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The Galaxy is Watching
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SW-themed photos, art, memes, and commentary focusing on Andor, Rogue One, and the Original Trilogy. Star Wars has always been political.
Tilting the gun to the side like that. Too many gangster movies and zero training.
I’ve seen you block someone for saying your take was bad.
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a most useful+dialectical philosopher, on shame +decency

"seeing this kind of basic social norm enforcement as fundamentally at odds with living in a free country is deeply delusional...shame serves as a robustly liberal alternative to political violence."

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
Interesting question coming from a journalist who brags about blocking people on social media for calling her out.
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There is no more timely show than Andor.
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I did it with the Shining too. Eighth grade.
Taking that whole "bridging engagement and growing" thing to heart, I see.
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Left: Meh, fascism is a death cult. Probably a Groyper dissatisfied with CK's flavour of fascism. (Correct, as usual)

Right: The streets will run red with leftist blood! This is war! I'm gonna kill every woke gay leftist I see!

Liberals: The left and right need to turn down the temperature.
Literally Smells Like Teen Spirit
Oh look, an opinion piece from Jeff Bezos’ rag.
Sally, this is desperate and sad. If you can’t admit you got it wrong, at least stop looking for ways to prove you were right. This isn’t the damage control you think it is.
now that's civil engagement in action
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ANDOR writer Dan Gilroy says the Mon Mothma speech he wrote for Season 2 gets him emotional because of how relevant it is to the real world.

“I was getting choked up writing it because these are massively important elements in our lives, particularly right now”

(Via Gold Derby)
There will always be Americans who love Canada. Maybe this administration will learn something, but I doubt it’s capable.