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I don't think it is unreasonable for Jews to conclude a lot of this is antisemitism. The average liberal had little to no knowledge of the conflict before 10/7 and have been crash learning about it from probably not the best sources, so it isn't really a surprise they're being clumsy with their language and their hot takes being antisemitic troupes. That's normal and expected when people learn about something quickly. I've had multiple friends, 2 in the bay area, wanting to learn more then realizing they know someone with a degree in international security who could explain it better than Tik Tok (me). None of that rises to actual antisemitism on its own though, but when you factor in other things, it raises some eye brows: Top University Presidents can't tell Congress that calling for the genocide of the Jews is bad. Lefties and liberals, who pride themselves on being culturally aware and careful about not saying the wrong thing, keep repeating the same troupes despite being told why its bad. 120,000 ethnic Armenians were ethnically cleansed in the fall and nobody cared, but everyone has an opinion on Israel and Palestine. Wholesale denial of sexual violence for months. Repeated 'mistakes' by media outlets reporting on the war in Hamas' favor. The left's one state solution being either incredibly naive or willfully being okay with a massive ethnic conflict. Really worrying statistics regarding Gen Z's views on the Holocaust.

Is the data being twisted to give Israel cover, sure, but trying to use that to prove there isn't a problem (or it is less of a problem) is a bit like telling black people in 2020 everything is okay with the police because of the statistics. Jews don't feel safe, they've historically got a good read on this stuff, so let's maybe try to figure out why and how to fix it.

Watching Twitter debate the War Powers Act is... ugh.

Was this worth watching?

Biden supposedly has a very active (too active?) NSC Staff running foreign policy out of the White House, I guess they were and are just used to bypassing Austin? Wasn't the entire idea of another recently retired General as Defense Secretary because Biden needed the expertise?

That but also did the Combatant Commanders (who report directly to SecDef) not notice?

Am I the only one who thinks Biden has a little of W Bush's "well he's a good guy" when judging how his subordinates are performing?

I'll be the first to admit I don't know shit about this issue, I do think though that there needs to be proactive attempts at educating the public on these issues, otherwise the movement is going to get ran over. You're asking the public to massively change their perceptions what's normal, and if the debate devolves into "your woke vs you're a chud", the uneducated idiot like me is either going to go 'meh' with in difference or become closet anti trans. Either outcome is going to give law makers cover to chip away at like this by asking questions about sports, care, and bathrooms. In a perfect world most people would be okay banning late term abortions except for xyz, my objection to those bans is how do you cleanly allow those exceptions without calling the hospital lawyer at 2am, you can't.

I don't think so, it could have been had it not been stopped. Would we remember 9/11 if 3 of the planes were stopped at the gate and the 4th was taken back by the passengers?

Israel iced 2 senior Hamas Leaders in Beiruit Top Hamas official Saleh Arouri, who headed West Bank operations, killed in Beirut blast APNEWS.COM Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank.

US Navy helicopters sink 3 Houthi gunboats.

I've heard it used by international adoptees who are trying to reconnect with the culture they were adopted from.

Did this exist before COVID?

The deaf community is wild. It was more should their also deaf kids have hearing implants, not making them deaf when they otherwise wouldn't be, which is kind of the same thing I guess? That whole debate is largely due to the community being very insular and as a result developed a very rich culture they don't want to lose with the next generation. Even within my own disability, assuming equal access to newborn screening and genetic treatments, Gen A is probably the last generation to experience type 2 and 3 Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which is amazing but also kind of sad because the SMA community has a very strong culture of adaptation. Is that loss justification for denying treatment, absolutely not.

Yeah, they're fun to run into online. I have no doubt they're mentally ill but everyone I ran into online has turned out to be a massive con artist and emotionally manipulative. A lot of the anger is in part because a lot of disabled people struggle to accept their disability due to the social limitations and therefore are upset someone would want that for themselves, but also the idea that they might access extremely limited disability services and accommodations.

Wasn't most of the criticism from black people themselves upset she was claiming to be experiencing the same oppression? In the disability community those with body integrity identity disorder (BIID) are rejected hard because many feel it is an insult to the true experience of whatever disability they identify with. If I'm upstairs in a burning building, I am completely reliant on others to carry me out, but if someone with BIID is in the same situation, they'll get up out of the wheelchair and walk down the stairs (those with BIID in wheelchairs somehow always identify as a T-4 Para, a pretty simple to manage disability, even then they'll feel their ass hurt and aren't at risk of dying from a pressure sore).

I think a lot of this is the result Bernie losing and a clear leader of the progressive movement not being obvious. That loss of leadership scattered the left and opened up the left to the same grift that made MAGA popular, essentially when you tie the anti establishment that they both share. A lot of like the Dore and Bree types are probably progressive, but they're so anti establishment they view MAGA as an ally. Dore, before leaving TYT, said he wanted Trump to win because things would get so bad it would unify the left against establishment liberals who created the conditions for a Trump to rise. Bernie losing again despite Trump winning in 2016 turned them all extremely bitter and more extreme against the establishment, an extremism that the algo boosts, and right wing media funders are more than happy to bankroll (including Russians funding the Greyzone types).

Trans abled is a thing that spicy in the disability community.

How Dave Chappelle Fights the Culture War From the Stage WWW.WSJ.COM Chappelle sold more tickets in the past year than any other comedian despite repeated controversies and blowback. Now he’s planning to open his own comedy clubs. TRUE

Michael Tracey was on the old IGN CEB.

We deserve recognition for one of them being a former CEBer.

One night I compared the local pizza place's delivery service vs DoorDash (same place, order, and tip), was only $1 difference.

Build complete!

Fixed it, bad USB splitter.

Nothing in iCue, error is in Device Manager.