Gerard

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@BDSixsmith Similarly, the complaint that immigration has made Britain on aggregate less sanguine about Israel burning children alive is not one with much appeal beyond the vice-signalling base.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@HBendaas I'm honestly leaning to the view that Israel has Epstein-related blackmail on Trump. Like you say, the vassalage is so extreme and self-defeating.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@pyjamas_black That's a bit of a straw man; the actual view is that *American oligarchs whose primary loyalty is to Israel* control the empire's ME policy. To be sure, this has the same outcomes as if Israel controlled the empire's ME policy.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@manofnoproperty @pyjamas_black Nah, the Chomsky line is basically just an a priori theoretical claim that (for mysterious Marxist reasons) aspects of a state's policy can't be captured by sectional interests. The zog line is based on observation of how American politics actually works.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@colwight @alex_callinicos Remarkable that an IR prof doesn't know that Chomsky famously rejected the 'tail wagging the dog' view of US-Israel relations. (Of course, it's now obvious that Chomsky was wrong).

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@owenbroadcast Schubert's 'Doppelganger' another good shout, although maybe more doom-laden than scary. The first doom metal song.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@SteveNickSmith Seems likely this would have been at the request of the Israeli gvt. The fuss has served its purpose in Britain (repairing the 'anti-semitism' firewall around Israel); the riots that would ensue if the fans actually came wouldn't benefit the pro-Israel cause.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@GeorgyKantor @LucyGoBag If combating antisemitism requires rolling out the red carpet for foreign war criminals to racially abuse British citizens in their own city, perhaps we could do with a little less combating antisemitism.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@CptHastings1916 A substantial number of those 'Jews' will have recently been shooting children. If it's only 'sectarians' who want to flex their muscles against them it's a damning verdict on the rest of us.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@surplustakes I keep wondering why the British online right are so much worse than the American for Israel cocksucking.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@TheGriftReport @AaronBastani @novaramedia 7k

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@owenjonesjourno Looking at those numbers, if this was any other group we'd be talking about a terrifying level of radicalisation. Some serious denazification required.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@jamesdmorris Did you miss Zionist music industry bosses trying to get Kneecap cancelled?

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@CptHastings1916 Bit antisemitic, that... Seriously, for people so worried about foreign infiltration, you lot seem pretty sanguine about your country's foreign policy being run by a few rich Jews. We sent our armed forces to protect Israel a few weeks after Bibi called the PM a Hamas supporter!

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@meulenbeld_rick @TheSnowDreamer @extremetemps By far the biggest problem is the lack of external shutters, which are unheard-of in Britain despite being common even in the cooler parts of Europe. AC would still be unnecessary in most British homes if we could just keep out direct sunlight!

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@EllieCumbo You guys are in such a bubble. Outside Labour careerists, journalists and the fash, everyone in the country hates Israel. (Btw, it was supposed to help because everyone in public life fears Zionists will destroy their career if they condemn a genocide).

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@CptHastings1916 @wmslamcan It's a geopolitical dispute, but it's also torturing a million kids to death with the help of the RAF. You should fear God.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@Empty_America @JuddBaroff King Francis I brought Leonardo to France, paid him a fat pension and became a personal friend, even though Leonardo was well over the hill.

[Gerard @Klingsortas]

@ejhchess Well, his canonisation by certain Christian subcultures hasn't really helped his reputation! But I often find him masterful as a psychologist, rhetorician, literary critic... Albeit very often very annoying.