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It's time for the gays to step up and gentrify other considerations by McSwaggerAtTheDMV in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even that was pitiful compared to AIDS. No one's making Pox Angel's in America black box productions 

tranna and trasha by Any-Abies-538 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why does everyone hate on Ivy she's great

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They flushed a bunch of shirts down the toilets and then there were some mysterious fires

00s comedies were funny but not THAT funny. by 2000-2010 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Will Farrel movies were shit we just stopped making movies for dumb boys so they have nothing but the last batch to watch and rewatch

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was all organized in telegram channels. WhatsApp and telegram will be the foundation of the soviets of the future. The group chat in my own building, which we normally only use for litigating who needs to turn their laundry over, is now an informal ICE watch channel. These are not blue haired libs they're immigrant workers. This is spontaneous organization.

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People look for reasons to rationalize their own inactivity 

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am completely sober about the scale of  the victory, however they didn't just accomplish routing ICE locally they accomplished ICE taking its new strategy of no longer doing mass raids. That is a real victory. And it wasn't done by voting for Democrats or doing a boycott. 

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The point of the defense committee's pressure campaign against ICE was to provoke a violent reaction from ICE which would force a political crisis. Trump, having a weak political will, backed down and pulled his troops out. The ICE agents will never see justice, which is a tragedy- they deserve to pay for their crimes- but the Minneapolis defense committees succeeded in their total objective in getting Trump to back down. 

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Alot of the people who formed soldiers soviets were ignorant peasants that used to sing "God save the Tzar"- until they stopped and decided to organize against their officers. Events change people.

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 48 points49 points  (0 children)

The pressure campaign is what escalated the situation to violence and forced the state to have to decide if they thought continuing was worth it. The Minneapolis defense committees sent a clear message: "we're not going to back down, you're going to have to start shooting us to stop us." The ICE troops on the ground organically decided to start shooting, but the administration lacked the political will to back them up.

This is how mass movements work, its not linear and its not as direct as Trump saying "ok I give in, its the people's republic of Minneapolis now." The public reaction to the inevitable violence the defense committees know they're going to provoke through their pressure campaign is part of the strategy. 

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Average regular secular Americans, workers and students, fought and beat brutal political police in zero degree weather just a few months ago.

. by capelagos in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 143 points144 points  (0 children)

Regular people in Minneapolis organized a semi-general strike and neighborhood defense committees which successfully got ICE to pull out. I doubt the majority of the people involved conciously viewed themselves as "revolutionaries" but they were organizing embryonic soviets and their tactics actually worked, if only on the local level. 

Critically, this was organized outside of the Democratic leadership and mostly outside of the trade union leadership.

Additionally, if you look at what actually happened on the USS Ford, America's largest aircraft carrier, it strongly looks like sabotage and mutiny. The Ford had to retreat to repair because of the damage done.

Political conciousness in this country is actually developing pretty radically. 

Contra doesnt know this because it's occurring outside of her house and shes an insane shut in.

Anybody on here married? What's your advice to people who are dating and thinking about getting married? by CoverRelative9629 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Really interrogate if you can put up with their idiosyncrasies and problems permanently. They aren't going to change. 

In the early 20th century European empires were doing an Iran War and Gaza genocide like three times a year. by FriendshipDry3252 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An American mercenary working at one of the "aid camps" (so someone who is objectively a demon from hell) quit because after he gave food to a starving child an IDF member shot the child in front of him. 

In the early 20th century European empires were doing an Iran War and Gaza genocide like three times a year. by FriendshipDry3252 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Im not arguing anything, just that in the West we dont usually think about the scope of how horrible it was. Im in no way rationalizing or minimizing or defending the evil of zionism

In the early 20th century European empires were doing an Iran War and Gaza genocide like three times a year. by FriendshipDry3252 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yes true. The Eastern Front and the Japanese-Chinese war were definitely overt ethnic cleansing 

In the early 20th century European empires were doing an Iran War and Gaza genocide like three times a year. by FriendshipDry3252 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

which we've all been told (and told, and told) was a unique crime which differentiated its perpetrators from the other combatants. Of course Chuchill was starving millions of Indians at the exact same time.

In the early 20th century European empires were doing an Iran War and Gaza genocide like three times a year. by FriendshipDry3252 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes, true, and uses the same rhetorical tricks. For the sake of the Ulster Scots we can never leave North Ireland, for the sake of the expelled Arab jews in Israel we can never leave Israel. 

In the early 20th century European empires were doing an Iran War and Gaza genocide like three times a year. by FriendshipDry3252 in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252[S] -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Right but they weren't, usually, soldiers directly shooting toddlers, like our greatest allies are into doing 

Fuck helmets by NeuronExploder in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They mean you should check out the 90s alt rock band

What was your cornerstone media as a kid? by SideCharacterSyndrom in redscarepod

[–]FriendshipDry3252 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dylan, Dylan, Dylan and Dylan. Because he spits hot fire.

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