Aatif
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The phrase itself seems to have been invented by Goebbels as a 1932 campaign slogan
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The phrase itself seems to have been invented by Goebbels as a 1932 campaign slogan
Notice that Gov. Pritzker is calling out what @radleybalko.bsky.social has emphasized: Trump is *barely even bothering* to manufacture fake crises to use as pretexts to send troops into cities. It's just repression for the hell of it
September 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Notice that Gov. Pritzker is calling out what @radleybalko.bsky.social has emphasized: Trump is *barely even bothering* to manufacture fake crises to use as pretexts to send troops into cities. It's just repression for the hell of it
I suspect these were bragging about where they got the idea from
August 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I suspect these were bragging about where they got the idea from
Maybe near Sandy Hook? But the parts are not at the same scale
August 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Maybe near Sandy Hook? But the parts are not at the same scale
Somehow I happened to be reading this 1987 Supreme Court case yesterday. A synagogue had been attacked and sued the attackers for racial discrimination. The synagogue insisted that Jews were not a separate race and so had to make a novel, convoluted argument for why it was “racial” discrimination
August 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Somehow I happened to be reading this 1987 Supreme Court case yesterday. A synagogue had been attacked and sued the attackers for racial discrimination. The synagogue insisted that Jews were not a separate race and so had to make a novel, convoluted argument for why it was “racial” discrimination
It's because Palestinian existence itself is an existential threat to their conception of "Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state"
July 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's because Palestinian existence itself is an existential threat to their conception of "Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state"
I keep this screenshot in my favorites
July 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I keep this screenshot in my favorites
As far as I can tell, she's going out of her way to *only* make arguments that would fully absolve the Holocaust.
July 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
As far as I can tell, she's going out of her way to *only* make arguments that would fully absolve the Holocaust.
Or take cats to picnics in the park!
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Or take cats to picnics in the park!
When people argued in 2024 that they couldn’t vote for Dems because that would make them complicit in genocide, I often responded that they were *already* materially complicit in genocide, and refusing to vote doesn’t get you out of that
This was… not very effective canvassing
This was… not very effective canvassing
July 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When people argued in 2024 that they couldn’t vote for Dems because that would make them complicit in genocide, I often responded that they were *already* materially complicit in genocide, and refusing to vote doesn’t get you out of that
This was… not very effective canvassing
This was… not very effective canvassing
Looking back, I remember a virtual consensus in 2024 that the American people (in some broad sense) had "soured on immigration" or "were incensed about the border" etc. In so many ways, politicians/campaigns tend to overreact to minor changes in discourse. It's odd that Epstein is an exception
July 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Looking back, I remember a virtual consensus in 2024 that the American people (in some broad sense) had "soured on immigration" or "were incensed about the border" etc. In so many ways, politicians/campaigns tend to overreact to minor changes in discourse. It's odd that Epstein is an exception
No need to reconcile anything, they can just keep using these same tropes
June 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
No need to reconcile anything, they can just keep using these same tropes
Which is why it’s unsurprising that so much of the racist bile aimed at Zohran directly invokes the most Hitlerite antisemitic tropes:
June 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Which is why it’s unsurprising that so much of the racist bile aimed at Zohran directly invokes the most Hitlerite antisemitic tropes:
If anything, it’s the racist bile directed at Zohran that most frequently directly invokes the most vile antisemitic tropes. And it’s obvious why:
June 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If anything, it’s the racist bile directed at Zohran that most frequently directly invokes the most vile antisemitic tropes. And it’s obvious why:
For anyone wondering why the racist bile directed at Zohran so frequently invokes some of the most vile antisemitic tropes:
June 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For anyone wondering why the racist bile directed at Zohran so frequently invokes some of the most vile antisemitic tropes:
That particular combination has a long history
June 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
That particular combination has a long history
I’ve seen examples of this effort being *very* conscious
June 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I’ve seen examples of this effort being *very* conscious
All 3 cases are filed already, btw. They don’t exactly read like a typical copyright lawsuit
June 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
All 3 cases are filed already, btw. They don’t exactly read like a typical copyright lawsuit
Hitler could tell a very similar story! Wasn’t plausible then, and it isn’t plausible now
June 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hitler could tell a very similar story! Wasn’t plausible then, and it isn’t plausible now
Yes I’m familiar with this claim. Every single genocide is justified the same way
(And of course your inability to distinguish between “Israel” and “the Jews” is flagrantly antisemitic under every single definition)
(And of course your inability to distinguish between “Israel” and “the Jews” is flagrantly antisemitic under every single definition)
June 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yes I’m familiar with this claim. Every single genocide is justified the same way
(And of course your inability to distinguish between “Israel” and “the Jews” is flagrantly antisemitic under every single definition)
(And of course your inability to distinguish between “Israel” and “the Jews” is flagrantly antisemitic under every single definition)
Historically, countries so delusionally paranoid as to honestly think they’re “in an extremely black and white existential struggle and are isolated on the world stage” do tend to kill tons of people. That does not make “peace in our time" a credible campaign slogan
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Historically, countries so delusionally paranoid as to honestly think they’re “in an extremely black and white existential struggle and are isolated on the world stage” do tend to kill tons of people. That does not make “peace in our time" a credible campaign slogan
Incidentally, Marek Edelman, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising deputy commander, is really really not popular among Zionists. Surprise surprise.
June 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Incidentally, Marek Edelman, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising deputy commander, is really really not popular among Zionists. Surprise surprise.
As far as I can find, the only major relevant thing Truman did in 1945 was establish the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, which ultimately made an interesting recommendation (though I've no idea how a "Jewish state" per se fits into the "Gathering of Israel" eschatology):
June 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As far as I can find, the only major relevant thing Truman did in 1945 was establish the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, which ultimately made an interesting recommendation (though I've no idea how a "Jewish state" per se fits into the "Gathering of Israel" eschatology):