#not immune to the propoganda

[ohmaerieme]

you will never guess who my favorite anw character is (DIFFICULTY IMPOSSIBLE)

[alledherlu-q-pereon]

Reminder that you are not immune to propoganda

[thetourguidebarbie]

"Genocide Joe" "Kamala is a zionist" all of you who sat out in #solidarity are, and I cannot emphasize this enough, gullible morons

[unsolicited-opinions]

Nobody is immune to propaganda and flattery. Today's example is Nicholas Kristof.

Kristof has won two Pulitzer prizes for journalism and is a columnist for the New York Times. One could be forgiven for hoping that Kristof might be harder to sucker than the average illiberal left campus Hamasnik, but it turns out that speaking to his orientalist, white savior ego and confirming biases is so effective that he'll skip doing *any* basic journalism.

Here's Kristof on 1/31/25, using a Twitter post from Omar Hamad as an example to argue that it is wrong to suggest that Palestinians overwhelmingly support Hamas and the attacks of 10/7/23.

In his post, Hamad shows a copy of a book Kristof co-authored and gives it a glowing review.

Kristof clearly enjoyed the glowing praise and responded by arguing that Omar Hamad shows us how Palestinians are clearly sensitive and tolerant.

To be clear, I'm sure many Palestinians are sensitive and tolerant, but Omar Hamad isn't one of them and this is an ironic way to make the argument.

Here are other tweets from Omar Hamad:

"O God, take the Jews and wash the earth with them and make our land their graves"

"By God, mother, God's victory can only be achieved through blood."

The truth is that neither my family nor I were ever part of Hamas. We lived in Gaza like any other family that did not belong to Hamas. However, I deeply regret that. I regret not being part of October 7, and I regret not firing a rocket at our occupied lands. I regret not killing an Israeli soldier. This regret has been planted within every person in Gaza, even in those who were opposed to Hamas's ideology. You are nothing but bloodthirsty butchers. You could have gained the sympathy of the entire world, but you revealed your true nature, your vile, Nazi- like, bloodstained face. Do not think that just because you hold power now, you are right or eternal, immune to defeat. Let me remind you, in one era, no force was greater than the Mongols, but their time came, and they were defeated. In another period, no one was more powerful than the Nazis, yet they too were defeated. Now, it is you, and I tell you, you will be defeated. If not now, then in the years to come.

Kristof didn't even bother to look up who was heaping this praise on him. He saw the praise, he let his confirmation bias and ego fill in the blanks instead of trying...you know...investingating, reading, looking for supportable facts, questioning sources, examining biases...you know...journalism.

The only thing which makes this example of falling for flattering confirmation bias bait extraordinary is that it's a Pulitzer Prize winner doing it - this is exactly what's happening every minute among the west's far left and we can see their disdain for facts and reason all over social media. Their disregard for intellectual rigor and intellectual honesty is comparable to that of the MAGA dittoheads on the far right.

This the intellectual laziness, these are the unexamined set of biases which animate the anti-Israel campus protestors who wave the flags of Islamist movements like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. Movements who would happily murder their useful idiots at Columbia University and Harvard.

They are markedly more susceptible to propaganda which speaks to their white savior views of themselves...than this two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

[actiwitch]

i think a lot of people mistake vegans for believing themselves to be "morally superior" rather than the actual, and very reasonable stance that IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION NOT TO KILL OTHER LIVING BEINGS, YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT.

most of us can understand that it's stupid to wield "oh so you think you're morally superior" against any type of human or environmental rights activists because how do you even respond to that? sure? Because its NOT ABOUT MORAL SUPERIORITY. IT'S ABOUT NOT UNNECESARILY CAUSING HARM.

Also, an activist could be the most annoying, self righteous person on the entire planet, but their stances having NOTHING to do with that. An asshole saying "trans rights" doesn't mean you shouldn't support trans rights because an asshole said it.

PLEASE start looking at veganism like you look at any other form of activism and resistance, and consider what disinformation and propaganda you've been fed about it.

[hammythehanner]

hmmmggghhrnm. la creaturas

[keideez]

that choice was ripped away from me

[otiksimr]

Earth Dragon Araba

[bugcreditcard]

i probably failed my final but hey look it's KataPeng!! (lol)

oh yeah happy thanksgiving lol

[ballsalsda]

Idk why i made this but have jake saying "you are not immune to propoganda" in toki pona

Grammar may be off since im a little rusty

[ohmaerieme]

isa the easel and canvas- an artistic toon with a love for all things colorful 🌟

[alledherlu-q-pereon]

This is what happens when you let anti-american contrarianism dictate your political opinions btw. Y'all are so fucking uninformed and succeptible to propoganda it's ridiculous.

Houthi rebels started attacking civilian ships passing through Yemeni waters, including American ships. The US is now responding by bombing the houthis and their ships. (Because that's how you get people attacking you to stop. You hit them back harder)

In response to this, the same smoothbrains sympathithising with Hamas terrorists in response to them, yknow, massacring and raping Israeli civilians on October 7, starting a war with Israel, because of course that's what happened, are now posting "I STAND WITH YEMEN".

Unsurprisingly, this contrarian dipshits are unaware that Yemen are *also bombing the houthi rebels*

Because, yknow... They're rebelling against the state of Yemen.

You are non only "not immune to propoganda", you are seemingly immune to fucking independent thinking

[dreamaboutwhathappens]

all yall who said you couldnt bring yourself to vote for either of them because they were both too old are all relieved and EXCITED to vote for harris right? RIGHT????

[themandolinscrimblo]

I did not expect this from Pinterest at all this morning 😭

[livin-like-a-clown]

Icebound reaction - Episode 19

holy shit....

Episode 19 of Icebound

wow, what a doozie. Didn't know where the Orgertin quest would go, but I could have NEVER seen this coming. And I certainly don't think Derek expected what Taishen ended up doing during this episode

[juneiper-art]

how come i can accuse abelard as having feelings for Theodora, but i cant confront him on his devotion to the the new RT like why does everyone in this game have so much wrong with them. i see you abelard transferring your steadfast loyalty from theodora to the new RT, unwavering, 'always there for you' like is anyone here normal or is everyone sick with the way they conceptualize their duty as their personhood HMM?