edit: I didn’t actually know anything about Khashoggi’s politics, but according to @DailyProphet:

He was an international affairs journalists. He strongly opposed illegal Israeli settlements and was outspoken against Obama’s actions in Egypt following the Arab Spring. His core work was around pushing for reform in Saudi Arabia, for which he was dismembered by a billionaire monarchist.

:the-more-you-know:

        • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          oh look at Knoll , trying to police the Tone according to its assumed Civility standart ...

          not to much ... Kashogggi case is glorious , just think about what "Side" Kashgggggggoy considered himself to be on , and the Monumental (if short lasting) Realization he must have had...

          • Knoll [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Alright, I'll show my whole ass and admit that I don't know much about Khashoggi, only that he was kidnapped and tortured to death by Saudi Arabia. I believe that most people don't deserve to have that happen to them, was Khashoggi really so bad that he deserved it?

              • Knoll [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                Oooh, duh, I didn't realize the meme was meant as a joke. I feel like an idiot now.

            • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              Oh you Anglos , "was he really so bad that he deserved it... ? " , that framing does not get you far in life

              What do you think is a Washington Post- "Journalist" Mission Objective ?

              You think Kashoggy did Field Reports in Douma ?

              Why do you think Saudi Arabia did send a a real Kill squad for him if he was a just a "objective" Journalist before ... ...

              ... a CIA Asset was Murdered in the Saudi Embassy ... after it did not work the way its "Real" masters expected it to work...

              And you cry because your media called him a Journalist ? He never was , and in my world you dont stay innocent just because you only "argue for Bombardments" not Dropping the Bombs Directly ...

              In my world Kashoggie and the Saudis did deserve each other ...

              • ssjmarx [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                You're posts are fucking exhausting to read, brother.

                • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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                  3 years ago

                  it because of the profund truth of the world that i drop (or it just might be my grammar ) , but my vanity guides me strongly towards " the profund Truths of the world I drop "

              • Grownbravy [they/them]
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                3 years ago

                Not gonna lean too much on one side of the other with how little i know, but Saudi Arabia just destroys a CIA asset, and the CIA just lets them… do that?

                I dont know where to take that, but the CIA going “ah nuts” after all this is strangely disconcerting