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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shameful that its just half.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The other half don't know who he is.

[–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Netanyawho?

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

At least a third would support him even if they knew.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

bro Trump is IN your country and you won't arrest him

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

He's got armed guards

[–] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

At least half of the us is completely ok with fascism, so it tracks

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I wonder which half? Could it be the side that licks the brown shirts boots? Hmm 🤔

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The amount of people that voted for Trump is actually under a third of the elligable voting population.

[–] WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

So even fewer were directly opposed to him on the single most important day in your electoral calendar? That’s an even stronger indictment.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s always half. Every question.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

"Half of Americans think it's wrong to steal purses from old ladies"

[–] newton@feddit.online 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The other half of Americans do not have rational thinking skills

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, it's not that bad.

Half of the other half have no opinion. And the other half of the other half don't have rational thinking skills.

[–] newton@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Youre the half, or the other half from the other half ?🤔

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not sure why it's relevant, but I'm the first half. He's a war criminal, and the US has an obligation under international law and morally to extradite him to The Hague to stand trial for Genocide

[–] newton@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago

Dag bovenbuur, ik vind het nog zacht verwoord wat je over POTUS zegt.

Veroordeelde misdader, pedofiel beschermer, massammoordenaar ,landverrader ,etc ,zelf geen proces waard .

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do not discount the effect that constant propaganda has on otherwise intelligent people. They've been being conditioned for decades.

[–] newton@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago

Do you mean brainwashed or wasted

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Netanyahu literally showed up in congress and then berated the US government for not shoving more money into his genocide.

If that isn't a sign of a compromised government, I don't know what is lol.

Imagine if Xi Jinping suddenly pulled up to the senate as if he has any position in the US government.

The article states that only 24 percent think he SHOULD NOT be arrested, which the title does not imply.

Even less percent believe Israel did NOT commit war crimes.

Of course this does not mirror the public sentiments of most of Americas elected officials.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Arrest too easy, just kill him.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Agreed, the US justice system was made to control the rabble. Its not at all functional when it comes to holding the powerful accountable. Arresting Netenyahu is pointless-- it will just lead to his immediate release.

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To be fair half of Americans think the other half of Americans should be arrested.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[Willy’s exaggerated brogue]: Damned Americans! They ruined America!

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fucking throw him in an ICE dentition center along will the entire DHS. Those places aren’t even fit for a Nazi. Should be perfect for those ghouls and put trump in there too!

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

No. The US is no place for trying a war criminal. That's in The Netherlands.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Then half of Americans should band together and do it

[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

What about the top half? That's the only half that America seems to give a shit about.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I bet there's a huge slice of that pie that have no opinion. So the ones that think he should not be arrested are probably very, very few.

Edit: it's 27%. Actually much higher than I expected. But that's roughly the same as the population of Trump supporters at its peak, so I guess it makes sense.

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why don't you start with arresting war criminals and pedophiles in your own nation first?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 2 days ago

I’m okay with arresting genociders in whatever order is most feasible.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago

Why not both?

[–] aaa999@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

literal stupid goomba fallacy

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Half of Americans think the Hamburgler is real.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Half of Americans think the hamburger is an American invention.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Half think the hamburgler should be locked up and the other half think he needs counselling

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He should be arrested, yes, but not by America. They're in cahoots with him.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The purpose of his arrest is because there is a warrant out for his war crimes. To extradite him to the ICC, where he is a wanted criminal

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At least half don't even know who that is, and the half of who do aren't informed enough to chime in.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think most people are confused about who Netanyahu is, I keep seeing him incorrectly described as the president of Israel when he's actually the prime minister of Israel. The president of Israel is Isaac Herzog

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Enlighten me, what's the Prime minister do then? Is that like a Catholic role (being minister?)? We don't have that in the US, but I know Canada and parts of Europe have them. I guess I've just never really paid attention to the role.

[–] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

In Westminster parliamentary systems, the government has a cabinet of ministers responsible for different policy areas, similar to the US presidential cabinet. The leader of the cabinet ministers is the prime minister, the head of government. The closest US analogy would probably be a cross between speaker of the house and house majority leader (the role of the speaker of the house in Westminster parliaments is somewhat different - in Australia the Speaker is a member of the House of Representatives elected by the House, and is responsible for the operation of the house, but does not get to decide what legislation gets put to a vote. That's up to the governing party). The prime minister is supposed to be "first among equals", but in reality the PM is the leader of the party and is hence the boss. The PM also de-facto exercises executive power, since the Governor-General who legally holds executive power only acts on the advice of the prime minister.

[–] borQue@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yep, half of the Americans think Berlin is the capital of Belgium too.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

I don't think that's true. Most US Americans probably don't even know one is a city and one is a country.

[–] DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Hopefully someone is practicing at the range.

Be a shame. Sure would be a shame...

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Maybe after that we could politely ask him to stop convincing our stupid president to further embroil us in Middle East conflict.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

49% of us think we're not divided.

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