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As much as I don't like most ai content, I don't think the readiness it's been accepted should really be anything of a surprise. We've lived in a world where low quality and enshittifying products have been the norm for decades, trendy Shein clothing falling…
If anything, the recent trend of instant-gratification short form media content becoming so dominant was sort of the canary in the coal mine for this sort of thing. Deeper-level, analytical engagement is just kinda on the decline in general
If anyone was looking for some good news, we have a pretty big union victory in entertainment
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Forwarded from Midget memes, broken dreams (Chelle 🐾🖤🎩)
I will take no notes lol
(idk why the person who created the option listed butter bread twice)
(idk why the person who created the option listed butter bread twice)
Since a lot of people are talking about it due to both Druidposting and Contra's latest statements, let's discuss the anti-zionism, anti-semitism and anti-genocide movements.
Anti-genocide: being against the current cycle of murder, cultural erasure and occupation/eviction of Arabic Palestinians.
Anti-Zionism: Being against Zionism, which is the ideology in favor of sustaining, empowering and sometimes even expanding a Jewish state.
Anti-semitism: Hatred of Jewish people, sometimes to the point of outright advocation for violence against them.
We've seen lots of people (well intentioned and ill intentioned both) try to collapse these positions into the same thing, or otherwise blur the line. We're rhetorically responsible for preventing that from happening, as it almost never happens to the benefit of innocent people.
Anti-genocide: being against the current cycle of murder, cultural erasure and occupation/eviction of Arabic Palestinians.
Anti-Zionism: Being against Zionism, which is the ideology in favor of sustaining, empowering and sometimes even expanding a Jewish state.
Anti-semitism: Hatred of Jewish people, sometimes to the point of outright advocation for violence against them.
We've seen lots of people (well intentioned and ill intentioned both) try to collapse these positions into the same thing, or otherwise blur the line. We're rhetorically responsible for preventing that from happening, as it almost never happens to the benefit of innocent people.
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If you want my perspective, anti-genocide advocacy can and should be our focus, and we should make it abundantly clear that that's what we're talking about.
While I'm also an anti-Zionist, (I don't believe in ethnostates in general, especially not ethnostates built by displacing and discriminating against native populations) I don't believe that's exactly a winnable battle at the moment, and advocating for such an extremely controversial opinion in tandem with something that IS a winnable fight (anti-genocide) has, actually, done tangible damage to the anti-genocide cause.
This is not to say we should stop holding anti-Zionist beliefs and should stop trying to expand the anti-zionist network in our personal lives, rather that letting anti-zionism BECOME SYNONYMOUS with the anti-genocide movement is actively shrinking the coalition of a potentially successful movement.
As for anti-semites?
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
While I'm also an anti-Zionist, (I don't believe in ethnostates in general, especially not ethnostates built by displacing and discriminating against native populations) I don't believe that's exactly a winnable battle at the moment, and advocating for such an extremely controversial opinion in tandem with something that IS a winnable fight (anti-genocide) has, actually, done tangible damage to the anti-genocide cause.
This is not to say we should stop holding anti-Zionist beliefs and should stop trying to expand the anti-zionist network in our personal lives, rather that letting anti-zionism BECOME SYNONYMOUS with the anti-genocide movement is actively shrinking the coalition of a potentially successful movement.
As for anti-semites?
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
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