USA having an ethic cleansing. UK watching, wide-eyed. "I want one of those."

My 3 favourite Stephen King novels: 1. The Long Walk 2. The Dead Zone 3. The Running Man

I cannot fucking stand Fleetwood Mac but let's not be too mean, c'mon now

this thread is a nice reminder that hanania is an extremely poor thinker who benefits from the fact that many commentators are innumerate and can be easily misled with simple data manipulation

i cannot emphasize enough how much deborah lipstadt sucks. that year before she wrote an oped about how syrian refugees shouldn’t be admitted to the u.s. because they may be anti-israel.

It's only political violence when non state actors do it. When the state crushes dissent with force that's just "the way things are."

Kelly in particular is all in on the "you're on our side or you're not, and if you are we will defend you to the death."

Wow its like some kind of chorus

This is basically correct although I think certain actors use it much more cynically -- they have already made "woke" a trigger word and just use it to describe all their enemies.

I know this isn't the point but how the fuck did they get the chickens to pose like that?

this exists it is called thinking

Kamala has thought deeply & fearlessly about her catastrophic failure, subjected herself to ruthless self-examination & self-criticism, & come to the entirely objective conclusion that it was all the fault of the powerless people who criticised her, & the answer is to throw them under the bus more.

In the Right's own mythology, the repeal of the fairness doctrine is why you are where you are Donald. As always, the Right aren't happy with just 99% They want it all their own way all the time. To them, any dissent from them is 'bias' and 'neutrality' is total agreement with them at all times.

nothing the heterodox thinkers love more than the most bog standard bullshit

A shitty reactionary centrist candidate. The Dems got by with one in 2020 because of covid. It didn't work again in 2024. Because conventional establishment Dem wisdom is pure mythology. They cling to outlier moments, and bigotry, which seems to confirm their beliefs instead of facing reality.

As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women. The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.

Israel is where these people go to carry out these fantasies share.google/cDGO6Xjj5FmV...

The IDF have just become a KKK like group (worse because they are doing industrial scale AI powered mass murder) for anyone to project their Muslim-killing fantasies onto

Another excellent video from @skepchick.org showcasing - with clips - what a despicable little smear of lying nazi filth Charlie Kirk really was. youtu.be/Y6MShHqqZrw?...

If this happens there will be blood & it will be on the hands of every fucking BBC hack & every fucking tabloid scumbag & every fucking Labour reactionary and every fucking slimeball liberal centrist pundit that spent decades preparing the way for it with their endless avalanche of smug lying cant.

History will judge these people as what they are: collaborators with fascism.

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!" - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. - Matthew 7:15

Yeah I don't even see any real evidence of his politics being left leaning other than people assuming that because he's queer ... Or his partner is trans (I'm not even sure of those details).

nazi logic basically is that if someone is beating the shit out of me on the streets because his favorite podcaster told him we're enemies of the regime, that's NOT political violence, but if my brother intervenes on my behalf to protect me, that is radical leftist terrorism

On the subject of genocides which the left have failed to treat with sufficient urgency, there is one currently underway in Gaza that we have effectively failed to meaningfully oppose at all. Many have made heroic efforts, of course. Yet here we are, watching Gaza's extermination.

There doesn't seem to be any evidence that Tyler Robinson was radicalised by the Left. If he did what he did because of Charlie Kirk's transphobia, a bigotry aimed at someone he loved, then he was, in his way, radicalised by the rhetoric of the Right.

Starmer fully deserves this humiliation.

How can anyone not understand that we need a socialist revolution?

It's beyond time to recognize that the people in charge and the politicians and personalities responsible for fighting fascism are economically and politically intertwined with the need for America to become fascist. We've got more than enough evidence and people have to move beyond denial.

These newspapers that publish articles undermining basic human rights aren't doing it by accident. These administrators aren't making "mistakes." Moderate politicians aren't "confused." They're engaging in class solidarity and capitalism requires accepting fascism now. That's it. That's just it.

A totalitarian movement must never achieve its goals, as that would eliminate the need for the movement itself. Even in victory, new enemies must be created in order to justify further cruelty and domination.

And we'll never rest again Until every Nazi dies

The spectacle of people on the left blithering out conspiracyballs about Tyler Robinson is truly depressing.

My Doctor.

According to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Israeli forces have severed all internet and communication services in Gaza, cutting off nearly 800,000 residents from the outside world.

From The Mind of Adolf Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper:

This will not be the case in America.

A lot of people seem confused by this apparent contradiction. I can help you out. Charlie Kirk was human. Homeless people aren't. Hope this helps. /IRONY/

Yeah, he means he going to say "Antifa!!!" when he arrests and imprisons people who disagree with him.

Remember that "Abundance" hustler @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social went on the demagogue's show in April to hawk his book. When he says "Can't we all get along" what he means is "Can't rich dudes keep scratching each others' backs as the country burns to the ground?"

Thread. One of the things I run into is people getting curious and listening to some of the things I listen to for themselves, and realizing just how soul crushing it is, and how much worse it is than I play on IDSG. That's intentional. A more realistic IDSG would be unlistenable.

Despicable wishy-washy cant.

Standard *fare*. STANDARD *FARE* GODDAMMIT

While I got my knuckles rapped by corporate America for being rude and tasteless about a guy who dreamed of the stoning of me and everyone I love, Fox's Brian Kilmeade advocated explicitly for the state murder of all homeless people -- on live TV, no less -- to virtually no response.

These cat food pouches look like they're stationed on Deep Space 9.

Omg Ben has clearly not actually read Nietzsche, not judging by this anyway. Reminds me of when I listened to his podcast episode about Marx. He knew more than I expected him to... but his actual take was crazypants wrong.

'Conservatism' is the political wing of psychopathy.

Western political and media culture overflows with understanding, empathy, and tolerance for the Right, to the point of pampering them like spoiled babies, pandering to them like aristocratic patrons, to the point of making endless dishonest excuses for them, whatever their outrageous behaviour.

The Right have already turned Kirk's alleged shooter into a vague 'They', just as they did with the kid in Butler, just as @danielharper.bsky.social said they would in our last news brief episode.