For some reason, I keep thinking about how the Emperor Tiberius (the emperor who crucified Jesus) renamed the Sea of Galilee "Lake Tiberias" after himself as part of his brutal repression of the Jews. Renaming things is a powerful form of colonization and oppression of subject populations. - ThreadSky

dianabutlerbass.bsky.social • 8 days ago

For some reason, I keep thinking about how the Emperor Tiberius (the emperor who crucified Jesus) renamed the Sea of Galilee "Lake Tiberias" after himself as part of his brutal repression of the Jews.

Renaming things is a powerful form of colonization and oppression of subject populations.

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kikodiva.bsky.social•8 days ago

I keep thinking about Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey as the Prince of Peace. He was totally trolling the Romans. Genius.

dianabutlerbass.bsky.social•8 days ago

It isn't a distraction or incidental. It is central to campaigns of control.

dianabutlerbass.bsky.social•8 days ago

That's an aspect of "damnatio memoriae," the "condemnation of memory," i.e., erasing the past.

revjss.bsky.social•8 days ago

And an integral part of the control described in the novel “1984.”

viewfromargus.bsky.social•8 days ago

Trump admin doing that all over now, including #Stonewall

bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social•8 days ago

Sorry, but half of us didn't vote for Trump. We aren't afraid of him. We aren't afraid of the thugs he hired from Homeland Security with their beer bellies on full display.

We are defiant. We are all the citizens of Lincoln Heights, Ohio.
https://bsky.app/profile/goldstein.bsky.social/post/3lhyi3ktmd22t

hassnstuff.bsky.social•8 days ago

That’s why everyone should switch all their browsers to use DuckDuckGo as their default search engine! And stop using chrome if you can, and Google maps obviously. Bonus w DDG, u can turn off AI search results, also no ads

dwpeeler.bsky.social•8 days ago

The reason is even deeper, deep enough to drill for oil. He’s renaming it so that his oil baron donor/owners can clutter it with offshore drilling. The angry controversy about the name change is just a smokescreen to hide the truth.

otto73.bsky.social•8 days ago

And we know, through your excellent sermon, what Jesus thought of that.

sandyallnock.bsky.social•8 days ago

I had forgotten about that…😢

andybryan.bsky.social•8 days ago

Excellent connection. Thank you.

reinhardwitiak.bsky.social•8 days ago

Also. Check status of all environmental laws referencing or protecting the Gulf of Mexico.

pmk4-10.bsky.social•8 days ago

“America” is and always will be a continent(s), not a country. The Americas include approximately 60 countries and territories.
Continents have no flag. The United States OF America is just one of many countries.
“Gulf of America” might be technically correct but at this point, it’s 100% pure ego!

tomyenter.bsky.social•8 days ago

And the fact that we call him Jesus regularly instead of Yeshua shows how the Hellenization of Israel was part of that colonization.

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