If you are expecting to read my usual Left Coast column, I tell you now that you will be disappointed. I write, today, from a place of horror—about the massacre unleashed against civilians in Israel this past week, and about the morally cretinous bloodlust reaction some who fashion themselves as being on the “left” seem to have experienced in its aftermath, but also in despair at the ghastly collective punishments being unleashed from the air on Gaza residents by Netanyahu’s far-right government and the Israeli military.
    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      On the other hand, I think their prediction is actually correct and reactionary turds are going to unmask themselves as time goes on. There are probably some black hammer-esque nerds on here, just by law of large numbers, and they will show themselves

      Prepare the ban hammers, I guarantee they'll get (rightfully and correctly) owned immediately when they do.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      1 year ago
      On the other hand, I think their prediction is actually correct and reactionary turds are going to unmask themselves as time goes on. There are probably some black hammer-esque nerds on here, just by law of large numbers, and they will show themselves as being unable to differentiate between the apartheid Israeli state and Jewish people as a whole

      I agree. It is important to remain vigilant for posters who cross the line from anti-colonialism to anti-semitism. I think it is important for all of us to learn about the politics of Zionism over the past 150 years precisely because the more you learn about Zionism the more you realize that it is not monolithic.

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      There are probably some black hammer-esque nerds on here, just by law of large numbers, and they will show themselves as being unable to differentiate between the apartheid Israeli state and Jewish people as a whole

      This might have been the case a couple of years ago or whatever, but I'd be surprised if it still was.

      Guess we'll find out.