Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have beaten to death a United States citizen in his early 20s, the victim’s family members and rights groups have said.

“We are aware of reports of the death of a US citizen in the West Bank,” Reuters reported a State Department spokesperson as saying. The official declined to comment further “out of respect for the privacy of the family and loved ones” of the reported victim.

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      22 hours ago

      Basically a straight up admition that they’re both meaningless though terminating cliches

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        Basically a straight up admition that they’re both meaningless though terminating cliches

        Another straw man. You guys are on a roll.

        What is cliché is resorting to strawman arguments and whataboutism/bothsidesism when your dogmatic incantations don’t win the day. They are the refuge of the weak. Attempting to devalue the ideas is a transparent effort to reduce the impact of your weakness being labelled, It’s the same as white supremacists loudly calling out Godwin’s Law when they are rightly labelled as Nazis or Zionists labelling legitimate criticism of the actions of the state of Israel antisematism. Mike Godwin himself said, “By all means, compare these assholes to Nazis. Again and again. I’m with you.”

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          Man, you really can’t stop yourself from talking like the biggest reddit smuglord loser alive

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            Ad hominem. You just can’t help yourself.

            Have a good faith conversation. As long as you use these super weak devices I’m going to call them out. I don’t care what names you call me or what insults you hurl.

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              Still going down your list of magic debate spells, wandering why none of them are working