I think it’s a delicate balance.

Pointing out their stupidity and incompetence helps to undermine their attempts at instilling fear even as it risks inaction.

I think it helps to realize that their stupidity is itself also very dangerous (as point 2 hints at).

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

This is obviously terrible.

But… I have to admit that every time I see the abbreviation for the Bureau of Land Management, I immediately think of this:

You’re missing the point here. It’s not about how many people are circumcised. It’s about the fact that circumcision has long been associated with Judaism by most people, and there’s a long history of antisemitism in the discussion around circumcision.

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It’s all so incredibly stupid

Ok, but I also want to see them win

Statements like this from prominent politicians can have a much more positive effect than someone constantly yelling about the Hannibal Directive whenever Oct 7 is brought up.

There’s some real virtue signaling going on in the comments here.

Of course Oct 7 did not happen in a vacuum, and of course decades of prior oppression led to that day.

But, this is still a statement, from the leading candidate in the largest U.S. city, that centers the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Funny thing is, it’s not even world building he loved. It was language creation.

LotR and The Hobbit were sort of a demonstration of his theory that languages needed myths and legends.

The stories were just there to prop up his language creation!

Coates’s line in his discussion with Klein that “sometimes we lose” really stuck with me.

Klein was talking electoral calculations. Coates was talking about those working for true liberation and equality.

To me, this is so much of the difference. Where are we actually trying to go? And how?

Idk, man, if it’s easier for you to speak in Saudi Arabia than in the U.S. that might be a you problem

A lot of people making fun of Kennedy for blaming autism on Tylenol but en serio, how many of you talk disparagingly about autistic folks? because there’s a lot of “oh yeah he doesn’t know better because he’s autistic“ like it’s brain damage or something rather than a literal expression of diversity

Second look at Butlerian Jihad?

No need to focus on the haters!

I don’t care what anybody says, this discussion of IShowSpeed’s name is peak journalism

Yeah, that makes sense. He’s also played all but one of the RC games this year, and I wonder if that was initially the plan.

Damn, I forgot it was 5… a bit strange, then. I’d feel like, of all the guys, having his 100th in SA makes the most sense. But maybe they’d prefer it to be against a top team!

It’s his 98th test, isn’t it? Would just be a bit surprised if they do his 100th as an away game.

A bit surprised to see Siya play this one. Means he’ll probably sit one of either Ireland or France?

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Dear God, somebody help this child!

Nah, pretty sure Gunn has confirmed it’s supposed to be a Swastika, to foreshadow the plot twist that happened last week.

What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!