I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You.

This should be bookmarked. Perma tag this to the top.

 

How can I change the world if I don't spam hot takes on a small basketball BBS sub forum dedicated to politics?

 

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

 

First they came for the V-Span fans
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a V-Span fan.
And in fact, I joined them
Because I thought it was fun.
Then they came for the KPJ fans
And I did not speak out
Because he obviously had one screw loose.

And when they come for me...

Spoiler

Lots of y'all can speak up
Because we only been talking 'bout DaDakota.

 

You leftists used to like him.

Until he started speaking up for Jews.

You prefer that people don't.

Prefer to look away.

Prefer to not be reminded of your tacit complicity.

Prefer to ridicule those who speak up.

 

What about the woke people ?

They need to get the Vernon Maxwell Portland fan ‘experience’

they are trying to transgender kids, ruin Star Wars , rainbow color Islam and hate Jews

it’s really they/them

they need to be put in the Arkham asylum or get some osembic cause they are lard fat

@Salvy
@ROXRAN

 

I stand with Israel.

Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed

 

I figured you preferred this one

Ezekiel 23:20.

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

 

How long did it take the regular numb nuts here to post their outrage?

 

I still like Rapaport. Otherwise, n/m and carry on. A choir awaits your short internet video clips for some high-fiving.

 

Looks like painting with a broad brush finally got you to say something of substance.

 

Not for long though.

 

This piece matches almost exactly what I've basically said the same things as these passages:

"There’s a facile version of taking a stand on social media that generates righteous back patting but reduces complex issues to a simple yes or no. Taking simplistic stands can also lead to twisting words. Concern for Palestinians is portrayed as support for Hamas or hatred toward Israel or Jews in general. Anger about Hamas’s deadly attacks on Israeli citizens — or any mention of antisemitism — is portrayed as denigrating the dignity of all Palestinian lives. This kind of thinking is deeply unserious and further fuels hostilities, warping nuanced positions into extremism and mistaking tweet-length expressions of outrage for brave action in the face of atrocity."

"The impulse toward loud, reductive declarations reflects genuine fear about horrors that lie beyond words. Simple binaries imply simple solutions. And it’s much more pleasant to tell yourself you stand on the side of good, against evil, than to question whether the lines of demarcation were drawn correctly.


Sitting with uncertainty is hard, especially when social media has primed us to expect perfect real-time information during traumatic events and to want instantaneous answers and resolution. Moral certainty is an anchor we cling to when factual certainty is not possible. And the faster we express it, the more certain we appear. The most righteous among us post — and do it immediately."

And we see right on this page examples of what the author is talking about particularly.
"This kind of thinking is deeply unserious and further fuels hostilities, warping nuanced positions into extremism and mistaking tweet-length expressions of outrage for brave action in the face of atrocity."

 

NY Times is a leftist publication making excuses for leftists and Islamists.

"Concern for Palestinians is portrayed as support for Hamas or hatred toward Israel or Jews in general."

Thats because - in many cases - that's exactly what it is.

 

Did you even read the whole piece?

It also says:
"I do have opinions, of course, but they don’t fit in a tweet (and would be extremely awkward on TikTok). I think Hamas is a terrorist group and Israel has a right to defend itself. I lived in Manhattan on Sept. 11, and even so, I can’t imagine the grief and terror Jewish people feel right now in the face of continued attacks and rising antisemitism globally. I also think that the Israeli state should not be allowed to conflate Hamas with Gaza or to cut off electricity and access to food and medical supplies to civilians who are trapped in Gaza or to justify those acts by claiming that Palestinians who live there — about half of whom are children — can just leave when they plainly can’t. If the destruction of Gaza is not the goal, it is a very real possibility, and that should be equally unacceptable."

 

Humor is prohibited in this forum.

GUILTY!