NikkiB @ NikkiB @lemmygrad.ml

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I think it might be fair to say that while Christianity did exist in China for over a thousand years, it's probably also true that the Christianity introduced by colonial missionaries barely resembled Chinese Christianity as it existed.

Do they? It seems to me that the average Biden voter has literally nothing to gain from the genocide in Gaza. I have to wonder if their primary concern is to avoid enduring the humiliation of a second Trump term.

Very true, and I do wonder if part of the problem lies in their failure to conceive of political action beyond electoralism, even when it's as simple as withholding their votes. They have way too much faith in the system and not enough faith in themselves. That's assuming they do, in fact, care and want things to change like they claim they do.

Sorry, I don't mean to treat this forum as my personal opinion blog. I'm just trying to feel out what's going on. Everything, politics especially, increasingly feels bizarre and arbitrary. All of this used to have the veneer of professionalism. It definitely used to make sense. It was never true, but it at least had one unified narrative. I'm just wondering if anyone else is noticing this.

Many of the white supremacist institutions defining the United States are also fundamental to Latin American society. That's true both historically and contemporaneously. Latin American states deliberately convey the idea that they are harmonious multiracial societies, which might explain why, say, Brazil doesn't come to mind as readily as the United States here. Even so, the Latin-American "mestizaje" is mostly analogous to the Anglo-American "melting pot" in all the most important ways, namely that Black and Indian people are similarly oppressed and marginalized.

I'm an Ohioan, so maybe some of our Latino/a comrades can fill in the gaps here.

The "readers added context" machine is useful for some quips and clapbacks, but its impotence can really be felt here.

Conflating criticism or dislike of the sex industry with "sexist SWERF garbage" is a little silly... Are we really meant to suppose that pornography and prostitution is helping women and feminism? Or anyone, for that matter?

I would be shocked if he got arrested for 2d porn, even of the underage variety. But regardless, fans in the Vaush subreddit are already doing damage control along these lines, assuming/asserting that this is a joke or a bit. And there's no way it's a joke. If it is, he has an extremely malformed sense of humor and doesn't mind being the butt of the "joke."

I wish I could be this cool.

Nothing but bad faith whinging and settler apologia. They can incant "both sides! nuance!" and put "indigenous" and "colonizer" in quotes all they like, but stolen land is stolen land, and nothing makes genocide acceptable, least of all the passage of time, especially when the genocide is ongoing.

The article, remarkably, contains no arguments, presumably because there is no real defense of apartheid and settler colonialism. It cites and references the theories of anti-imperialist, leftist, and indigenous scholars, but does nothing to refute them, banking instead on the idea that their white settler audience will recoil in horror at the idea of justice. In the absence of any real assertions, all that's left to do is to point at your opposition and intone how radical, unrealistic, and unacceptable their ideas are while carrying yourself with a smug, uncritical self-satisfaction that demands total intertia. "How dare Hamas fight against their oppressors! Demanding land-back is unfair to all the settlers who already stole the land."

Bonus point for the anti-Hamas atrocity propaganda.

Anyone have a full transcript of this speech? Even in Arabic? Some have alleged deliberate mistranslation.

Who elected Assad to be the global representative of Arabs?

I'm curious about one line in particular, where he says "there's no evidence six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust." Does the word "Jews" actually appear here? I'm wondering if Bashar is merely saying that six million is an underestimation of the total death toll of the Holocaust, or if he straight up thinks no Jews died in the Shoah. Thanks in advance.

There's a line in here that really gives me pause... obviously, it's not that Jews are controlling US society. It's the other way around.

As frustratingly middle of the road as this is, you'll have to get used to language like this coming from China. They are not necessarily ones to rock the boat. It's a careful strategy on their part. Some would say they're playing the long game.

At the very least, they are asking for sovereignty to be restored to the Palestinians, even if its not a total reversal of the colonial agenda. They also at least understand the source of the conflict being the settler state of Israel. No, Israel doesn't have a right to exist, but if we're to take that idea to the logical conclusion, neither does the US. And yet, calling for the destruction of America, as delightful as the notion is, is not necessarily something which is in the best interests of the CPC.

Can you really do anything as an individual to bring about socialism?

What an awful title... I don't mean to say "if you disagree with me, you're missing the obvious." But I am wondering if this is something very basic that everyone understands.

Also for context, "we will capture more until the jails are emptied" is lifted from an official statement by Hamas on the Oct 7 "terror attacks."

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