huf

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[–] huf@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

Liberals should be labelled "Thinks they're the leftists and that conservatives are needed for good bipartisanship"

[–] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

the language is fine, the spelling just needs updating. which is easy, we just pick a dialect of english and base it on that.

which dialect? well, how about indian english. that seems fair.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The government can not directly influence anything that is done with this money.

ok. yes, this discussion is fruitless.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

so the dutch government is terrible and does not base its decisions on human rights records, but somehow the journalists funded by them are unbiased. magically.

right.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

i'm not talking about the report, i'm talking about the dutch govt's actions. you say they're based on this report. i cant see how.

edit:
to try to explain what i'm getting at, i'm puzzled by this sentencve of yours:

Before you start bashing on it for it being biased because the TV program is government funded, a lot of Dutch politicians at the time strongly wanted to increase our trade agreements with China, this item was actively hindering that.

you're going to have to explain how this item was hindering that and why only this item and why much worse violations of human rights committed by the netherland's other trade partners do not hinder trade with those countries.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

but again, it doesnt seem to bother either the politicians or the press when the netherlands trades with the worst offenders on the planet. and yet, in the case of china, it matters?

either the dutch are terribly inconsistent for no reason, or there's something else in play.

or is it just me and this seems like a perfecly good explanation of their actions to you?

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (9 children)

this seems strange to me. dutch politicians have no problems doing business with countries with awful human rights records. the absolute worst countries by this metric.

i think there has to be another reason here.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (11 children)

how was it hindering more trade agreements?

[–] huf@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

oh sure, we could, but does it look like we're going to any day soon?

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

our autonomy to gleefully assist in the holocaust? their strange trait of making us stop gleefully assisting in the holocaust? you're gonna have to be less cryptic here.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

it would defend itself if hungary decided to invade it again, and that's just mean

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

we only got russians in our country the last time because we decided to be disgusting genocidal fascists and the soviets attempted to reeducate us. alas, it didnt stick.

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