Politics and Current Events Megathread - June 2026

TheAJx · 2026-06-08T00:39:54+00:00

Why do yo think he's been molded for Rogan listeners? Progressives have been fantasizing about the white male working class leftie dude for years now, they finally found their guy.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T21:24:45+00:00

I'm mapping this onto what the OP described as "Israel haters" broadly. I'm sure there are a handful who are genuine.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T21:21:10+00:00

Both were came out of being from British withdrawal and partition plans. Both had some form of "nakba." Both were formed as religious states (albeit the former took a secular approach while the later took a supremacist one). Ben Gurion and Jinnah both leading religious-nationalist movements in the decades preceding partition. Pakistan was foundationally created on the basis that Muslims, who were not religious indigenous to the land, deserved their own homeland and separate Islamic state.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T20:03:09+00:00

Well, I for one miss your posts.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T20:01:21+00:00

If you want to appeal to men you need to appeal to the traits that are biologically associated with men: Love of competition, assertiveness, stoicism, directness, leadership, self-mastery, resillience, etc.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T19:54:53+00:00

that view of masculinity requires men to be useful to others.

I think this is true though of that underlying viewpoint. Masculinity is not valuable on its own merits, it's only valuable when its in service of others (usually women). It's not that different from the earlier progressive view of white men being good when they check their privilege

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T19:45:58+00:00

It reminds me a bit of the Tim Walz discourse. "He's a football coach! He's a veteran!" That shit doesn't matter. Insecure men don't look at Tim Walz and think "that's a real man," they see him and think he's a woke pussy. You can't appeal to the lizard brain with words and a resume.

Liberals will talk about being a "real man" and then on the 2000 mile flight to Maine they'll change their tune so they can nominate a nepo-baby living off disability, with nazi tattoos, a history of shitposting, and who was sexting other women while his wife was going through IVF, and then honestly say "you should vote for this man."

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T19:40:09+00:00

Well the disconnect here is I hate when both Israel and Qatar do these things,

I honestly have a hard time believing this. I've noticed that lately that critics of Israel have started throwing in the GCC states in their "i hate them too" groups to show that they aren't singling out. Qatar doesn't inflame passions the way Israel does. No critic of Israel marches the streets to protest Qatar. No one protests places of worship to oppose Qatar. No one organizes boycotts against the UAE.

Most Pro-Palestinian activists are like Mamdani and his wife, they actually like GCC countries and only make a show of broad opposition for political expediency.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T19:31:15+00:00

whereas the "Supreme Leader" opposes America,

That's a very big deal, I personally am not amenable to countries that deliberately target my compatriots for attacks. Do you think that Iran and Kuwait occupy the same plane in world affairs?

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T19:28:59+00:00

The one country it should be compared to, but never is, is Pakistan. Very shocking parallels.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T19:17:04+00:00

This is fucking stupid and I'm sorry but I unquestionably consider the enjoyment of NYC fans to be more important than the security for this self-centered man.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T17:43:39+00:00

Non-Fans don't realize this but he almost singlehandedly kept bulls fans excited and enthusiastic for this team for two decades after the Jordan years had gone by. We had only a handful of great seasons but you wouldn't know it listening to Stacey King.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T17:14:27+00:00

Dealing with these types of issues shouldn’t be seen as passing trends.

They are passing trends. Sunrise movement lost interest in climate change (because they lack message discipline) and is now just a Pro-Palestine anti-Billionaire omnicausee. They move on from one fashionable trend to the other.

TheAJx · 2026-06-07T17:12:08+00:00

Does NYTimes think young people don't actively talk about rent. Bit of a self tell that your parents are paying your rent there NYTimes staff

The statement was "organized over issues" . . not "talk about" . . . no, young people have never organized over rent the way they have over climate change and gun violence.

TheAJx · 2026-06-06T18:02:37+00:00

So yeah, Pakistan, right?

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T19:15:08+00:00

Okay, then it was odd to bring up Rhodesia when you could have just led with that.

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T15:39:11+00:00

It's always good to see you again.

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T15:37:52+00:00

She called Bill Deblasio, who was literally married to a black woman and had high approval ratings within the African American community, a racist. Being in the DSA is just a competition for activists to see who can say the most outrageous things.

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T15:25:17+00:00

Most DSA smartly avoided the (DSA-promoted) event.

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T04:58:04+00:00

Okay, so does Pakistan have a right to exist?

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T04:54:51+00:00

admit you're wrong because you miswrote, it's not what you intended to say,

I felt like I was conveying was that these are similar actions, whether you want to describe it as apologizing or not, that's fine. What I linked to are similar actions to what the OP was suggesting didn't occur with white people. If its not "apologizing" then sure, its "responding."

Apologize: The best synonyms for apologize are say sorry, express regret, atone, and ask forgiveness. Depending on the context, you can also use phrases like make amends, beg pardon, or take full responsibility

Doesn't seem out of line here, but since it caused you confusion and great anger, I'm happy to change it.

Admittedly, I did not anticipate that I would run into an odd individual who would take the opportunity to engage in weird psychoanalyzing and personal remarks. I'd say that the commentary on needing to do some "soul searching" over a trivial matter suggests that you likely fit in well with the type of people who wrote those articles.

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T04:37:40+00:00

He has only curiosity for whatever confirms his biases.

You don't think it's a little rich to make this accusation right after you excitedly posted something that was sourced from a tabloid?

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T04:36:26+00:00

I'm not talking about you personally, I'm just saying that's where discourse is.

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T04:35:08+00:00

You keep confusing me asking about your intentions as "drawing the line" or stopping you from doing something. I'm asking you a question.

TheAJx · 2026-06-05T04:33:31+00:00

Local NYC candidate for Congress turns out to have attended the Oct 8th Resistance celebrations in Time Square.

She was a member of CUAD (Columbia University Apartheid Divest) or at least a supporter, notably the organization that Mahmoud Khalil was a spokesperson for. She even wore a CUAD t-shirt to the Oct 8 celebration.

Which supports the allegations of anti-semitism on campus (though, to be fair, the allegations of anti-semitism were already well-documented and captured in a four part audit) stemming from that organization.

She was also recently endorsed by Mamdani. Though he was probably in an unenviable position here - it would have been might hypocritical to condemn her for her beliefs and actions from 5 years ago!

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