There's some diaspora #Asians on Vancouver Island (and several other places in Global North) who have severe #InternalizedRacism, to the point that they're not just #indoctrinated into #colonialism & capitalism but they're so self unaware of internalized racism that they don't even know when racist white folks #tokenize them to defend/justify racism & use them to push WS beliefs on their own peoples.
I lose my fu*king shit around Asians like this. They harm us Asians who fight for human rights.
Here's the other thing: Colonial governments love exploiting #IdentityPolitics. They benefit from #BIPOC folks who suffer from #InternalizedRacism. It's part of the #DivideAndConquer colonialism playbooks. They provide extra rewards to #POC people who are willing to #whitewash & defend almost anything, to non-white folks willing to sell their souls & willing to enact harms on their own peoples. They depend on both #greed & #desperation to exploit BIPOC with internalized racism issues.
"Trump is spending a good chunk of his donations on his legal bills. The Times ran an amazing report about this on Wednesday. Of nearly $85 million in donations, almost a third, $27 million, has gone to legal bills. Hey, at least this time around, he’s apparently actually paying them.
Trump will have money. There’s no use pretending he won’t."
"But $400 sneakers and $60 Bibles are not signs of strength. They’re signs of weakness. Panic. Desperation. A guy who’ll sell anything that isn’t nailed to the floor. ...
So let’s avert our gaze from the people who’d walk across hot coals for Donald Trump (while he stood off to the side, pleading bone spurs) and think instead about the ones who are slowly peeling off."
"They’re out there too. And they’re starting to see what you and I have so obviously seen for years: a twisted, desperate huckster who’s never cracked a Bible in his life and whose only religion is hustling the suckers who are born every minute."
#Desperation / Jair Bolsonaro misrepresented as a rally in support of Israel
Former Brazilian President Jair #Bolsonaro gathered supporters in Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue to show strength amid investigations into him and his cabinet, for allegedly plotting a coup after the 2022 election loss. Populist center-right news site #Ynet has chosen to misrepresent the event as if it were a rally in support of Israel:
[…] Blue and White Flags and "Sorry Israel": The Massive Right-Wing Protest in Brazil - Against President Lula
[…] Thousands participated in a show of immense force in São Paulo, organized by former President Jair Bolsonaro, in the shadow of the numerous investigations in which he is entangled. In the protest, Israeli flags were also waved - as a defiance against the current President Lula da Silva, who compared the war in Gaza to the Holocaust.
While Jair’s supporters often wave Israeli flags, Reuters doesn’t seem to notice the rally had anything to do with Israel, but rather with his political opponent, President Luiz Inacio #Lula da Silva.
Israelis should probably realize by now that associating with far-right, extremist elements erodes support for Israel, especially among younger generations, who prioritize progressive values.
#Desperation is a stinky cologne. #Rudy's just trying to come up with #money to pay his ballooning #legal bills and various civil #judgements. But this is just sad.