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CinemaTherapy, Tone Policing, Mace Windu
The CinemaTherapy video on Palpatine contains, I will say it nicely, opinions about the Jedi in general that I disagree with, (I love most of their videos, and their advice on avoiding manipulation in this one is useful and good, I hope it helps people, etcetera) but what I want to talk about is the specific moment where they mention Mace Windu for literally half a second.
At 14:07-14:29, they say, (copying directly from the episode transcript):
Jono: But what Anakin is not mature enough or mindful enough or experienced enough to be aware of, is that he's being steered right, and that Palpatine is doing it deliberately to drive a wedge between Anakin and the people he cares about and who care about him. At least a few of them do. Um, not Mace. Mace. Come on...
Anakin [ROTS clip]: I must go, Master.
Mace [ROTS clip]: No.
Alan: Do better, man.
Jono: Do better, Mace.
I firmly don’t know what explanation there is for this other than tone policing of a black man. Whether it’s CinemaTherapy’s problem specifically, or if they’ve just been drinking the fandom koolaid I don’t know, but it’s a problem either way. Let me explain.
The casualness of the remarks is wild. There is a full eyeroll, and several *theatrically* shaken heads. The transcript does not fully convey how out of place it feels watching it. It's almost to the point where I really want to give the benefit of the doubt and believe it's sarcasm, but the rest of the video does really not support that assumption. (If this is my failure of interpreting other humans, and it was sarcasm, then forgive me, I suppose).
I’m not even sure what aspect of Mace's behavior toward Anakin they’re addressing? The ROTS clip they choose to play of him—presumably an attempt to highlight whatever they’re talking about—is from Mace telling Anakin to stay behind when he's going to face Palpatine.
Of all the moments, if I was ever going to try and construct a “Mace is mean to Anakin specifically narrative,” I would not pick that one? It’s quite literally the chillest interaction they have in all three movies? If I was them, and trying to actually showcase an “Anakin’s doesn’t get enough affirmation or connection from the Jedi,” narrative, I would choose a scene like when Mace says Anakin won’t be trained. At least there you could make a argument that the council’s decision could’ve been explained a bit less bluntly, and that there’s something of a “conversations that adults should be having privately are instead occurring in front of a child” situation.
The casualness of the remark, the “Do better, Mace” and the knowing head shakes, those matter. The way they’re just tossed in, as if every audience member will instantly agree and chuckle at how of course Mace Windu is being mean and rude, they tell the casual Star Wars viewer that this is a universally accepted position, when it is not.
It also supposes the idea that Mace owes Anakin special emotional labor. A relationship therapist might, I don’t know, consider the relationship between Anakin, Mace, and the very relevant context of the interaction before making this judgement? Mace is not one of Anakin’s friends, confidants, or even a member of his lineage. He is, especially in the moment they chose to highlight, the leader of the Jedi Order. Anakin’s boss, to oversimplify, and the leader of Anakin’s people, to say the truth. He’s worried about the fate of the entire galaxy at that specific moment!
And guess what? He’s not even being rude, at all. He’s being direct, that’s it.
If they had chosen to highlight the line, "If what you have told me is true, you will have gained my trust," and talked about Mace not trusting Anakin, I might have been willing to humor this argument out of respect for the relevant textual evidence and for the sake of having some peace. But no, in their own words, this is about, "Anakin and the people he cares about and who care about him." This remark is about care, not trust.
And guess what again? Despite all of the other things he has to think about, Mace is considering Anakin’s feelings here. He isn’t telling Anakin to stay behind because he doesn’t want Anakin to be allowed to participate is the cool fun lethal lightsaber duel. He does it because Anakin is emotionally compromised. Even if you think of the the Jedi as flawed, you cannot think taking Anakin to fight Sidious would be a good, safe, or healthy idea? Would you take the person who you’re just figuring out has probably been groomed for years into a violent confrontation with their abuser?
Mace Windu is doing everything, thinking of everything, and caring about everything in this scene, and yet fans still find fault with him. They still find him insufficient and mean.
Opinions like these are not subtle, they are not cute, and they are deeply influenced by what Mace looks like in relationship to what to what Anakin looks like.
Step back, examine scenes for what actually occurs in them, rather than what larger fandom and larger society tells you is happening in them. This is the core of analyzing and creating art. What do you see in the world that others do not? I beg of you, see Mace Windu for once.
(If I was going harder, I would talk about how I think their very lame opinions of the Jedi are causing them to actually miss some of the depth of Sidious’ manipulation (including leaving out so much as a mention of the scene where Obi-Wan very explicitly tells Anakin he’s proud of him), but again, for the interpretation they’ve decided on their advice seems good, so I’ll leave it alone.)
#cinema therapy#star wars#jedi#mace windu#anakin skywalker#sheev palpatine#darth sidious#tone policing#implicit bias#racisim#krayt complains
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Tagged by @disasterbuckdiaz, @loserdiaz, @hippolotamus, @monsterrae1, @buddierights & @the-likesofus ❤️
Shuffle your on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs!
Through me (the flood) by Hozier
Portals by Alan Silvestri
Skeleton by Paravi
Digital Silence by Peter McPoland
Kara main theme by Norman Dück
First love/Late Spring by Mitski
High by Naethan Apollo
Abstract (Psychopomp) by Hozier
emails I can’t send by Sabrina Carpenter
This is Halloween by Federico Dubbini
Your top 15 favourite shows can say a lot about your personality (list your top 15 shows)
Doctor Who
9-1-1
Grey’s Anatomy
Torchwood
Dimension 20
Teen Wolf
Julie and the Phantoms
Schitt’s Creek (ty to hippo for getting me into it)
Dragonball Z
Tru Calling
Private Practice
Supernatural
Hannibal
The Walking Dead
Criminal Minds
tagging: @superdanys, @bluepawies, @prettyboybuckley, @eddiebabygirldiaz, @rogerzsteven, @andrewblur, @wheelsupin-five, @spotsandsocks, @loveofastarvingdog, @spookylostboy, @liabegins & @your-catfish-friend
#this was so hard lol#also I wanna say Hozier being there twice does not surprise me much lmao#tag game
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alan ritchson, gay, male + he/him, fighter «—◦—→ well met, dallas charming ! the godling born child of iris. it’s been thirty-eight years and now they have answered the song in their veins. can he change the course of history with their hardworking, appealing, + observant ? or will their naive, mischievous, manipulative hinder them? only time will tell before this godling’s name is sung into myth and legend!
name: Dallas Tyler Charming nicknames: Charming date of birth: 04/27/1985 age: Thirty-Eight face claim: Alan Ritchson godly parent: Iris height: 6'2 dominant hand: Right education level: Masters Degree occupation: Reporter
parents: Austin and Virginia Charming. siblings: N/A pets: N/A
astrological sign: Taurus positive traits: Appealing, Observant, Hardworking, Kind-hearted . negative traits: Naive, Mischievous, Manipulative, Hard headed. habits: He has the habit of sitting back and watching everyone around him. He's not one who's quick to jump into rambunctious activities until he can get a lay of how everyone acts. quirks: His biggest quirk is he always has to have on his father's watch. It's a gold watch, and on the face of the clock is a rainbow shift of sorts. pet peeves: He has a thing against people who constantly fall short. He thrives with dependability, so when he comes to the conclusion you cannot be counted on, he's done. hobbies: Loves riding his motorcycle and has a thing for reading.
sexual orientation: Gay. sexual position: Vers.
clothing style: Over the years, his fashion had evolved. Typically, people could find him wearing form fitting jeans and tight t-shirts. He was known to spark up a blazer and a nice button up for certain occasions, but typically, he was dressed more casual. prominent features: His smile, his rather beefy chest, his muscles.
what were they doing when they hear the song of their godling blood? He was chasing down a lead right at dawn. Just as he had come across a ground breaking piece of information for his story, something felt different. Almost like he'd found his calling.
class: Fighter. inspirations: Lois Lane from DC Comics, Dazzler from Marvel , Paige Matthews from Charmed, Frankie from Rizzoli and Isles, Tru Davies from Tru Calling. biography: Dallas was born to two hardworking, loving parents named Austin and Virginia in a small town outside of Denver, Colorado. It seemed rather fitting for them. His father was an ex-military man, and his mother, well, she was a very big free spirit. Something about her had captured his father's heart, made him softer than he appeared. Growing up, he always had that hard work could make anything happened instilled into him. Something both of his parents took very seriously. From a young age, it was clear he had a love for writing and reading. It was very rare someone didn't catch the boy with a book in hand or near him. Through adolescence, he began to venture out from his love for literature and found himself falling in love with sports and working out. From the age of thirteen, he started playing baseball. It became his great love. Hell, it was what took him all the way to college, but once he got there, suddenly, he found his heart torn between baseball and writing. At Colorado State, in-between games and practices, he was writing for the college paper. Helping explore and expose different things around campus. The jock had his name front line and centered for his work on the story of the collegiate sports teams illegal substance usage. That was what ended his time on the team pretty quick. As Virginia always told him, once a door closes, find that open window and soar. So, he continued on through college to obtain a masters degree in Journalism. Everyday that he walked into the newspaper where he worked, he had framed pieces from headlines he wrote, his degree and, well, a bunch of sticky notes. For years, he worked hard, fought against anything that came his way, and he made a name for himself as being one of the best damn journalists in the US. He felt that his calling was to tell and show the world the truth, the darkness, the light. That was until he found his true calling..
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when placed in context with this, I do wonder if some of the dissonance I felt with Saga's story is intentional (instead of a difference in writing tastes). I've already elaborated on it elsewhere, but it's interesting how she is presented as having the most "normal" circumstances (a job, a nuclear family) while being possibly the least normal person around - a woman sitting at the convergence of two paranatural bloodlines. the "story" that Saga is drawn into is a very human one of grief and failure. her "reality" is distinctly not human - not just a parentage far beyond human, but her problems conveniently wrapped up and discarded in the form of a "story," and her paranatural ancestry shielding her from the worst of it.
both Saga and Casey occupy a position in the story where they are insistent that they are not characters and are their own people, but are nevertheless so thoroughly shaped by other characters and circumstances that there's almost a dark comedy to it. it's an interesting contrast to Alan, who knows that he's dancing to someone else's tune and is writing himself towards being "fictional" (as in, a paranatural being, something beyond human) - and those same fictional struggles are so thoroughly grounded in real, human problems that it's uncomfortable to watch and experience at times.
I think I've said it elsewhere, but it'd be fascinating if that was set-up for Saga having to grapple with always having had one foot in another world and being unaware of it for so long. with her life being built on a tenuous ground of falsehoods.
the way Remedy games skirt so close to the fourth wall without committing the sin of being ironic about it is good. like, Casey does not exist in his own right as a character. from the Doylist perspective, he's there as narrative scaffolding for Saga and for Alan, one of several unifying vertices they share. from the Watsonian perspective, Alan unknowingly pulled details from Casey's life for his writing, and it freaks Casey out. he is so mad and so insistent that he's not a character to be yanked around, because he's having to contend with the growing fear that he is - that at least some of his life is not his own.
and that is true. from the Doylist perspective, if Saga and Alan's stories didn't require him to exist, then he wouldn't. there's also the fact that he's a thinly-veiled reference to Max Payne, a character from a different game. he is entirely formed out of these other characters.
so we've got this character who is upset about his perceived role in the "story." in the Watsonian story? sure, he exists outside of it, and he's right to insist that he's his own person beyond it. but in the Doylist story? he's right to worry that he isn't his own person at all.
in a way, he's aware that he is a secondary character in a video game, without the game having to wink-wink at you about it. and the tension from this narrative overlap and contradiction is treated very earnestly, even when it's in the middle of goofy metatextual musical numbers and missable short snuff films and a running joke about how he looks like that one guy in real life.
#alan wake 2#saga anderson#remedy posting#like i haven't been able to stop thinking abt the casual mention that freya was legit gaslighting saga abt the nature of her mind place.....#fucked up if tru#*posts
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Clarke is named after Joan Clarke, one of the codebreakers who worked with Alan Truing to break the Enigma cipher at Bletchley Park. In the fic she's originally from, she works with two programs named Ada and Babbage... named after Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage. Of the three, she's the only one that willingly chose to join the occupation (although she quickly realized her mistake).
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Nintendo movie casts
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2
Chris Pratt as Mario
Charlie Day as Luigi
Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach
Jack Black as Bowser
Keegan-Michael Key as Toad
Jack Dylan Grazer as Yoshi
Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong
Ginnifer Goodwin as Princess Daisy
P!nk as Rosalina
Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong
Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek
Eric Bauza as Diddy Kong
Danny Trejo as Wario
Neil Patrick Harris as Waluigi
Khary Payton as Penguin King
Juliet Jelenic as Lumalee
Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike
Cassandra Lee Morris as Dixie Kong
Mae Whitman as Toadette
Kevin Afghani as Mario’s Dad
Jessica DiCicco as Mario’s Mom
Karan Soni as Chunky Kong
Eric Bauza as Koopa Troopa Soldiers
Eric Bauza as Toad General
Jessica DiCicco as Yellow Toad
Rino Romano as Uncle Tony
John DiMaggio as Uncle Arthur
Jessica DiCicco as Aunt Marie
Brian Hull as Mario’s Grandpa
Denis Leary as Swanky Kong
Jessica DiCicco as Mayor Pauline
Frank Todaro as Blue Toad Guard
Tru Valentino as Yellow Toad Guard
Anna Brisbin as Mario’s Niece
Richard Ayoade as Banktoad
Wallace Shawn as Mailtoad
John DiMaggio as Boom Boom
Cassandra Lee Morris as Pom Pom
Carlos Alazraqui as Toadsworth
Cristina Vee & Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Lumas
Kdin Jenzen as Birdo
Christina Aguilera as Perry the Parasol
Ice-T as Funky Kong
Rosario Dawson as Candy Kong
Terry Crews as Rambi
Zac Efron as Enguarde
Brian Hull as Squawks
Maurice LaMarche as Goomba
Ben Diskin as Koopa Paratroopa Soldiers
Brian Tyree Henry as Sledge Bro
Scott Menville as Dry Bones
Grant George as Hammer Bro
Nate Bihldorff as Shy Guy
Dee Bradley Baker as Snifit
Dee Bradley Baker as Bob-omb
Frank Welker as Piranha Plant
Todd Womack as Spiny
Jason Liebrecht as Buzzy Beetle
The Donkey Kong Country Movie
Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong
Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong
Oscar Isaac as King K. Rool
Eric Bauza as Diddy Kong
Cassandra Lee Morris as Dixie Kong
Karan Soni as Chunky Kong
Ice-T as Funky Kong
Rosario Dawson as Candy Kong
Cristina Vee as Tiny Kong
Jennifer Coolidge as Wrinkly Kong
Cristina Milizia as Kiddy Kong
Jordan Peele as Lanky Kong
Denis Leary as Swanky Kong
Terry Crews as Rambi
Zac Efron as Enguarde
Brian Hull as Squawks
Tim Blaney as Rattly
Kevin Michael Richardson as Squitter
Paul Tibbitt as Expresso
Justin Rupple as Winky
Torbin Xan Bullock as Clapper
Cheech Marin as Glimmer
Sloane Murray as Ellie
ExoParadigmGamer as Perry
Mr. T as Klubba
Jess Harnell as Klump General
Stephen Stanton as The Brothers Bear
Rob Izenberg as Very Gnawty
Alex Hirsch as Master Necky
Cree Summer as Queen B.
Jerry DeCaupa as Really Gnawty
MacInTalk as Dumb Drum
Greg Baldwin as Master Necky Snr.
Alan Tudyk as Krow
Matt Chapman as Kleever
ProtonJon as Kudgel
Steve Carell as King Zing
Steve Purcell as Belcha
Ian Hecox as Arich
Jeff Bennett as Squirt
Danny McBride as Bleak
Cheech Marin as Barbos
The Kirby Movie
Kate Micucci as Kirby
John Mulaney as King Dedede
Antonio Banderas as Meta Knight (in English & Spanish)
Karan Soni as Bandana Waddle Dee
Eric Bana as Rick
Dee Bradley Baker as Kine
Steve Buscemi as Coo
Henry Winkler as Chef Kawasaki
Richard Ayoade as Taranza
James Arnold Taylor as Magolor
Richard Horvitz as Daroach
Mela Lee as Susie Haltmann
Max Mittelman as Marx
Fryda Wolff as Gooey
The Star Fox Movie
Jason Schwartzman as Fox McCloud
Bill Hader as Falco Lombardi
Liam Neeson as Wolf O’Donnell
Blake Shelton as Peppy Hare
David Spade as Slippy Toad
Martin Short as Andross
Ed Harris as General Pepper
Kevin Michael Richardson as Leon Powalski
Bruce Campbell as ROB 64
Brian Hull as Pigma Dengar
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Andrew Oikonny
Jason Isaacs as James McCloud
Bonnie Hunt as Katt Monroe
Bobby Cannavale as Panther Caroso
Ariel Winter as Fara Phoenix
Carolyn Lawrence as Miyu
Deneen Melody as Fay
Anairis Quiñones as Krystal
EarthBound
Marissa Lenti as Ness
Amber Lee Connors as Lucas
Fryda Wolff as Paula
Issac Ryan Brown as Jeff
Roger Craig Smith as Poo
Cristina Vee as Kumatora
Frank Welker as Boney
Pikmin
Timothy Dalton as Olimar
Kevin Michael Richardson as Louie
Red Van Buskirk as Alph
Christopher Wehkamp as Charlie
Tati Gabrielle as Brittany
Keston John as President
Hajime Wakai as the Pikmin
Brian Sommer as Bulborb
Animal Crossing
Kimiko Glenn as Isabelle
Dee Bradley Baker as Tom Nook
Jason Liebrecht as K.K. Slider
Marc Maron as Mr. Resetti
Splatoon
Emichuu as Squid Sister Callie
Cristina Vee as Squid Sister Marie
EmuEmi as Marina Ida
Casey Lee Williams as Pearl Houzuki
Amalee as Shiver Hohojiro
Arryn Zech as Frye Onaga
Caleb Hyles as Big Man
The ARMS Movie
Peter Von Gomm as Spring Man & Springtron
Utada Hikaru as Ribbon Girl (in English & Japanese)
Tadanobu Asano as Ninjara (in English & Japanese)
Mena Massoud as Master Mummy (in English & African)
Dilraba Dilmurat as Min Min (in English & Mandarin Chinese)
Romi Dames as Mechanica (in English & Japanese)
Eva Green as Twintelle (in English & French)
Thomas Doherty as Byte
Doug the Pug as Barq
Miyu Irino as Kid Cobra (in English & Japanese)
Frank Welker as Helix
Kellen Goff as Max Brass
Rose McGowan as Lola Pop (in English & Italian)
Brian Tee as Misango (in English & Japanese)
Maia Mitchell as Dr. Coyle
Sonic the Hedgehog
Ben Schwartz as voice of Sonic
James Marsden as Tom Wachowski
Colleen O’Shaughnessey as voice of Tails
Idris Elba as voice of Knuckles
Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski
Nicolas Cage as voice of Shadow
Megan Hilty as voice of Amy
Natasha Wothwell as Rachel Handel
Adam Pally as Wade Whipple
Shemar Moore as Randall Handel
Lee Majdoub as Agent Stone
Tom Butler as Commander Walters
Melody Niemann as Jojo
Sarah Surh as Faucet
Jesse McCartney as voice of Silver
Lake Bell as voice of Rouge
John Mulaney as voice of Vector
Bruce Campbell as voice of Espio
Kaley Cuoco as voice of Charmy
Cristina Pucelli as voice of Cream
Eva Longoria as voice of Blaze
Ella Purnell as voice of Sticks
John C. Reilly as voice of Big
David Spade as voice of Jet
Jessica DiCicco as voice of Wave
Bobby Cannavale as voice of Storm
Ryan Reynolds as voice of Mighty
Jake Johnson as voice of Ray
Peter Weller as voice of E-123 Omega
Lindsay Jones as voice of Cheese
Jason Isaacs as voice of Metal Sonic
Gaten Materazzo as voice of Chip
Jack Black as voice of Mephiles
Hamish Blake as voice of Infinite
Chloë Grace Moretz as voice of Sage
Hugh Jackman as voice of Orbot
Marc Maron as voice of Cubot
M.C. Gainey as voice of Zavok
Andy Samberg as voice of Zazz
Diane Guerrero as voice of Zeena
Dennis Quaid as voice of Master Zik
John Goodman as voice of Zomon
Ryan Potter as voice of Zor
Frank Welker as voice of Chaos
Cherami Leigh as voice of Omochao
McKenna Grace as Maria Robotnik
Khary Payton as voice of E-102 Gamma
Anairis Quiñones as voice of Tikal
PAC-MAN
Jesse McCartney as Pac-Man
Andy Samberg as Blinky
Kaite Crown as Pinky
Spike Jonze as Inky
Joe Mantegna as Clyde
#the super mario bros movie 2#donkey kong country#kirby#star fox#earthbound#pikmin#animal crossing#splatoon#arms#sonic the hedgehog#pac man
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💀so tru (i mean I would if we had thrift stores in my area)
tagging: @janujaja @winnysatang @hughungrybear @tbhimnoteasyonmyself @smushedmuffin @alan-apologist
Rude. and very true but still rude 🤨
Tag game cuz I’m bored (don’t feel pressured)
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The First Amendment and the Chilmark Library
By Emma Babashak, Columbia University, Class of 2024
July 14, 2023
Last summer, The Chilmark Free Public Library, located on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, did not invite defense attorney and retired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz to speak at its library. Dershowitz, a frequent Martha’s Vineyard visitor, claimed that this lack of invitation was a form of censorship and infringed on his First Amendment right of free speech. Dershowitz threatened to sue the library, but he later issued a letter of apology.
Dershowitz is known for his work in American criminal law and constitutional law. In his career, he has represented many high-profile clients, including Jeffrey Epstein, Mike Tyson, and O.J. Simpson. From 2009 to 2017, Dershowitz spoke at the Chilmark library seven times – four times by invitation and three times at his own request.[1]
In 2020, he was a part of President Trump’s defense team for the president’s first impeachment trial. However, Dershowitz claimed that after speaking at the library on a regular basis, this new role is one reason he was “cancelled” not only at the Chilmark Library, but at multiple venues in Martha’s Vineyard.
In an interview last year, Dershowitz stated, “Every year, they would have an overflow crowd to hear me speak about whatever book I was writing, or whatever I was doing. But suddenly, after I represented the Constitution on behalf of President Trump, the library found excuses for never having me. Their first excuse was that my crowds were too big. So I said, “Well, why don’t you limit the crowds?” They said, “Oh, we hadn’t thought of that.” … So I’ve been cancelled, basically, by the Chilmark Library”.[2]
The First Amendment states that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”.[3] Because of this fundamental right, the Chilmark Library had to show that there was “compelling reason” to disallow someone from utilizing the First Amendment and speaking in the space.
According to the MV Times, library director Ebba Hierta said that in past years, “The reason I grew reluctant to extend invitations to Alan [Dershowitz] is this: The circus that surrounds this man who so ably courts controversy got in the way of the library’s important mission — serving the residents and visitors of Chilmark. When 200-plus people crammed into the library, with dozens more milling about harassing staff because they couldn’t hear the lecture; when local businesses lost money because our patrons filled their parking lots; when patrons not interested in hearing Alan could not take care of their library business; that’s when I realized the eminent Harvard professor emeritus had outgrown our little library”.[4] In addition, the trustees of the library claimed that last summer, Dershowitz had requested to talk after the summer schedule had already been finalized.
In contrast to last summer, Dershowitz was allowed to speak in Summer 2023. At the Chilmark Library, he gave a talk on his new book, “Dershowitz on Killing: How the Law Decides Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die”. While the library had set an attendance limit at 25 for Dershowitz’s event, this capacity was not exceeded by listeners. In this talk, Dershowitz highlighted his advocacy for organ donation and belief against the death penalty, but he did not mention his previous controversy with the library.[5]
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Emma Babashak is currently a rising senior attending Columbia University. She is majoring in Operations Research - Engineering Management Systems and minoring in both Economics and Psychology.
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[1] https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2022/08/17/chilmark-library-trustees-discuss-dershowitz-request
[2] https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/alan-dershowitzs-marthas-vineyard-cancellation
[3] https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/
[4] https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/06/14/dershowitz-flap-chilmark-free-public-library/
[5] https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2023/06/21/dershowitz-returns-chilmark-library
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I love ur user sm,, lesbian Alan so tru !!
couple who has no kids and looks like this. what more is there to say
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Clu: why is Tron crying over there?
Flynn: I explained to him that since we are in my personal system and only I use this system, I'm kinda his User now.
Tron, crying: YoU wIlL nEvER bE aLAnOnE!!
#tron#tron legacy#tron 1982#kevin flynn#clu#before clu was a little bitch#Only Alan is the tru AlanOne#think of Tron as the baby from Dinosaurs. not the mama = not the user!#*hitting Flynn with his disc*
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I made this for a school project and thought I had to share
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Treasure Chest Opened! You Acquired Bits plush that glow in the dark
(For Clarke of course^^)
Clarke stared at the... whatever it was. It looked like a bit, except it.. wasn't alive.
...It was squishy and soft, when she picked it up, and she hugged it close to her. She always wanted a bit, but as a courier, she was always traveling, and that made it hard to care for one. And bits weren't allowed in Occupation barracks.
"Hmmm... I think I'll name you Enigma," she murmured, setting the not-bit on her bunk.
#Thanks for the ask!#Fun fact and why I chose the name:#Clarke is named after Joan Clarke#who worked with Alan Truing to create the first electronic computer to crack the enigma code during WWII#So...Enigma the not-bit is literally an enigma to Clarke#but also named after the Enigma Machine
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