#government is not the solution

[wolfspaw]

[nando161mando]

The only real solution

[the-ships-to-rule-them-all]

the level at which people are misusing the term "Never Again" in the far left absolutely infuriates me.

"Never Again" doesn't refer to the idea of no more genocides -- unfortunately people are evil and corrupt and seek scapegoats and destruction, there were genocides in the years following the Holocaust, there were genocides 10 years ago, there are multiple genocides going on as we speak

"Never Again" means we as Jews will pay attention to the warning signs, will not mindlessly allow antisemitism to fester and take over our communities, we will fight back. it means we will be proud. it means we will not let you hate us without a word of refusal.

"Never Again" is a warning for us, it is a reminder that what happened then can happen now -- is happening now. The Far Left doesn't get to use it against us. You don't get to turn our tragedies into hate-speech and antisemitic rhetoric.

Am Yisrael Chai

[reality-detective]

This 👇 is the perfect example of problem, reaction, solution by the government.

You must fundamentally recognize that it is not above the government to use a medical emergency as a fraudulent pathway to acquire more control and power over its citizens.

They did it with Covid — a virus with a 99.7% survival rate. Yet they restricted your freedoms, your movement, even labelled your speech misinformation and banned it. They coordinated with media, social media companies, other governments, and the private sector to accomplish their objectives. They made it so if you don’t comply, you can have your license revoked, be fired from your job, and have your income and livelihood threatened. Then they restricted viable treatments in favor of an experimental dangerous vaccine, and told you that if you don’t inject it, you can’t get your freedoms back. They said the only way to get back to “normal” was to follow their orders and inject this dangerous drug.

Does that sound like a government that cares about its people? Does that sound like it happened in the most free nation on earth? 🤔

[wastinawaaay]

US politicians enabling hate crimes and war crimes and still acting like they have the moral high grand is mind blowing

[neighbourhoodtwo]

usamericans please stop putting your "congrats uk!! hope this happens to us in november!!" posts in the uk politics tag please please you have no idea

[fnord888]

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, Obama did a too-small stimulus package that caused a decade-long period of stagnation. While he probably suffered somewhat on the economy, he did win reelection. In response to Covid, Biden, determined to not repeat Obama's mistake, did a probably-too-large-in-retrospect stimulus that lead to a sharpish bout of inflation, the result of which is that it seems increasingly likely he's going to lose the election because everyone thinks the economy sucks. The obvious lesson for politicians to learn from this is "be like Obama, not like Biden".

So perhaps you can see why the "vibescession is real because of [trend that dates to 2010]" takes fill me with despair.

[transgeirmder]

a progress photo of a patch i’m working on. i plan for the ribbon to be yellow

inspired by a line in the prayer for peace that my shul reads every shabbat service

[pinetreevillain]

Donnie and Timmy remind me of Reaganomics by Lemon Demon lol

HI GRENNZ-DA-GAY I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS LIKE 10 TIMES SINCE YOU SENT THIS ASK AND I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT

[infiniteglitterfall]

pretty please, my fellow progressives

Could we please all keep in mind that the concept of "The Jews In General, or A Specific Type Of Jew, Controls Education, Government, Media, and/or Banking", is a longstanding antisemitic trope?

And most of all, that it is false??

No, a marginalized group does not also control education, the government, the media, and/or banking?

No, Jews do not secretly control these things and just pretend to be marginalized? No, Jews have not secretly been accumulating power since the Holocaust, granted by too-generous gentiles, out of pity?

No, it isn't better if you just mean a specific subgroup or kind of Jews. It's still specifically Jews.

It's like when people who hate trans/queer people are fine with rich white cis gay men. So they think it's not bigoted to blame "people with blue hair and pronouns" for the downfall of society.

We all know this means, "I only see some of you as human like me. You have to speak and act a certain way to count. Everyone in your group has to pass a test to get into the Good group."

Doesn't work.

Sure, it gives them plausible deniability to the people who matter to them. But everyone else can see exactly how they feel.

We've all known for years that it's bad to think of a marginalized group as having some "good ones." Rein it the heck in, please.

Because YES, all of those examples are ones I've seen implied, or stated outright, over and over, within the progressive community. This month alone.

[unforth]

I'm giving up on my belief in the continued existence of Israel as a state being right and appropriate.

I know to many people on Tumblr, this seems like a no-brainer, but I am a 40 year old Jewish USAdian, raised by my Poppop - a lower east side child of immigrants, whose unit in WW2 helped liberate Dachau - and by parents who were both born before the end of the war. I was raised that Israel existed as a place of safety for us, a place I could always have a home. I've always supported a two-state solution, always wanted safety and security for Palestinians, always wanted a co-existence that took into account the many challenges caused by history and recent events. Even as the Israeli government has grown more conservative, I've separated the current politics from the national existence and hoped for more liberal regimes and real change. I didn't want to let go of the pipe dream, didn't want to believe that Jews, with our history, could behave like this.

Giving up on Israel hurts.

But not as much as seeing the parade of dead Palestian children does.

If what's happening in Gaza is the cost for Israel's existence, then that cost is far, FAR too high.

If Palestian lives are the cost of Israel's existence, then Israel shouldn't exist.

There.

I've said it, typed it with tears in my eyes.

I'm done.

This needs to end. Israel needs to end.

(If for some reason someone wants to reblog this, you may.)

[wolfspaw]

[nando161mando]

A Powerful and Prolonged Heatwave is Affecting Eastern Europe and The Balkans, With Temperatures Reaching Unbearable 42-44°C (~110°F)

[isa-isfruity]

can we collectively as a society just decide to lobotomize whoever the fuck makes and enforces country visas? I think I would like that very much

(if my local embassy is reading this, no you're not. I'm kidding, allegedly.)

[anewstartrekfan]

So Symbiosis is straight up a propaganda episode for Reagan’s war on Drugs

Don’t tell or inform the drug addicts on what they’re addicted to.

Don’t provide Starfleet (government) assistance.

Just cutoff how they get resupplied.

Then all they have to do is,

Just say no.

[polaksli]

Brief history of anti-LGBT legislations in Russia

Throughout 90s and 2000s there were no discriminatory laws in Russia. There were openly queer celebrities (whether they said they were for PR alone or not is a complicated subject. Nevertheless, there were people who gained popularity and presented queer)

In 2013 the first legislation passed. It was an "anti-propaganda" law to "protect children" from becoming gay. The way to work around it was putting +18 on any piece of media or an event that contained even a mention of the subject.

In 2022 anti-propaganda law stopped being for children only. LGBT was mentioned next to pedophilia, both in the same regard. The law was rushed (like many of the oppressive laws since the invasion in Ukraine) and it was not clear what exactly it meant. In practice it mostly affected movies, TV and internet publications.

Earlier this year, in june 2023, ban of transgender transitioning was put in place. Once again, very poorly worded. This one and the previous one had two main functions:

To censor opposition. Most of those, who disagree with the current state of politics in Russia, if not outright support LGBT, at least don't mind. This information can be dug up and used against said people.

To create an enemy. The war was supposed to be won quickly. They promoted their army to be the second greatest in the word, they promised to take Kyiv in 3 days. Nothing of that happened, but life for everyday people got worse. One of the ways to redirect that frustration is fight an enemy that doesn't exist.

The russian government does not care about queer people nor understands us. They preach to their electorate that they nurtured to hate any "other". They make russian believe that our neighbors are nazis, the whole world wants us dead and they take our children by making them gay. I believed this is where they would stop.

There is no "LGBT organisation" in Russia. Before that they tried to find any minute reason or make up a reason to silence the opposition. Now they don't even need the organisation to exist.

Once again, the words are very loose, so they can use the law in any way they see fit - a very popular practice. It is not yet active, the court decision does not specify that exactly. Some sources say it will be 10th of January, 2024.

Any display of "non traditional values" will be equated to terrorism.