I've been away for a while due to a strenuous and stressful move. I'm a bit more settled now in a new city where I don't know anyone or anything, hoping for a fresh start and a fruitful direction. Although it's quite lonely at the start.
commiewolf
joined 3 years ago
Hey mate, I know what it's like having reactionary family, it's hard, heartbreaking, and disappointing. There's no guarantee that you can change them, and at the end of the day it's their decision and opinion, all you can do is show them your evidence, and whether they take it or not it's entirely up to them.
That being said, there's something of a mismatch in your brother's supposed viewing habits that I think you can use as a starting point. Badempanada actually did a very good piece on GDF, and how his content is deliberately presented to misrepresent the relationship between Israel, Judaism, and the US Empire in order to fuel his largely anti-Semitic audience. You could perhaps use that as a starting point to talk about the many contradictions in your brother's logic and help him understand where he's being misled.
I'll link them here
I don't get why you're being downvoted so much, you're right. I see so much hype around this past week from (what I assume) to be mostly western users on this space and others, where they fall into the trap of repeated memes and mutual jerkoff sessions about what is frankly a niche, US centric set of events, which I would expect to be either ignored and moved on with after a couple of days, or used as a means of generating meaningful agitprop. However the majority of the stuff being parroted around here is not that different from what shitlib US liberals have been posting in regards to the same topic, so I see no point at all in us here joining in with them to pile on and parrot what is very obviously an artificially inflated media story to distract people from shit that may actually matter to them.
I don't like how we have what is essentially a massive influx of newly active users who's entire outlook at the moment seems to be their position on that one topic, although I can somewhat forgive them for it since it's what may have gotten them banned from other places and led them here. But for those of us who know how this shit goes, why are we also getting bogged down?
Damn shame about the fucking Carrefour sponsorship. Ruines the shot.
Wtf is actually happening here? Have any credible journalists / experts weighed in?
Interestingly enough, a previous iteration of this exact kind of legislation was floated earlier this year, and Charlie Kirk of all people was among those who spoke out against it. Now, this is once again brought up, interesting timing.
Belgium mate.
Organize, join a party, even a union if you can, and help your community. That is how you fight back. Picking up a gun to go and die in Spain didn't make much of a difference back in the day, and it isn't enough today either. For every heroic socialist volunteer fighting to bring about revolution overseas, there should be thousands back home building it in their own society.
Being an enemy of the US is dangerous, being it's ally is most certainly fatal.
I'm wondering if it merits a megathread, but honestly, I think the old saying should be applied here:
The opposite of love is indifference
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Terrifying Screenshot Posted By Trump on His Truth Social of His Private Texts With US Ambassador To Israel Mike Huckabee
(lemmygrad.ml)
Apologies for the awkward dimensions, this was how it was posted.
Transcript:
Mr President, God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century—maybe ever. The decisions on your shoulders I would not want to be made by anyone else. You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice. I am your appointed servant in this land and am available for you but I do not try to get in your presence often because I trust your instincts. No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945. I don’t reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you. I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else’s. You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave.
I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down! You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU! It is my honor to serve you!
Mike Huckabee
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Genuine Question. How and Why are so many Arabs, Muslims, and Middle eastern diaspora so glad to see the Syrian "Rebels" take power?
(lemmygrad.ml)
I have seen no end of Muslims, almost exclusively Sunni, online and in real life, celebrating the fall of the Syrian Arab Republic. Even where I live, there are Syrians celebrating it. I don't know if it's just sectarianism, brainwashing, or ignorance, or some combination of it, but almost all of them I have seen are celebrating this.
Be it in comment sections, social media posts, cheering in the streets of European cities, etc. How have so many of these people consistently sided with Gaza from the start, but celebrate an Israeli backed terrorist takeover of Syria?
The reaction to stories from Al Jazeera revealing the reality in Palestine were unanimously celebrated by these same people as standing up for the truth, meanwhile, when the same Al Jazeera peddles anti-Syrian propaganda, they are happy to welcome it as equally good news.
I don't want to lose faith in the Muslims and Arabs of the world, but if they're so mixed up in sectarianism and willing to lap up the propaganda in support of a Jihadist regime, I can't see how we'll ever know peace or stability in the Middle east.
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Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with the Netherlands in exceptional and unusual move
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Thank you comrade