I’m not scared. I think you guys will fail because your ideas are stupid and very, very, old and will fail wherever put into practice. Price controls are older than Christianity, for instance. Your Mao schtick is moronic and takes advantage of your fans’ ignorance. I think you’re a cosplaying radical kid of privilege and apologist for murderers and terrorists. But you’re not scary dude. You’re a poseur. I think it’s hilarious you streamed my comments to your easily duped fans.
so let me get this straight:
-soccer counts as brazilian/argentine culture, basketball counts as serbian/lithuanian culture, hockey counts as canadian/swedish/finnish culture, rugby counts as NZ/UK culture, but baseball and american football and college sports/march madness cannot POSSIBLY count as american culture?
-afternoon tea is british culture, masala chai is indian culture, espresso is italian culture, turkish tea/coffee is turkish culture, but iced coffee (and sweet tea down south) doesn’t count as american culture?
-telenovelas are part of latino cultures, bollywood is part of indian culture, but hollywood cannot count as american culture?
-kpop is korean culture, jpop is japanese culture, but boy bands (which literally originated in the US) don’t count as american culture?
-wine is part of italian/french culture, beer is part of czech culture, vodka is part of russian/polish culture, but cocktails and soeakeasies aren’t american culture?
-kilts are scottish culture, saris are indian culture, but blue jeans and cowboy boots don’t count as being american culture?
-italy can be respected for having varying regional cuisines throughout the country EVEN IF 85% of it is just different variations of PASTA but the fact that louisiana cajun and creole food is entirely distinct from NE lobster rolls and tex-mex and jersey italian american cuisine and southern biscuits and gravy etc still doesn’t count as america having regional cuisine ?
-maori history counts for NZ, aboriginal history counts for australia, but native american history doesn’t count for the US?
-quinceañeras are latin american culture but sweet 16s aren’t american culture?
i could go on for ages but this is already too long for twitter. i’m tired of this conversation! EVERYWHERE HAS CULTURE! even if you don’t like it!
This is fake. It compares U.S. poverty WITHOUT government transfers to Chinese poverty WITH government transfers.
But I guess Chinamaxxing, or whatever. 🙄
My Senate endorsements carry zero political weight. But, FWIW, I support Collins over Platner and ALSO Talarico over Paxton. It isn't just that Platner and Paxton are horrible people. They're also terrible on policy (one a Bernie Sanders socialist; the other a MAGA Trumpist).
I think the pigheaded ignorance of the BDS movement is really illuminated best by what they did to SodaStream.
An Israeli company, SodaStream was one of BDS's earliest boycotts, leading to the closure of its West Bank facility in 2015. At the time, the company was the largest private employers of Palestinians in the area, and 600 Palestinians were immediately laid off. Their Palestinian employees received the same benefits, wages, and conditions of Israelis, and all of that was lost due to BDS, who hilariously (and wrongly) claimed that SodaStream was "exploiting" Palestinians.
SodaStream then moved into Israel proper and to a new plant in Lehavim, which is close to Rahat, a large Bedouin town in the Negev. The facility, like the West Bank one, employs the locals: hundreds of Bedouins, particularly Bedouin women, who otherwise lack economic opportunities.
Did this satisfy BDS? Nope. They continue to boycott SodaStream entirely, claiming the factory is part of the Israeli government's plans to ethnically cleanse the Bedouins, which are Israeli citizens of Arab descent. BDS, of course, did not ask the Bedouins, who receive the same wages as Jews, guaranteed by equal rights laws that BDS pretends do not exist in Israel. Those wages are significantly higher than the average income in nearby Arab towns, and SodaStream provides benefits that are rare outside of the urban areas of Israel, like a healthcare plan, pension contributions, and daily transportation. Job satisfaction is very high.
In short, these boycotts just make rich white WASP Westerners feel good. They do nothing for Palestinians or Israeli minorities.
i know we obviously hate on him a lot, and i hate that he was against kamala in the 2024 election, but i think it’s rly important to take moments like these to put differences aside against the greater evil. good job trump
Are you, Jon Favreau, the guy who gaslit anyone who brought up your guy's shitty reddit posts from 6 years ago and Nazi tattoo of a few months ago, really dunking on someone for a 17 year old tweet?
Just absolutely zero shame.
leftists this week:
dsa endorses an elderly billionaire for california governor
leftists defend mtg over aoc
david hogg excuses graham platner’s opposition to an assault weapons ban
blame democrats for the voting rights act getting gutted
The Hasan wave is fading because when everyone started paying attention to him, it became clear that he is genuinely unintelligent, boring, has nothing new or interesting to say, and has zero charisma.
If your worldview extends more grace to the Republican woman who voted for Trump (MTG) than it does to the Republican woman who did not and told others not to (Liz Cheney) then your worldview is pretty fucked imo.