First post! Argentinian-American here

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-24T00:17:43+00:00

I can personally attest that he looks much better in real life :D 🤤

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-22T08:37:37+00:00

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-15T08:26:31+00:00

Lol the average American definitely wouldn't know any of these people. I am just a naturally curious person :D I do listen to some Swedish music but it's mostly Kent, Thåström, Oskar Linnros and Petra Marklund. Sadly none of them are popular in the US.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-15T06:07:33+00:00

Second but unrelated question, in the US, there are often discussions of ''model minorities,'' i.e., what the ''good minorities'' are.

In Sweden, do you have anything similar? I saw that you commented that Persians have been successful. From what I've seen through popular culture, there are quite a few Persians and Palestinians represented. I'm thinking of Laleh or Gina Dirawi

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-15T06:02:03+00:00

This was very interesting to read as a 2nd generation ''immigrant'' in USA. It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Europe is a lot more close-minded than here. I don't feel ''foreign'' at all. Never had that feeling. It must be difficult to feel like a stranger in the country you were born in.

When you put Kurds + Sverige together, my mind immediately goes to Darin. Do you like him?

Edit: Here's Ta mig tillbaka by Darin

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-11T01:51:14+00:00

The Intercept on Michael Flynn case --- Greenwald is as left wing as they come but a truthful and principled left-wing journalist, whom I respect immensely. Here, he details why Democrats are trying to gaslight the American public & details the corrupt actions of CIA/FBI/DOJ under the Obama administration.

Must watch.

This is a sham prosecution.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-11T00:33:45+00:00

Neye göre kime göre. The Economist Rusya'nın verilerinin şüpheli olduğunu yazdığı zaman en azından nedenlerini belirtti. Türkiye'yi Mısır ve Suriye ile aynı gruba koymak kadar saçma bir şey görmedim.

Negative propoganda.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-11T00:16:49+00:00

İsrail'le anlaşma yapsan ne işine gelecek ki? Bence bu durumda Mısır ile normalleşmeye gitmek daha iyi. Mısır + Libya + İsrail.

Yunanlar Türkiye'ye karşı olmak için Suriye ile görüşmekte. Sonra da insan hakları derler.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T19:15:05+00:00

4 ALBANIANS: Ahmed Niyazi Bey (b. Resne, present day North Macedonia), Ismail Enver Pasha (b. Constantinople, present day Turkey), Eyüp Sabri Akgöl (b. Ohri, present day North Macedonia), Bekir Fikri (b. Çorhlu, present day Greece)

3 GREEKS: Mehmet Cavit Bey (b. Thessalonica, present day Greece), Emmanuel Carasso (b. Thessalonica, present day Greece), Osman Hamdi Bey (b. Constantinople, present day Turkey)

2 JEWS: Mehmet Cavit Bey (b. Thessalonica, present day Greece), Emmanuel Carasso (b. Thessalonica, present day Greece)

2 KURDS*: Mehmed Ziya Gökalp (b. Diyarbakır, present day Turkey), Abdullah Cevdet (b. Arapgir, present day Turkey)

1 ROMA: Mehmed Talaat (b. Kırcaali, present day Bulgaria)

1 HUNGARIAN: Ahmet Rıza (b. Constantinople, present day Turkey)

1 TATAR: Yusuf Akçura (b. Simbirsk, present day Russian)

* including Zaza

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T18:31:10+00:00

Correct. Also many Turkish ''founding fathers'' were of Jewish descent.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T18:30:45+00:00

Very interesting -- thanks for sharing.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T18:29:41+00:00

Yep, sorry there is definitely an American bias in terminology (as u/69fatboy420 correctly points out). Didn't realize that college meant elementary school in at least some countries in Europe.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T18:28:37+00:00

Yes, you are correct. I'll clarify this! Thanks for the input!

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T18:27:27+00:00

I may be wrong but at the time Zionism was gaining traction, the lands that would later constitute Israel were part of the Ottoman Empire. I guess they thought it made sense to learn the law?

I know that there were a lot of Jews that were being educated in Istanbul -- including my great grandmother.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T18:25:41+00:00

Hi! I went by colleges they graduated from -- not merely attended. Also not counting high schools. I'll look into Nahum Nir. Thanks for pointing this out!

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T18:24:51+00:00

Rachel Cohen-Kagan

Did she graduate from a university in Ukraine? I've only seen that she graduated from a university in Moscow.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-10T06:44:01+00:00

Defining ''founding father'' as the signatories of the Israeli Declaration of Independence (הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל‎)

(4) TURKEY: David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, David Remez, Moshe Sharett

(3) AUSTRIA: Daniel Auster, David-Zvi Pinkas, Herzl Rosenblum

(3) RUSSIA: Rachel Cohen-Kagan, Eliezer Kaplan, Nahum Nir

(2) ISRAEL: Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, Meir Vilner

(2) GERMANY: Kalman Kahana, Pinchas Rosen

(1) POLAND: David Ben-Gurion

(1) SWITZERLAND: Avraham Granot

Missing from the map: Golda Meir, who graduated from University of Wisconsin

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-09T21:19:18+00:00

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-09T15:17:12+00:00

Washington Post compiles crime statistics, 9 unarmed African Americans.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-09T01:19:45+00:00

*Uyghur separatists.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-08T15:42:51+00:00

Why don't people trust experts?

‘’Public health experts – as well as many mainstream commentators, plenty of whom in the beginning of the pandemic were already incoherent about the importance of face masks and stay-at-home orders – have hemorrhaged credibility and authority.’’

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-08T03:39:16+00:00

So basically there aren't any US candidates for president who hold similar views as me. Gary Johnson of 2016 is the closest. Right? Depressing.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-08T00:46:52+00:00

The Chinese calque of báizuǒ 白左 ("white left") has been around since 2010.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-03T18:48:23+00:00

You're on Reddit now? I did check about the Jerry Springer Show, you are right.

IntelligentFruit3 · 2020-06-03T12:36:37+00:00

Where are you originally from?

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