dukepaaron

dukepaaron, 24 days ago to random

I'm unclear why when protesters block Jews from going to class the Jewish kids just take it, make a video, and send it to the news.

Protesters have rights and civil disobedience is a time honored rite of passage in US universities.

At the same time they can't stop Jewish students from walking on campus.

Don't take a video. Just go through them.

dukepaaron, 24 days ago to random

Militant Jewish Trolls™

dukepaaron, 25 days ago to random

@DanadasGrau what kind of person says absurd shit like this? What the fuck is wrong with the fediverse that this kind of garbage is so normalized?

Wow.

@jeffowski

dukepaaron, 26 days ago to random

This is just so kookers to me.

"In response to a question regarding how the protests at Columbia University would influence antisemitism on campus at Columbia University, US Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota referred to Jewish students as "pro-genocide or anti-genocide."

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-799013

dukepaaron, 26 days ago to random

I have to go to an event but my new beard balm isn't getting here until later today. So my glorious starter handlebar isn't going to work out.

Second most disappointing thing today after Bernie Sanders.

dukepaaron, 27 days ago to random

"Bash asked Sanders, “She said some Jewish students are pro-genocide. Is that something that you’re comfortable with?”

“Well, I don’t know exactly..." :surprised_pikachu: :oh_no_bubble:

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/bernie-sandards-confronted-about-ilhan-omar-saying-all-jewish-kids-should-be-kept-safe-even-if-theyre-pro-genocide/

dukepaaron, 29 days ago to random

Fediperson: "[Something totally fucked up about Jews], and I can say that because my great grandfather's butcher's aunt married a Jew."

historyofpunkrock, 29 days ago to random

Post an underrated Guitarist:

Raymond John “East Bay Ray” Pepperell, guitarist for the Dead Kennedys.

Jello got all the attention with his performance. But the band wouldn't have become this band without their guitarist

Photo by Alison Braun

dukepaaron, 1 month ago to Israel

"It is true that most anti-#Israel protesters do not engage in #antisemitic harassment. It is also true that the formal demands associated with anti-Israel protests are legitimate (if not policies I’d endorse) and do not require the collective punishment of American #Jews. But the reason incidents like these occur over and over is that they are part of the ideological character of the movements that give rise to them. Dismissing this pattern as the actions of “inflammatory individuals” is to evade the question of who is inflaming them."

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/columbia-protest-anti-semitism-campus-israel-jewish-students-justice-palestine.html

Binder, 1 month ago to random

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dukepaaron, 1 month ago to random

20 to 30 years later and I still spin this band a lot.

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - West Caberet Drive

https://youtu.be/F7gghBqEniY?feature=shared

jonobie, 1 month ago to random

I’m so sick of “women and children” being a category. Looking at you, Last Week Tonight. There’s two categories: Adults (any gender) and children (extra vulnerable, any gender). For fuck’s sake.

dukepaaron, 1 month ago to random

The usual suspects are claiming/surmising the antisemitic elements of the larger pro-palestine protests are actually false flag operations.

Which makes sense since they Sandy Hooked Oct 7.

dukepaaron, 1 month ago to random

In the interests of annoying everyone in the hard line politics and morals sportsball team model of life...

There's nothing inherently antisemitic about protesting to end a war. Arresting peaceful protesters on college campuses for civil disobedience is not a great look. Regardless of whether you agree with them or not.

On the flipside, chanting things like "yehuda yehuda," "we're all Hamas," or "Remember the 7th of October! That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10 more times, not 100 more times, not 1000 more times, but 10,000 times!" surely is all meant to be pirposely antisemitic.

Holding a sign that reads “Al-Qassam’s next target" with an arrow pointing to a group of Jews isn't anti-war or even anti-zionism. It's fucking crazy is what it is.

So stop strong arming protests. They're normal. Even if they have very fucked up elements in them.

Protestors, you got a 'nazi bar' problem and you should fix it or fuck off. There's no excuse for this shit.

18+ TonyStark, 1 month ago to random

“Before jumping to conclusions, wait for facts. And FFS, please don't wish death on people, at least not in my feed. Thank you.”

I’ve said this quite a few times myself in various ways but boy, would all of our experiences be better on social media if people could at least follow the first one, although the second one is also a requirement for me, too.

https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112299324033315607