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Trying2KnowMyself [they/them, comrade/them]

@ Trying2KnowMyself @hexbear.net

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  • After 130 Days in Israeli Military Prison, Conscientious Objector Says He'd Refuse IDF Service Again

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  • And not alone!

    "I would like to remind everyone that while I have finally been freed, there are still two other conscientious objectors in prison currently, and another that might be sent back."

  • After 130 Days in Israeli Military Prison, Conscientious Objector Says He'd Refuse IDF Service Again

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  • awesome. Thanks!

  • After 130 Days in Israeli Military Prison, Conscientious Objector Says He'd Refuse IDF Service Again

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  • Is there a specific swiftie you’re thinking of? A search turned up a bunch of articles about fans pressuring her to support Palestine, but I haven’t found anything quickly that seems to be specifically what you’re referencing.

  • Petition to impeach Donald Trump approaches major milestone

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  • Impeachment, conviction, and removal […] removes the fascist regime

    I left a tooth under my pillow and Bigfoot came down the chimney and left me $100,000.

  • Jonah Goldberg's "Liberalism Fascism" appropriates and inverts a genuine anti-fascist argument.

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  • I read through this twice previously in one headspace and came back to read it a third time now that I’m in a different one. I think the biggest thing that stands out to me is that it sounds like both you and possibly Goldberg are talking about an “American left” that is, unfortunately, relatively fringe.

    Goldberg’s book repurposed and distorted this critique, flipping it to accuse the American left, not merely liberals, of fascist roots, a claim widely rejected by historians of various stripes

    Having not read the book in question, I can’t speak to whether I’d also read Goldberg’s claims that way or as being more targeted at the fascistic liberals. In my initial read throughs, I missed or skimmed over the “American left, not merely liberals” part of that quote and instead interpreted “American left” as a reference to the right-wing liberal opposition to the Republican Party.

    American conservatives like to conflate their controlled opposition with “scary” caricatures of far-more-left ideas than they actually hold, so even if Goldberg talks about Communists and Socialists in the book, I would want to parse whether he’s actually just talking about liberals while giving them more cred than they deserve, or whether he’s genuinely trying to tie fascism to actually-left movements.

    I’d still recommend posting this somewhere else like !effort@hexbear.net - hopefully you’ll get more traction there. People who aren’t interested in low-effort jokes are more likely to have this comm blocked than that one.

  • Minneapolis Antifa progress report- we've successfully hidden all the documents in the sewer system.

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  • Go to tips dot fbi dot gov to report this criminal activity.

  • Jonah Goldberg's "Liberalism Fascism" appropriates and inverts a genuine anti-fascist argument.

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  • Ok, I’m pretty sure the comm rules require me to say:

    GOOD post

    That said, I haven’t read Jonah Goldberg's "Liberalism Fascism" and based on the synopsis I’ve skimmed plus a bit about the author, I probably won’t. Given that light bit of context, I think the assertion in your title - that the book appropriates and inverts a genuine argument for the American “left” being fascist - is something I’d be likely to agree with if I were willing to spend the time reading it instead of something else.

    It seems likely that the rest of your post is presenting not Jonah’s take, but yours on why the American left is rooted in fascism, and while I haven’t tried to dissect it in detail, I haven’t had anything jump out at me that I’d disagree with. I searched for some snippets of the text and either they aren’t indexed, or you wrote this, so it at least hits the part of the comm rules where it’s supposed to be your content.

    While it’s a slower/less trafficked comm, c/effort might be a better place to post this content.

  • Jonah Goldberg's "Liberalism Fascism" appropriates and inverts a genuine anti-fascist argument.

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  • Haven’t read the whole thing yet, but:

    badposting is a comm where you post badly

    You sure you’re in the right comm?

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    Jesus wouldn't recognise these Christians.

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  • That sounds like it’s true in this case, which is why I think it’s important to call out stonetoss edits as problematic - perhaps I should have been clearer that the reason not to post/make them is because he’s a nazi. Luckily others have chimed in here with that info.

    Hopefully with enough awareness people will stop making, posting, and upvoting stonetoss edits.

  • Basically

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  • lol, this idea has been in the back of my head since seeing the China one. Thanks for making it a reality.

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    Vibes based politics explained.

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  • I think it’s clear I’m not the only person who read more into the comment than was intended by it. It’s great that she’s clarified.

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    Vibes based politics explained.

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  • I don’t think anyone should be forced to sell their bodies to survive. Yay capitalism!

    Your original comment doesn’t distinguish that very well.

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    Vibes based politics explained.

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    1. Sex-work exclusionary radical feminism
    2. Because of your prior comment
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    Jesus wouldn't recognise these Christians.

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  • You can just choose not to use stonetoss comics.

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    Vibes based politics explained.

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  • I didn’t feel like that needed to be in the CoC until I read the prior comment and went looking for it to be explicitly stated

  • If this list of candidates turns out to be real, might as well pack it up and just hand the election to republicans

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  • Is it wrong, though?

  • If this list of candidates turns out to be real, might as well pack it up and just hand the election to republicans

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  • If you don’t find Newsom offensive you need to get offended more easily.

  • If this list of candidates turns out to be real, might as well pack it up and just hand the election to republicans

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  • unoffensive

  • If this list of candidates turns out to be real, might as well pack it up and just hand the election to republicans

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  • hand the election to republicans

    Always been their goal, sometimes they fail to accomplish it.