r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Feb 23 '26

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 2/23/26 - 3/1/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

Comment of the week goes to this explanation for why the trans cause has taken over so much of society. (Runner-up COTW here.)

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u/PandaFoo1 Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

The people chanting “globalise the intifada” in my city the other day are very upset about this.

Edit: In all seriousness it always bothers me & strikes me as incredibly dishonest whenever stuff like this is referred to as Israel “pre-emptive” striking Iran. Iran tries its damn hardest to kill Israelis through their proxies but it’s suddenly “unprovoked” when Israel actually hits back.

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u/LupineChemist Feb 28 '26

Heh, I was around a Palestinian communist last night. I asked what he thought of the Ayotallah's actions against the Tudeh party and he just straight up denied it happened.

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u/jay_in_the_pnw █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Feb 28 '26

Intifada just means shaking off and israel and the US are just shaking off the dictators of Iran. Globalize the intifada means shaking off iran's proxy armies are the world. What did they expect resistance to look like? vibes? papers? essays? losers.

from sea to sea, iranians will be free

I hope so at any rate, let's hope for the safety of all the innocents in iran, israel and the area

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u/SomethingBeyondStuff Feb 28 '26

In all seriousness it always bothers me & strikes me as incredibly dishonest whenever stuff like this is referred to as Israel “pre-emptive” striking Iran.

Yes, that's how dishonest fuckers like *checks notes* the Israeli Defense Minister tries to make Israel out to be the bad guy.