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5 minutes ago, Veinsineon said:

In fact, I think Israel’s every single response since Oct 7th has only further sewn the seeds of an uprising. You don’t bomb cities full of children, arrest their families, contaminate their necessities, and not expect them to become anti-you. Especially with as flimsy of a propaganda campaign as they’ve tried to run. No one is falling for it. ISRAEL are the ones utilizing terrorism today.

I agree with that fully. Violence breeds more violence and the situation should have been handled much more responsibly by Israel for example by immediately involving an international humanitarian coalition that ensures the safety of civilians - humanitarian centres and corridors etc.

on Hamas - I wouldn’t go off by the charter. There are plenty of examples when governments cite their constitutions as gospel and rarely follow them (look at russia). 

21 minutes ago, Veinsineon said:

 Including that one weirdo balkanananoid.

Girl why don’t you fuck right off lol 

also, I am not insecure about palestinian support. Why the hell would I be? I actually quite like to see active civil society regardless of what the issue is.
 

however, th things that I don’t like is inflammatory ultranationalism and I’m seeing more and more from both sides which is disgusting to me. Pan-arabism and pan-islamism are cancer just the same way as genocidal islamophobia. 

7 minutes ago, Veinsineon said:

“I’m better than everyone at understanding this and it’s not my responsibility to contribute anything worthy of discussion ”

 

 

dude …..log out. nobody is checking for you. We’re here to share information and discuss as a community. You clearly don’t want to be apart of that conversation so why the hell are you even here ? Lol congratulations for being so far advanced in your understanding of the world than the rest of us I guess your majesty??? Weirdo AF

My apologies. I was simply taken aback by some of things on here but now I’ve taken a breath and let’s discuss.

@barttttender writes the following:

But, yes, Israelis (not the Jews as in religion, but Israelis, as in terrorists) should definitely 100% leave the Middle East asap. If there was any justitice,  there would already be forced too. 

I would like to remind people like them who may have missed this, but about half of Israel’s population is made up of Middle Eastern jews who are native to the region and have lived there for thousands of years. Interestingly, this is also a Hamas position but somehow I saw no one really reacting (although people strongly said that no one supports hamas in this thread). 
 

@Noam made a wide variety of outlandish and abhorrent statements too but I don’t think they’re active anymore? Palestinian children are not innocent because they were throwing stones at soldiers? Like wut??!

now on the conflict itself - we cannot and shouldn’t have to go back a million years to prove which people “has the right or not” to live some place. This is  dangerous territory and very quickly turns into fascistic nonsense. There is a UN resolution that all sides should abide by. Neither Israel nor Palestine at this stage want to do that. Arab states + Iran are not helpful in the slightest and did nothing to facilitate dialogue and normalise ties over the past few decades. At the same time, the US and its allies are not as hard on the Israeli government as they should have been. They should have stopped the illegal settlements before it became too late including through sanctions. Netanyahu and the ultra-right parties are a cancer to Israel and quite a big number of Israelis have shown their contempt

for that government. Also I don’t think you’ll find another country where the population disapproves of its own government so much in the face of an external military threat. Usually it’s the opposite. 
 

Hamas’s actions are the most counterproductive element for Palestians’ cause. Before the attack on Oct 7th, Israel and Saudi were about to normalise relations which undoubtedly would have included Israeli concessions on Gaza and the West Bank. But the terroristic regime of Iran of course couldn’t let that happen and was better to sacrifice palestinians than to allow Israel to have diplomatic relations in the region and threaten its interests. Hamas needs to be eradicated and Netanyahu needs to go for good for there to be some peace but unfortunately I don’t see that happening. 

1 hour ago, barttttender said:

 

so, you just popped in to call everyone stupid for no reason, and left. And you think you're some hot shit, huh?

 

vrlo prosvetljeno i kulturno, svi su odusevljeni.

Yes. I came to see what the discussion is about and saw some of the worst takes I’ve seen on the war. Honestly some of the things people write, including you, are shameful. I am not going to start a whole ass discussion with people who are very far away from my understanding about the world and humanity because there is no point in having that discussion. Also, not sure why you decided to write to me in Serbo-Croatian, but I don’t care if you’re impressed or not. I am neither enlightened nor that cultured but I am free to express my disappointment with fascist takes when I see them. If I’ve done something wrong, the mods should feel free to ban me. 

Wow great to know that Lana attracts a wonderful collection of equally stupid right and left fascists  

I’d add a bridge to all songs that don’t have one. And I mean god-tier bridges like Terrance, National Anthem, PWYC, Ride, Honeymoon!!!!!

1. Cover is gorgeous

2. video interview was probably Lana’s best interview so far

3. i would love a billie/finneas collab

4. an adele collab would make moms and gays sob in their cars

17 minutes ago, Strangelove said:

There's been a lot of talk about this Javier Milei character. He seems to be the first real self proclaimed "anarcho-capitalist" in a real political position. I'm interested to see what he does. Populism isn't going anywhere away any time soon especially in these types of countries. 

He won’t be able to push the vast majority of his policies through Congress

This is kinda funny
 

Jack Antanoff is the Ryan Murphy of pop music. Like it was fun at the start but now it’s just painful

3 minutes ago, ivory almond said:

imagine if she promoted

I think her decision not to promote is part of her success

Even if she doesn’t win anything (although I think she will), the mere fact that A&W got nominated alongside the most radioplayed and popular pop songs of the year is attestation of her genius. She better go to the ceremony and serve cunt

15 hours ago, jimmyjimmycocoapuff said:

I don't know if this is embarrassing but I went through a phase where I really loved For Free, and I always defended it on Reddit. To this day, I still think it doesn't deserve the hate! 

 

For free is great - perfect homage to Joni Mitchell. The vocal harmonies are sublime and Zella and Weyes are fantastic. I want another collab with them

Y’all better stream suburban house so she’s happy and doesn’t go on a rant about Israel 

edit: streaming rn, not a bad song

1 hour ago, MakingOut said:

like Joe Biden used his VETO power to Brazil's suggestion to end war, stop killing innocent civilians and holding Hamas accountable.

Brazil’s suggestion was stupid and had nothing to do with “ending the war”. More importantly, the latest UN debacles just show how impotent the organisation is at solving any type of global crisis. 
 

as for the statement that Lana allegedly has signed - it’s a stupid statement that doesn’t mean anything. I don’t like what the statement says because as most public positions on the situation, it is scared to go into the nuances of the conflict. but honestly I couldn’t care less because at the end of the day I am 10000% sure it will have 0 impact on any policymaking. Also it would be great if Lana was “educating” herself on all sorts of geopolitical matters but let’s be real here… 

2 hours ago, Rivers said:

What about eastern ukranians who side with Russia and want their independence? 

Zelensky has refused to agree to negotiations that were already pretty much settled which compelled Russia to invade. Violating international agreements is a soft declaration of war. 

Shut the fuck up 🗑️

This discussion is so fucking annoying honestly… why are we bothered that someone is not “poor enough” for our understanding? Why do you feel that there is only one version of poverty and struggle? Black-and-white mentality is getting proper ridiculous at this point.

I don’t like to spread negativity so I will just say that it’s cool to see Lana collabing with and supporting smaller artists 

14 minutes ago, Let the Light In said:

I’m confused. As far as we know, they were already sending her to Alternative category but it’s the Grammys committee that changing the category. So what has changed now? How are we sure she will be nominated under alternative categories?

That’s so fucked up to be honest. At this points it looks like a deliberate snub

2 hours ago, bluechemtrails said:

 

Life Lesson is also included for Pop Duo/Group Performance

Imagine if Lana’s first and only grammy is for this song 

Adding East Virginia to the list

It’s crazy you can see how much early Lana/Lizzy has been influenced by Joan’s music

I just saw that Joan has less than a million monthly listeners on Spotify. This is criminal 

On 10/9/2023 at 5:37 PM, rosemead ramada said:

Ultraviolence reentered the Billboard 200 at #63. Hasn't been on the B200 since 2015!

Her power 

The way she said her team made her fall in love with her job all over again 

This confirms my view that pandemic just fucked her up (as was the case for all of us) and now she’s truly back in the game. We should be expecting her to spoiiiil us

On 10/10/2023 at 5:35 PM, Rivers said:

What about mark zuckerberg selling everyone's data on Instagram and no one making any money from their followers. Y'all could be making so much money on Twitter with millions of views and advertisements just talking about Lana. 

Mate chill…. Unless you are in the data selling business. Then you can fuck right off

51 minutes ago, bluechemtrails said:

I have a feeling that this site is just to find out where her fans live so they can plan the next tours. I mean, why would we sign up a few weeks ago when there's hardly anything happening on this site?

But if they wanted to know where people live, wouldn’t a simple poll on her insta page and lanadelrey.com have been a better solution? Why go through the hassle of creating a new website ?