• axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 days ago

    keffiyehs aren't even political or specifically Palestinian. They're not even specific to Arab people, like I know Iranians and Afghans who wear them. One Iranian girl I know wore a keffiyeh as part of her school uniform.

    "Being Palestinian in my general vicinity is a hate crime"

  • Thallo [love/loves]
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    3 days ago

    if I wore a kippah that said, "f*ck Muslims"

    Yes, these are very much the same thing imaginator

  • josie@vegantheoryclub.org
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    3 days ago

    "At the same time, if I wore a kippah that said, "fuck Muslims," on it, that would not be okay."

    Yeah those two are both on the same level.

  • Commiejones [comrade/them, he/him]
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    3 days ago

    I hope the person who wrote this gets smothered with thousands of keffyeh. Like an entire truck load of them spills on them and they struggle to get out and get tangled up and overheat and die.

    • Roonerino [they/them]
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      3 days ago

      Unfortunately that's unlikely because a quality keffiyeh is a good breathable fabric so regardless of the weather outside she'd probably be quite comfortable in her keffiyeh cave. Well, comfortable except for being assaulted from all angles by textile-based antisemitism.

    • AmericaDelendaEst [comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      Like that cutscene from the Wukong game where the monk has all these magical cloths flying around him except kaffiyeh, programmed to KILL

  • nothx [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    Our medical professionals, everyone. 50% of them were in the bottom 50% of their class, and it shows.

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]
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      3 days ago

      it's not just the bottom 50%... the majority of doctors are out-of-touch morons with a superiority complex, the fact they are often from rich backgrounds and have never been told no shows constantly. the fact they are on this pedestal in society like priests were in the past needs to end. they are just some guy.

      • nothx [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        the fact they are often from rich backgrounds and have never been told no shows constantly.

        Exactly! And this plays into why half of them don’t need to try that hard in school either. As long as they graduate it’s not what they know it’s who they know.

      • The_sleepy_woke_dialectic [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        I directly hold them accountable for not simply continuing to treat women in states where abortions were made illegal. I wanted to see 1000 doctors arrested for giving life saving care. They would deserve the respect they receive in that world. In reality they chose comfort and security over their patients' lives.

    • Babs [she/her]
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      3 days ago

      Like medical students say, "Cs still get MDs".

        • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]
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          3 days ago

          Not really. Most premed students don't get into a med school. Plus Cs don't get scholarships to med schools so it's around 400,000 for premed and 300,000 for med school.

      • CupcakeOfSpice [she/her]
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        3 days ago

        Which is wild as I know someone going for a masters in social work, but the conditions set by the school says that she can't get below a B more than twice on anything. But sure, we need doctors, so let 'em all in!

    • GlueBear [they/them, comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      I've heard that saying twice now, once irl and now here.

      Is this supposed to denigrate physicians? Bc it's no different than saying 50% of chefs suck at making food while 50% are great at cooking.

      • nothx [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        I use it to denigrate anyone who is the braggadocios types that think they are amazing just because of their profession.

        I’ve used it to describe software engineers and lawyers as well.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        Isn't it meant as a satire on disingenuous use of statistics?

    • Red_Eclipse [she/her]
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      3 days ago

      Holy shit, that whole sub... that's just sad.

      I did a bit of research on Judaism to reconcile with zionism/anti-semitism and all that, and I saw how different it is from zionism, and that zionism is actually more anti-semitic than being anti-zionist etc.

      But imagine if you knew nothing about it, and then went on r/Jewish. You would be getting the WRONG impression for sure.

      • CommunistCuddlefish [she/her]
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        3 days ago

        Looked against my better judgement, you weren't kidding. These reddit-logoers are completely buying into the antisemitic lies equating the genocidal fascist state of Israel with Judaism as a whole.

        It's a shame. Judaism actually has a lot of really cool attitudes and lessons to it, at least, some interpretations. It's such an old religion that it can't be described as a monoloth any more than Islam can. I think it's really important for the Left to hold onto this fact and defend our Jewish comrades who are bravely going against the grain in their communities.

    • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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      3 days ago

      Looking at zionists and it's like "holy shit, are you trying to make people become antisemitic?" If I believed everything said by zionists about Judaism, that would mean I was antisemitic.

    • CommunistBear [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      That is one of the most cursed threads I've read in a while, holy shit

    • AmericaDelendaEst [comrade/them]
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      3 days ago

      Thanks for posting so i could weaponize my anger, but it looks like their mod is genociding all the good comments already

    • Smeagolicious [they/them]
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      3 days ago

      I did, for a split second, read that as "Mech wearing a keffiyeh" and that's now something I need to make a sketch of.

      edit: nvm I shoulda known RetroGrade Minis would have it

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      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        3 days ago

        Wish we could get a DOJ-Liberator team down here to supply Hamas with an ANDROMEDA-Pattern Heavy Laser Cannon.

          • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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            3 days ago

            Btw, do NOT read Gaza genocide discussions on Pilot Net, just a hive of "it's nuanced" radlib genocide minimizers.

            • Smeagolicious [they/them]
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              3 days ago

              aww fuckin...cmon, the game is a full throated endorsement of communism and the creator is based as hell, libs shouldn't be allowed in!

              ...though I haven't heard Abaddon/Tom Bloom's opinions on Palestine, I suppose I just assumed he'd come out on the side of liberation considering all his other espoused views and his fiction...

                    • Smeagolicious [they/them]
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                      3 days ago

                      K6BD did just have this mega based exchange... There are a lot of libs in both fanbases so I'm just going to continue assuming Abaddon is cool lol.

                      cropped k6bd spoiler sorta

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                      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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                        3 days ago

                        Hell yeah, new post. Right in the comments though

                        One notes that Pree White Chain’s insistence on a court of law and service under the state is just as much in line with old angelic thought as her former life was. A shame.

                        internet-delenda-est

                        Fan base is not as cool as it could be.

                        EDIT: this page is rad as hell though, love White Chain.

    • Preston Maness ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 days ago

      I don’t regularly wear a kippah but even if I did, I’m not looking to antagonize. I strongly believe in no political anythings at work, even things that the majority deem inoffensive like pride pins or whatever.

      I strongly believe in no political anythings at work

      no political anythings at work

      Work. Is. Political.

    • NewAcctWhoDis [any]
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      3 days ago

      Hi! Opinionated, Jewish nurse here with guess what? Some opinions.

      I fucking hate how r*dditors write

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        3 days ago

        My favorite is the "Look,..." that they use before they lecture me like I'm a kid. The word is them patting me on the head before they explain the complexities of the adult world to my tiny brain.

      • dkr567 [comrade/them, he/him]
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        3 days ago

        Stormfronters for whatever reason tries way too hard to sound like they're fucking politicians.

    • NoLeftLeftWhereILive [none/use name, she/her]
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      3 days ago

      Reading the comments there sure was a hell of a peek into the brains of these people. They genuinely say that everyone pro Palestine is a terrorist. I will admit that I haven't bothered to look at comments on Reddit, but it's pretty unsettling to read tbh.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        3 days ago

        If Israel and Hezbollah go to war - people will see suffering and death in Israel but also in Lebanon. Sadly the coverage of Israel will probably be at least ~5x as great. But there will be blood on the streets in Lebanon. I worry that some people will use the opportunity to start to use "they" and "them" when referring to anybody Lebanon. In other words "They shoot missiles into Israel so - yeah - some of them are going to die. That's how war works. Don't want to be attacked? Don't attack." The same 'logic' will be openly used for the genocide in Gaza. And this vile "They're getting what they deserve" logic will start to go mainstream and even be used on networks like MSNBC that are usually careful to not be ghoulish by saying the quiet part out loud.

  • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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    3 days ago

    I feel like it's healthy to read shit like this from time to time. It helps remind you that you can be a perfectly reasonable person minding your own business and a bad day might still be trying to have you. There are crybabies who want to make it your problem. You're never going to be able to read their mind and even if you did it'd be as if you possessed the cypher that allows you to read the necronomicon and be cursed with it's arcane knowledge. They're simply trying to make your day worse.

  • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 days ago

    The funny thing is, and I think everyone should or probably knows already, keffiyehs aren't just a Palestine thing, let alone Levant thing... they're in Iraq and Yemen...

    They're an accepted part of their cultural attire, not simply a political statement... so the reddit OP over here is showing their ass by complaining about this... lmao