Conn Ruszkowski
@highlander95.bsky.social
Autistic. ADHD. Artist, Photographer, Martial arts, Aspiring naturalist, Conservation enthusiast, Amateur actor & performer, Aspiring writer, History nerd, Left-Libertarian/Libertarian Socialist, Social Justice Supporter, 🍉, Disability Rights
For the reason that they properly reflect the whole spirit of the thing, as well as the nature of our current times, with opportunistic and predatory politicians and business tycoons and religious zealots of varying kinds preying on humanity for their own ends
December 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For the reason that they properly reflect the whole spirit of the thing, as well as the nature of our current times, with opportunistic and predatory politicians and business tycoons and religious zealots of varying kinds preying on humanity for their own ends
Personally, between Stop the Cavalry and John Lennon’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over), those are the sort of Xmas songs we should be singing from here on out
December 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Personally, between Stop the Cavalry and John Lennon’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over), those are the sort of Xmas songs we should be singing from here on out
Rather than actually trying to solve the problem by not treating it as our personal chessboard for our silly power and money games
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Rather than actually trying to solve the problem by not treating it as our personal chessboard for our silly power and money games
(Even if that were true, it wouldn’t need bloody saving if the West didn’t keep sticking their ugly noses and money into African’s business, in the long run it’s like we never really left!!!)
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
(Even if that were true, it wouldn’t need bloody saving if the West didn’t keep sticking their ugly noses and money into African’s business, in the long run it’s like we never really left!!!)
Which while it started out as a good idea has since devolved into white saviourism and the neo-colonial/armchair colonial promotion of Africa as a run-down continent in need of saving
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Which while it started out as a good idea has since devolved into white saviourism and the neo-colonial/armchair colonial promotion of Africa as a run-down continent in need of saving
And on the other extreme much better than that Band Aid song
December 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
And on the other extreme much better than that Band Aid song
Which started as a Pro-Confederate, Anti-Abolitionist (i.e., Pro-Slavery) song during the American Civil War that later historians tried to gloss over to preserve the song’s integrity against critics who were, frankly, well within their rights to object to the song
December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Which started as a Pro-Confederate, Anti-Abolitionist (i.e., Pro-Slavery) song during the American Civil War that later historians tried to gloss over to preserve the song’s integrity against critics who were, frankly, well within their rights to object to the song
Much better than Jingle Bells, I must say
December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Much better than Jingle Bells, I must say
(Which was actually to reflect the old but nearly always inaccurate adage “it’ll be over before Christmas”) and it’s promoting of peace and goodwill over war (somebody clearly missed that part)
December 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
(Which was actually to reflect the old but nearly always inaccurate adage “it’ll be over before Christmas”) and it’s promoting of peace and goodwill over war (somebody clearly missed that part)
Basically the song is a generic anti-war song, which has been adopted into Xmas lore for its mention of “wish I was at home for Christmas”
December 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Basically the song is a generic anti-war song, which has been adopted into Xmas lore for its mention of “wish I was at home for Christmas”
Which could be about pretty much any war from the American Civil War to the Spanish-American War to the First World War to the Second World War, right down to Korea and Vietnam
December 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Which could be about pretty much any war from the American Civil War to the Spanish-American War to the First World War to the Second World War, right down to Korea and Vietnam
(If you can say nothing else, at least their entry into WW2 in 1941 was an improvement on their past record for being late, albeit still quite late nonetheless, and as my old history teacher from Years 9-11 once said “Late for WW1, late for WW2, and they’ll probably be late for the pub, too”)
December 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
(If you can say nothing else, at least their entry into WW2 in 1941 was an improvement on their past record for being late, albeit still quite late nonetheless, and as my old history teacher from Years 9-11 once said “Late for WW1, late for WW2, and they’ll probably be late for the pub, too”)
And it also references a president and “if I get elected”, which America really wasn’t in WW1 until 1917, and even then it took until 1918 until they were able to move enough troops and resources to play any active part
December 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
And it also references a president and “if I get elected”, which America really wasn’t in WW1 until 1917, and even then it took until 1918 until they were able to move enough troops and resources to play any active part
But it also references “nuclear fallout zone”, despite the fact nuclear weapons weren’t invented until 1945
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
But it also references “nuclear fallout zone”, despite the fact nuclear weapons weren’t invented until 1945
(in truth he was a figurehead for the real masterminds, which included Clement Attlee and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, amongst others))
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
(in truth he was a figurehead for the real masterminds, which included Clement Attlee and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, amongst others))
And secondly, it mentions Churchill (who, although active in the war effort prior to Gallipoli as First Lord of the Admiralty, was not as prominent a figure in WW1 as he was in WW2, when many saw him as the leader of Britain’s war effort
December 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
And secondly, it mentions Churchill (who, although active in the war effort prior to Gallipoli as First Lord of the Admiralty, was not as prominent a figure in WW1 as he was in WW2, when many saw him as the leader of Britain’s war effort
However, there’s a number of problems with this: firstly, the song wasn’t originally written as a Xmas song, but an anti-war song
December 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
However, there’s a number of problems with this: firstly, the song wasn’t originally written as a Xmas song, but an anti-war song
I’ve noticed they have a habit of doing that
December 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’ve noticed they have a habit of doing that
Which it’s quite troubling that they’re prepared to back down over a potential spat with the UK public, but not anyone outside the Western socio-political-cultural sphere
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Which it’s quite troubling that they’re prepared to back down over a potential spat with the UK public, but not anyone outside the Western socio-political-cultural sphere
Put simply (and regardless of what any of us may think about Peter Pan in general), if Disney wanted to get exclusive rights without having to pay royalties, they’d actually have to buy the hospital off the NHS, and the won’t do that because it would mean everyone involved would be crucified
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Put simply (and regardless of what any of us may think about Peter Pan in general), if Disney wanted to get exclusive rights without having to pay royalties, they’d actually have to buy the hospital off the NHS, and the won’t do that because it would mean everyone involved would be crucified