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Thank you! Their names need to be known.
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thank you! Their names need to be known.
of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.
I really recommend you listen to the Empire podcast. It's about as an unbiased history as you're going to find.
I really recommend you listen to the Empire podcast. It's about as an unbiased history as you're going to find.
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.
I really recommend you listen to the Empire podcast. It's about as an unbiased history as you're going to find.
I really recommend you listen to the Empire podcast. It's about as an unbiased history as you're going to find.
no, Jews lived relatively unbothered in the Muslim world before the establishment of Israel. Unlike the history in Christian lands, with its pogroms and forced conversions.
And Palestine was not "British territory"; they had a mandate from the League of Nations to administer it after the collapse
And Palestine was not "British territory"; they had a mandate from the League of Nations to administer it after the collapse
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
no, Jews lived relatively unbothered in the Muslim world before the establishment of Israel. Unlike the history in Christian lands, with its pogroms and forced conversions.
And Palestine was not "British territory"; they had a mandate from the League of Nations to administer it after the collapse
And Palestine was not "British territory"; they had a mandate from the League of Nations to administer it after the collapse
So, bc of Munich and 10-7 the only recourse is to embark on a permanent program of land theft, oppression and murder.
Got it. I'm sure that's going to ensure Israel's long term security.
Got it. I'm sure that's going to ensure Israel's long term security.
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So, bc of Munich and 10-7 the only recourse is to embark on a permanent program of land theft, oppression and murder.
Got it. I'm sure that's going to ensure Israel's long term security.
Got it. I'm sure that's going to ensure Israel's long term security.
"its citizens"
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"its citizens"
Yes, I'd "invite in" the people whose land I'd stolen. The only long term solution is for a nation with equal rights for all it's citizens. It should cease being a Jewish state, but instead it should be democratic.
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Yes, I'd "invite in" the people whose land I'd stolen. The only long term solution is for a nation with equal rights for all it's citizens. It should cease being a Jewish state, but instead it should be democratic.
East, and it's not surprising that they may be disliked. But nobody is militarily threatening them now, so using that as an excuse to do land theft and genocide is gross and cynical.
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
East, and it's not surprising that they may be disliked. But nobody is militarily threatening them now, so using that as an excuse to do land theft and genocide is gross and cynical.
... refugees drastically changed the demographics. Moreover, the proto-state began engaging in a program of ethnic cleansing and land theft, and some massacres thrown in. This has continued to the present day, obviously.
Israel is the giant racist/imperialist project in the middle of the Middle...
Israel is the giant racist/imperialist project in the middle of the Middle...
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
... refugees drastically changed the demographics. Moreover, the proto-state began engaging in a program of ethnic cleansing and land theft, and some massacres thrown in. This has continued to the present day, obviously.
Israel is the giant racist/imperialist project in the middle of the Middle...
Israel is the giant racist/imperialist project in the middle of the Middle...
Billy, there is an excellent podcast series called Empire. There are several more recent episodes which explore the history of the founding and early years of the state of Israel. Palestine was for centuries about 10% Jewish, and there were few issues. But after the war, a major influx of mostly ...
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Billy, there is an excellent podcast series called Empire. There are several more recent episodes which explore the history of the founding and early years of the state of Israel. Palestine was for centuries about 10% Jewish, and there were few issues. But after the war, a major influx of mostly ...
Are you intimating that there might be a justifiable reason for an Apartheid state?
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Are you intimating that there might be a justifiable reason for an Apartheid state?
Billy, it's been an apartheid state from the beginning.
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Billy, it's been an apartheid state from the beginning.
I especially like the cackling of what I assume are curated right-wing "journalists".
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I especially like the cackling of what I assume are curated right-wing "journalists".
Also, John Kirby at U of C Institute of Politics.
He was such a loathsome spokesman for the Gaza genocide.
He was such a loathsome spokesman for the Gaza genocide.
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Also, John Kirby at U of C Institute of Politics.
He was such a loathsome spokesman for the Gaza genocide.
He was such a loathsome spokesman for the Gaza genocide.
My son is a Cubs fan despite the owners' fascist tendencies.
He is otherwise a lovely human being.
He is otherwise a lovely human being.
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My son is a Cubs fan despite the owners' fascist tendencies.
He is otherwise a lovely human being.
He is otherwise a lovely human being.
But sophistry comes easily to you.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
But sophistry comes easily to you.
Yes.
Just imagine about how bad the Holocaust would have been if those crime genes hadn't been eliminated.
Just imagine about how bad the Holocaust would have been if those crime genes hadn't been eliminated.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yes.
Just imagine about how bad the Holocaust would have been if those crime genes hadn't been eliminated.
Just imagine about how bad the Holocaust would have been if those crime genes hadn't been eliminated.
Yes, *real* domestic terrorists always discuss their actual plans in Pho restaurants so that everyone can hear them.
Fantasizing is exactly right.
Fantasizing is exactly right.
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yes, *real* domestic terrorists always discuss their actual plans in Pho restaurants so that everyone can hear them.
Fantasizing is exactly right.
Fantasizing is exactly right.
hey, watched it - you nailed it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
hey, watched it - you nailed it.
To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
Yes, I heard about that on the Empire podcast. But it was Arab mathematicians who were the source for Europe, so it's understandable why we historically call them Arabic.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yes, I heard about that on the Empire podcast. But it was Arab mathematicians who were the source for Europe, so it's understandable why we historically call them Arabic.
I would say an a beret found at an art school is a little too on the nose.
Except that it's a hat.
Except that it's a hat.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I would say an a beret found at an art school is a little too on the nose.
Except that it's a hat.
Except that it's a hat.