Moneo @ Moneo @lemmy.world

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Israel cannot survive without US support. I didn't realize that would be a contentious statement.

Why is exclusion worse than cultural appropriation? I'm excluded from the traditions of the first nations people where I live because I'm not first nations, is that a bad thing?

Most sports are not as recent as break and do not have the same cultural significance. Break was developed by an oppressed people who have historically had their artistic creations repackaged and sold without their involvement. I have no idea whether breaks inclusion in the games is cultural appropriation but I don't feel like you are giving the proper context to the conversation.

Cultural appropriation is not bullshit. Look at the history of black people in america. Their art forms were copied by white people, sanitized, then sold to the masses with zero credit or compensation given to them. I'm not saying that only black people should be able to perform or enjoy those art forms, but there is a significant difference between respectful imitation and theft. Art forms that were created in large part due to the oppression they were put through, were copied with zero respect or acknowledgement, then repackaged and sold to the very people oppressing them. If you can't see how that is a bad thing then idk what to say.

To be clear I'm not arguing break being included in the olympics is cultural appropriation, that's for the culture to decide not me.

Man fuck all the downvoters, this is a perfectly valid question. If they started a haka competition people wouldn't be so quick to dismiss this.

To answer you question, no idea, never thought of it. I'm pretty ignorant of break culture but I'd be interested to hear what those in the culture think of it's inclusion.

Biden could end the war with a phone call. Dude's responsible for genocide, sorry.

Completely agree. He also just seems like a better candidate vibe wise so far, he's funny and endearing in a way Kamala is not. Although I do vibe with Kamala's dorky/weird moments that so many seem to criticize.

My point is that society perceives her as a black women. Saying shit like "there are no black people" is moronic in a society that values and scrutinizes race as much as ours does.

I'd argue Walz bucks this trend, at least to a certain degree. His progressive policy and seemingly unwavering integrity seems to be a huge reason he was picked. They've leaned into his achievements and republicans are desperately grasping at straws trying to criticize him.

Missing the forest for the trees or whatever. It's not about skin colour but how society perceives and treats you. If Kamala isn't black then why is she being called a DEI hire when Hilary Clinton never was?

It's because love means nothing to a tennis player.

Sorry my coach loved that joke.

If Dems win the I feel like Republicans are gonna have a period of recalibration as they move away from maga politics.

One can hope at least.

Seriously. Who is asking the dems to become more right wing?

Some view him as an neoliberal and not in favour of progressive policy. He worked as an analyst for a company while they were contracted by a Canadian grocery store that was fixing bread prices. Who knows what his involvement was but it's certainly a bad look.

I'm not informed enough to have a valid opinion but he does come off as someone who is very calculating and not sincere.

I mean ya? Trump has been vilified by democrats.

No shade but I could not take the premise of that book seriously. The idea that any complex system could be mapped thousands of years into the future is so incredibly unrealistic to me that I was unable to suspend my disbelief.

I'm a massive Dune fan though so I have no leg to stand on. Hold on a second while I re-calibrate my metabolism and use my genetic heritage to recall events that happened 30000 years ago.

It's not that surprising to me. Chaos theory is not well known/understood and we are accustomed to seeing weather reports from childhood, it's not odd to expect them to be accurate.

Not sure how old you are but calling brown people terrorists was extremely common after 9/11.

Sure!

Following Saturday's shooting, Ocasio-Cortez condemned political violence broadly and called the incident "horrific."

"It is absolutely unacceptable and must be denounced in the strongest terms," the congresswoman said. "My heart goes out to all the victims and I wish the former president a speedy recovery."

It's honestly been depressing seeing how seemingly universal this reaction has been. I expected jokes and made some myself amongst friends. But I did not expect the entire community to unite behind a legitimate desire for violence.

Feels like a mask off moment.