat with America over how difficult the genocide is for Biden’s campaign hasn’t slowed down the flow of material aid. They know they can do whatever they want, they’ve pushed as far as broadly declared and publicised genocide without significant consequences, really the only boundary they have left to test is nuking Tehran or something.

  • @Viking_Hippie
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    That he was even welcome in the first place after all he’s said and done is in itself absolutely unacceptable.

  • @mlg
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    I feel like the US Abstaining instead of vetoing is bigger news than this doofus throwing a hissy fit about it

  • @IndustryStandard
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    Good. Actions not words.

    Israel announced the biggest annexation of the west bank since 1990s when Blinken was in Israel a few days ago.

    Any time Israel comes to visit they just openly embarrass Biden.

  • @doublejay1999
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    711 months ago

    Awks.

    After 911 , The US obliterated Iraq leaving 1 million dead and they didn’t even do it .

    • @Buddahriffic
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      It’s almost like the people of the world realized that was a mistake to turn a blind eye or listen to the bullshit that was used to justify it.

      • @Aux
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        411 months ago

        When shit hits the fan, Brits watch more TV. The more they watch TV, the more tea they drink.

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          Judging by how much tea drinking and TV watching they do, British people must have thoroughly disgusting fans…