Evilsandwichman [none/use name]

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Cake day: January 12th, 2021

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  • Pro-Palestine rally: Cease genocide and follow international law

    Pro-Israel rally: Kill all Palestinians

    You know, I can kind of see why this is tricky for so many.

    I also wonder what all these folks think their own reaction would be if people from half a world away came over, colonized us, stuck us in an open air prison and then treated us as horrifically as the Palestinians have been treated. Aren't there literally movies and games about America being invaded and the invaders treated as the bad guys?

    Seriously, I would love for all anti-Palestine reporters to be asked point blank what they would do if they endured what the Palestinians had to endure.



  • there's entire chapters that just go "x is the son of y is the son of z is the son of a who's the son of b and the son of c".

    I can't speak to how relevant this is to history in most parts of the world, but interestingly in places like ancient Ireland, genealogy was an important part of identity. Among the questions a stranger would be asked would be who his father is, what his clan is and what his profession is. Obviously today we value different aspects of identity, but historically at least in some places (and at the point I'm mentioning in history, Ireland was Christian) bloodline was part of how people knew you; it's a fascinating look into historical mindsets.






  • bite America in the ass

    It won’t be America it bites in the ass; they’ll be a deadly menace to their neighbors in the West (as I would imagine Russia is going to remain on its toes about armed Ukrainian militias). They’ve been pretty open about their far right views. Frankly this was actually a brilliant strategy for the government; much like how they turned the Middle East into nations yearning for America’s protection, so too will the rest of (Western) Europe now become new clients. As a business strategy it’s brilliant, my only question is why European governments and the idiots who vote for them over there actually going along with this; you’re watching the car careening towards the cliff, why are you cheering the guy pushing it from behind rather than slamming on the brakes.

    Even the Taliban didn’t commit 9/11 until the US had already been engaged in military actions in Afghanistan for years by that point. War profiteering is the point.