" Lönnqvist said Sweden was abandoning its belief in rehabilitation and becoming more focused on punishment and “locking people up”. The government and the Social Democrats were pandering to the far-right, she said.

“It’s quite terrifying that everything is happening without much debate around it,” she said. “We’re looking at basically mass incarceration like we have seen in the US and we know that it doesn’t work. We know it’s the opposite: it’s going to make things worse.”"

As an American it gives me chills that this lunacy is on the rise in a major way worldwide… Goddamn.

Honestly it’s a real fucking bummer. As someone who grew up in an era where a common wish for lottery winners and trophy winners was “peace in the Middle East” in regards to Israel and all of its neighbors, the recent escalation in Gaza has given a lot of us an excuse to learn a lot more about the actual history and unforgivable atrocities that have occurred since the early fifties.

Note that I said ‘most cool Jews’. I’ve met a number of outspoken expats that have flavored my perception, and there’s a broad swath that oppose the country’s actions but you’re right, there’s a metric fuckton of uncool Jews out there.

I fucking hate israel. Jews are cool they can hang out. Because most cool Jews also hate Israel.

This fucking rules. Eat poo, Shittin.

Considering I live in the US I just feel paralyzed about what to do. I want to be a Mushroom Kingdom champion but I’m not armed, I don’t even like violence, and I have two kids to protect. But I’m so sick of the twisted fucked up leaders making all these power grabs and massacres.

God I fucking hate Israel they’ve really taken the stage as God-awful monsters and I hate seeing this play out day after day SHIT

Tossing this out there as an American: Boycott us pwease 🥺

If you looked at the news article, the spokesman for the Kremlin mentioned that it was what the parents had “wanted and requested” which makes it look more like the parents taking a subtle jab at the leadership because they then had to publically hand them out.

You guys too, eh?