Profaned Greatsword

@fawnn404 i dont think your point is entirely untrue but at least for americans we get the Boston Massacre shoved down our throats in history classes for years and years and the whole thing is effectively that those killed by the brits were martyrs for the American Revolution

the west cannot comprehend martyrdom because their civilisation is organized around comfort and consumption. to them dying for liberation seems irrational because they have never loved anything more than individual survival.

Yahudi İzleyici: (ağlayarak) Konuşmanız sırasında Yahudilere yönelik birçok kez Nazi benzetmesi yaptınız. Bu son derece incitici. Bu, Nazi rejimi altında gerçekten acı çekmiş olan insanlar için çok aşağılayıcı. Norman Finkelstein cevap veriyor: — Bu tavra artık saygı duymuyorum. Gerçekten duymuyorum. Bu timsah gözyaşlarından hoşlanmıyorum ve onlara saygı da duymuyorum. (Dinleyicilerden alkışlar ve yuhalamalar yükselir) — Yabancı bir dinleyici kitlesi önünde "Holokost kartını" oynamaktan hoşlanmıyorum ama şu an kendimi buna mecbur hissediyorum. Rahmetli babam Auschwitz'deydi. Rahmetli annem Majdanek toplama kampındaydı. Ailemin her iki taraftan da tüm üyeleri katledildi. Annem ve babam Varşova Gettosu Ayaklanması'na katıldılar. — İşte tam da annem ve babamın bana ve iki kardeşime öğrettikleri dersler nedeniyle, İsrail'in Filistinlilere karşı işlediği suçlar karşısında sessiz kalmayacağım! Onların acılarını ve ölümlerini kullanarak; İsrail'in her gün Filistinlilere karşı işlediği işkence, vahşet ve ev yıkma suçlarını meşru göstermeye çalışmaktan daha aşağılık bir şey düşünemiyorum! — Bu yüzden artık bu gözyaşlarıyla sindirilmeyi veya baskılanmayı reddediyorum. Eğer zerre vicdanın olsaydı, burada döktüğün o gözyaşlarını Filistinliler için döküyor olurdun!

Maher's monologue is so full of illogic and factual inaccuracies it's hard to list them all. He conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel and Zionism, even substituting the words for each other when allegedly quoting someone. He claims Randy Fine has never called for nuking or killing Palestinians, which is a blatant lie or at best very sloppy, since Fine has done precisely those things. And the claim it's antisemitic to focus on Israel is such a tired one. We don't fund and provide diplomatic cover for the atrocities of any other country the way that we do for Israel. We aren't violating the First Amendment for the Sudanese government, nor are we banning the Taiwanese from this country. North Korea isn't buying an election in Kentucky. Americans single out Israel for criticism because (1) its crimes are horrific and have been going on for 80 years; (2) as Americans, we can potentially influence our government's policy of supporting Israel; and (3) no other country exercises this kind of influence over our laws, policies, and politics. It's not that complicated.

Bill Maher: I don’t believe in God. Me: cool. Bill Maher: Israel was promised 3,000 years ago. Me: by who? Bill Maher: by God.

“A slave-owner who through cunning and violence shackles a slave in chains, and a slave who through cunning or violence breaks the chains – let not the contemptible eunuchs tell us that they are equals before a court of morality!” -Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours.

Beautiful essay on adult friendship

@TeamAOC @AOC A leader for these times.

Neither jeremy jahns nor chris stuckmann have done a Top Gun review for the rerelease 😞😞😞😞 plz goats

Genuinely one of the best looking cinematic scenes of all time imo

@AomineReborn Genuinely a perfect movie just watched it again in the theater today idc that it’s propaganda

Just watched the original Top Gun in IMAX and Tony Scott’s only goal was to shoot the most beautiful sunsets on film apparently

famed anecdote from val kilmer's memoir about tony scott crying about getting the sunset on film

@notbubbawallace There’s nationalism fundamentally intertwined with most sports around the world. Not saying it should be this way, but I think there’s a deeper analysis of the inherent chauvinism and us-vs-them that is pervasive in all sports, not just American sports.

the blind nationalism of nearly every single team and organization in american sports is, by far, my least favorite part of being a sports fan. it’s so pervasive and it’s impossible to avoid.

@TeamMcMorrow @MICollegeDems @MalloryMcMorrow Nobody is fired up for Milquetoast Mallory McMoron

Fired up with @MICollegeDems

@Henry_White1996 Wow yeah great idea hey how transformative do you think Medicare For All would be you useless liberal

Look me in my eyes and tell me this wouldn’t be transformative for millions of American families

Mamdani might genuinely have the mandate of heaven

@Xuanathame Did that with sister friede when she transitioned to phase 3 with 1 estus and beat her in that attempt

Sam Neill with a great ‘fart story, and Jeff Goldblum with a great ‘fart story’ put-down.

Holy fucking shit. From Platner’s interview with the NYT.

George R R Martin isn’t perfect, but he is a wonderful character writer and tackles sex and gender in interesting, thoughtful, varied ways, and I’m sick of people acting like he’s some kind of grinning pervert for making his characters act like people.