#faux left

[jtoddring]

Uniting The People

I wish “the West” had a powerful anti-aurhoritarian left, but currently we do not. Am I the only one left of the real left? Surely not. But things are shifting culturally, fast – the global awakening continues, and the authoritarian faux left is going to be discredited and lose its power and its popular support. When that happens, the pro-nationalist and anti-authoritarian left and right can…

[evilelitest2]

I’m so tired of how social politics has gone in the past few years. Especially with how the right has taken to just straight up calling LGBT people g*******. And how people like Glenn Greenwald and Crystal Ball lend credance to them, with Glenn being basically Tucker Carlson’s butt buddy and Crystal going, “oh, all those LGBT people facing targetted harrassment are merely figments of unimportant culture war drivel.” (Heavy paraphasing but pretty much that)

Makes me wish Antifa Super Soldier wasn’t just a meme if you catch my drift.

I do catch your drift and i don't disagree

HOnestly, I think one of the biggest issues facing the left (or at least the American left) is the fact that it has been so utterlyinfested/infiltrated with a swarm of reactionaries, grifters, abusers' and conspiracy theorists in leftist clothing. As much as we (correctly) talk shit about liberals inability to recognize when fascists are in there midst, the left is actually also has a relaly bad time doing that. The fact that there is anybody who thinks Glenn Greenwald is a leftist shows that the left is not ready for real power yet

[avoiltaire]

[lazycranberrydoodles]

diversity win! your doomed greek tragedy ship is genderfluid!

[oceanwithouthermoon]

ive never liked powerless saiki aus because the entire conclusion of the series is him accepting his powers as being a part of him that he cant change so like.. in aus where the power remover works, half of his development is erased..

if he had been "powerless" for longer, we wouldve gotten to see him realize this himself and im genuinely sad that we didnt.. we got to see him realize that being powerless wasnt the change he wished it would be and that its something he cant change, but its literally over a two day long period and we miss out on sooo much potential development..

and then in aus where hes born powerless, people think he would have the exact personality and development that he THOUGHT he would if he got rid of/didnt have his powers, like NO ? "without powers he would be another satou-" NO he would be a shy, borderline flamboyant, weird, awkward, genius LOSER.

he would have a more normal relationship with his brother (still probably competitive but in a way more average sibling way and kusuke wouldnt have had the motivation to become so murderous) and he would probably be even more friendless but with less trauma.. he may or may not have ever befriended akechi at all, and the classroom incident wouldnt have happened.. even some of his current friends might not be around if not for coincidences due to his powers or direct involvement from his powers.. (nendo and kaido would for sure still be there though, but this only ensures the idea that he would be the biggest fcking loser ever)

he would still be saiki, but. his powers are a key part of him. he would be totally different without them, but NOT in the way he thinks he would..

[muffinlance]

Isopuppy Sewn Pattern Update: At long last, I've found time to get back to working on this! AKA I didn't feel like writing this weekend so LET'S GO SEWING YAY.

Current status: I have the final pattern worked out (plus or minus some seam allowance adjustments) and I've moved from junk fabric to final fabric. Hoping to get a good way into cutting/construction tomorrow. Unless I feel like writing. Who knows! Not me!

[sarasa-cat]

On the gentrification of horror.

[natjennie]

I need everyone to watch this right now please

[megumi-fm]

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[jekyll-doodles]

Hello, can I have a hug Red, White and Yellow lords pretty please!

(To Green Ghost, Thank you for inspiring me. Including you're the first one I saw about Alagadda so I would like a hug from you too if it's okay.) 💚❤️🤍💛

Ah thanks 💐

And as for hugging the lords, I mean if you can catch them you can try to hug them. Can't guarantee it'll go well

[ofyorkshire]

cyberpunk (general, not the game) bj would be so much fun.

mute-specific cyberpunk au where bj and luba are siblings...

[ferrettooth]

my beautiful angels left and right earbud and their cruel mother-like god bluetooth

[mariocki]

The Naked Kiss (1964)

"You know what's different about the first night? Nothing. Nothing... except it lasts forever, that's all. You'll be sleeping on the skin of a nightmare for the rest of your life."

[mastersoftheair]

Sorry but am I the only one that thought that episode…sucked? Like it was straight up bad. Horrible pacing, no wrap up of all the random characters and plot lines they’ve thrown around all season (the tuskegee airmen, Westgates spying, literally all the guys beside like the main 4). (Seriously it makes me so mad that the three redtails got all of 5 seconds of screen time, almost no lines. Literally what was the point of introducing them other than to pretend the show was iNcLuSiVe) Even at the end of BoB and the Pacific you get a much better idea of what happened to all the remaining guys. In this they’re like what happened to DeMarco or Hambone or Brady or (insert character here) we don’t know! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The concentration camp scene felt shoehorned in compared to how it was done in BoB. Unless that actually happened to Rosie (which i haven’t heard anything about) but it was just like.. ok? It all felt so rushed and emotionless to me. Maybe I’ve just fallen out of love with MoTA but it’s been downhill for me since episode 6 or so.

i already made a little (read: long) post-finale write-up here, where i talk about the use of the tuskegee airmen, l'sandra, and overall editing/pacing issues i felt the show had. but i don't agree with the notion that adding the redtails was in any way insincere or trying to halfass being "iNcLuSiVe", i just think they suffer from this show's obvious time constraints. and to summarize what i wrote in my linked post, there's a limit to what white writers/directors/producers can do when creating a story about black people. there are some stories i'd feel uncomfortable with them telling on their own, truth be told. dee rees wasn't the sole nonwhite director, but she Was the only black one. i think she did her job well given the limitations and i appreciate that they let her direct those episodes, rather than leaving it up to a team of white people trying their best to tell a black story.

the worst i can say about the finale is that it didn't feel like That strong of finale, tho i wouldn't go as far to say it "sucked" or call it "straight up bad". i liked it plenty, it's just the weakest of the hbo war finales imo.

as for the concentration camp scene, artistic license was taken with both shows. unlike what's seen in the BoB, easy company wasn't the first to arrive at kaufering, and there's 0 mention of the all-japanese american 552nd who helped them liberate it). similarly, rosie rosenthal did assist in liberating those camps, though it would've been after the events shown this episode. idk if he saw one in that up-close way seen in this episode, but he could've (i should research this when i have time). plus, it would've felt weird Not having him acknowledge them at all. "shoe-horned" is an odd term to use here imo, as both scenes more-or-less center a jewish character (BoB's liebgott and MotA's rosie). the former show has survivors the characters can help, the latter shows no one left to help. the former has all of easy company there, the latter has rosie there all alone. rosie's scene felt deeply personal in that way. at the end of the day, both scenes are communicating different things. that doesn't make one better than the other when they aren't trying to be identical. (disclaimer, i'm not jewish, so i'd be interesting hearing from the perspective of someone who wrt whether or not they felt it was "shoe-horned")

i can understand if you've disliked the show post-episode 6 (and episode 6 was a very strong episode i'm ngl). eps 7 and 8 were weaker in many ways, even to me, so i get it. everyone's entitled to their own opinion (i'd be a hypocrite saying otherwise). just understand that this blog is run by someone who overall enjoys this show despite its flaws! basically, i encourage you to take this energy and make your own posts.

[seth-the-giggle-fish]

Hmm

I've realized that I can't ask the one roommate to take photos of my Rosinante Halloween cosplay because he's very against spoilers and he's not even to the time skip so Rosinante is very much a spoiler

the other roommate might be willing to help, but I'm not sure how comfortable he is with photography

I still need to buy some makeup as soon as I go to town again, so maybe later this week?

I need to remember to call Michaels when their office is open to check if the giftcard my mom got me for my birthday was never activated or if she found the giftcard from last year and thought it was still full since it was still attached to it's cardboard thing

[kaydub80]

The Orwellian doublespeak is off the charts.