Even drugs aren’t actually a shortcut, they can just put you in a position to receive the information better. Some people trip and do a lot of introspective work, and others just zonk out and let themselves get distracted.
In my opinion, it’s how you use it, not what you use, that matters.
In my opinion, the protestors for Palestinian recognition were confusing the message. The protest was literally called “no kings” because it was rejecting his attacks on our democracy and his harmful domestic policy.
While America has supported Israel (disgracefully) during their genocide, that is a foreign policy move that has been shared by every president in the last two decades or so, and does not constitute the king-like behavior that has made him different from other presidents. Meanwhile, the deporting of legal immigrants, detention of citizens by the military, gutting of government agencies, and ignoring of judicial orders is all highly unusual, and is exactly the reason it is called “no kings”.
I hope your blog will address why you chose to make the Palestinian issue a central theme of your visual presentation, and why you think it belongs under the headline of a “no kings” protest when it is a policy decision that is shared by both parties.
To be abundantly clear before people think I’m pro-Israel, I believe they are committing genocide against the Palestinian people, and they should be stopped and punished for crimes against humanity. I have no position against the Palestinians at all, I only question whether or not their struggle belonged in this protest, just like I think weed legalization would have been out of place too, even though it is a position I heavily support.
No one has cake now. They must have eaten it all.
Whoooosh!
Or OTO-USA.org if you want a cult that’s not full of squares.
They will when I keep booking the most expensive handymen in town.
Thank you for elaborating. I understand your position better now. To be honest, you sound a lot like my mom does.
I too wish we lived in a world where violent resistance wasn’t necessary, and the powerful people who control us would listen to peaceful activism. That, unfortunately, is an ideal and not our current reality.
In the absence of that, I desire a world where people are brave enough to take risks for what is right, and who aren’t handcuffed by their principles when the times call for action. The protestors who are out there right now are, by and large, those types of people: patriots who are willing to do what is necessary now so your children might be able to achieve the ideal you’ve described later.
It blocked me for having an adblocker turned on, which is why I provided the link.
Nothing wrong with talking about or looking at the dark side, but that was not how your comment came across. It came across as a “both sides” argument that simply does not hold water.
It’s like saying the confederates and the union both killed people, so they are both bad, completely ignoring that one side was fighting to deny rights to a whole race of people. Both sides are not the same here. The far right are in the wrong, and the only language they seem to understand is brute force.
Any person or group who uses their life to pursue injustice towards others for their race, religion, gender, orientation, or personal identity deserve to rot in hell. Those who send them there or work to slow them down deserve a medal and a thank you.
I’m sorry, are you lost sir? I believe you’ve stumbled into the enemy camp. /s
Agreed, that’s a good way of saying what I was struggling to articulate.