lainabella.bsky.social
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I am genuinely curious how many people, roughly speaking, are defending the killings. There will always be a handful of ghouls no matter the topic. Is this that, or is it something more substantial? Anybody know?
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I just don't understand how this isn't *exactly* what these people (by whom I mean the heavily online people who voted for Trump) complained about re DEI, identity politics, cancel culture, etc. It's just the same old illiberalism in different clothing.
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This can't be true.
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(I read it earlier on Twitter. He's just so smart and big picture oriented. He always makes so much sense to me.)
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I really appreciated and learned from this. Thank you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD5d...
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I don't think he's talking about the term.
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Right. This is why it was the northern pols, not the southern ones, who wanted them counted as less than a whole person. (They wanted them not to count at all, in fact. The 3/5 was a compromise.)
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jfc
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Sing it, Millie Lou. I'm here for your rage. xoxo
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Hey, thanks for the legwork. I agree re treating prisoners humanely.
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"to be tried"
Geo III trumps Trump re democracy
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Are these pictures real? I'm just curious because they look AI-generated.
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❤️
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JC
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Ah, that makes more sense. Thank you.
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I dread the silverware
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Which election? The Wisconsin judge one?
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The mistaken notion of the word "famine" as metaphor, simply because it's so alien and fantastical to modern audiences, reminds me of Gaza. (And of course of Sudan and Congo).
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This was excellent. Thank you.
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A thousand times yes.
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Hannah Arendt worried about this. She was concerned that an explicit Jewish state, forced to maintain a Jewish demographic majority, would trample the rights of the Palestinian Arabs. She expressly argued that Jews on the rebound from the Holocaust would be susceptible to oppressive rule.
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The beauty of social media is that there is normally someone out there inclined to, interested in, happy to catch people up directly. So a "Hey, I'm not caught up on this, can anyone help me out?" is, like, literally, the sign of a vibrant and generous community.
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Ouch. This says more about you than them. It's kinda mean-spirited, no?
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I get in theory the notion of EO's or laws against terrorist activity and (less so) affiliation with terrorists, but how is it possible to issue an EO "against anti-Semitism"? Isn't that like making bigotry or racism against the law? How is that not thought crime or a violation of free expression?
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Not these two, no. Au contraire.
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This is particularly appropriate for anyone living in Ohio. Our two new senators have gone AWOL when it comes to responsiveness to their constituents.
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The beautiful thing about our current situation is that nobody needs to argue about old times--your response is entirely divisive and counterproductive. Bernie's not running for office. We can all just cheer him on, as he is fighting for what most of us want.
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Bernie Sanders values everything regular Democrats used to say they stood for.
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It took me a minute.
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Not this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiF3...
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ha ha, yes!
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wow
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My own former Congressman, Anthony Gonzalez, was among a handful of Republicans to impeach Donald Trump for the insurrection. He immediately paid the price; his political career is over. Idk how he feels today, but I hope it's something like righteous. The stakes are high but he did the right thing.
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you fail to mention that nonforeign-born Americans who break a law nevertheless give birth to citizens. 2/2
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So the entire argument rests on the fact that the parents "clearly did not come in amity"? That's not so clear at all! Many came in amity & lived years w/in the social compact here before having children. You presume everyone shares your narrow view of what amity means, and 1/
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I have kept WaPo & NYT in spite of being unhappy at times. Re WaPo, i.e., according to all sources Bezos was 100% unconnected to editorial content until & except for that non-endorsement nonsense. It was a big deal, for sure, but I do think they remain better than most. Your examples are good, tho.
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NYT is still better than most alternatives. Where do you get your news? Really asking.