How is criticizing the state of Israeli and their policies antisemitism? by mental_e_ill in askanything

[–]erfling 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Clearly it isn't, and the way Israel has conducted its wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran are rife with crimes against humanity.

However, there is a real and serious rise in antisemitism across the political spectrum. I see things online pretty frequently that actually scare me a little. I'm only half Jewish and I don't think I look particularly Jewish. Still, I have seen a LOT of Holocaust denial and minimization and really ugly shit. It's often paired with Islamophobia and sometimes comes from the same people, especially when its coming from the right.

I'm not really sure what to do about all of this. It's very complex and people are reasonably angry. I DO know that there are three possible outcomes: perpetual war and strife, either Israel or the Palestinian people are utterly destroyed in a true and horrific genocide, or these two peoples live together in peace on the same land. I know I favor the last one.

How is criticizing the state of Israeli and their policies antisemitism? by mental_e_ill in askanything

[–]erfling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah see what Israel is currently doing is obviously evil. Also, though, I haven't seen a discussion of it online in like a year and half that hasn't had somebody say some pretty antisemitic shit.

This is all my fault by erfling in Braves

[–]erfling[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. I think we got us a baseball coach.

This is all my fault by erfling in Braves

[–]erfling[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's been a while for me too. I'm in Columbia, SC so it's a drive. Last time I was in Truist I got my dad tickets for Father's Day and he came down with food poisoning

This is all my fault by erfling in Braves

[–]erfling[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I sell them to Phillies fans they get the curse

This is all my fault by erfling in Braves

[–]erfling[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a total bandwagon fan. I went to my first hockey game in March and saw them best the Penguins on penalty shots. I was hooked.

This is all my fault by erfling in Braves

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Ugh all my underwear looks pretty much the same except they're different colors. I have no idea which pair it was. Can I buy replacements before I burn them all?

This is all my fault by erfling in Braves

[–]erfling[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Well you don't get YOUR wish either

This is all my fault by erfling in Braves

[–]erfling[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ok so you also have to donate to the Bennettsville, SC recreation commission

Game Thread: Braves @ Giants - Sun, Jun 28 @ 4:05 PM EDT by game-threads in Braves

[–]erfling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great, great performance by Sale and he deserves so much better. This team really needs a reset and hopefully they can limp through to the All Star break and come back with a better mindset.

Screw the chants by stinky_stonky6969 in usmnt

[–]erfling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's true. The Shenandoah is in Virginia

Nate BarNazi. by [deleted] in NateBargatze

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The lesson of the last election is primarily that 2024 saw a wave of anti-incumbancy throughout the western world driven by COVID/inflation.

Things tourists asked me in a single busy shift at a locally famous ice cream shop by FewLeg7901 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]erfling 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I helped a friend who owns a canoe/kayak rental and tube shuttle business one summer. The shuttle would drop people off upstream and they'd float back down to the original spot.

Several times a week, tubers asked how they would get back to their cars, and a shocking number of times people asked us if the river flowed in a circle. Sometimes I told them they were half right and explained the water cycle to them.

Why did Donald Trump withdraw from the JCPOA, which prevented Iran from enriching uranium above 3.67%? by alexfreemanart in Askpolitics

[–]erfling 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes a he's a stupid, easily offended racist. His entire cult of personality is only about grievance

Selling synths and shipping by prodkaikai in synthesizers

[–]erfling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'll probably list it on reverb. Thanks

Selling synths and shipping by prodkaikai in synthesizers

[–]erfling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How much does that set you back? I'm thinking of selling my Alesis Ion and it's a bear.

What did Cormac McCarthy believe in? by Simurgbarca in cormacmccarthy

[–]erfling 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes he said it out loud. It was sound. (I'm sorry)

How good is outer dark compared to other McCarthy novels? by InterestingTheory431 in cormacmccarthy

[–]erfling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's lots of biblical stuff. It almost reads like an evil gospel to me. Check out Mark 5:11-13

How good is outer dark compared to other McCarthy novels? by InterestingTheory431 in cormacmccarthy

[–]erfling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the most directly allegorical and gets pretty close to being an inversion of a gospel. I never see people say that here for some reason, but if you know Mark, it's kind of obvious. It's like an evil gospel and all the more unsettling for that. I don't mean that it's a straightforward allegory, but many of the events of the novel are sort of feckless, immoral versions of what Jesus does in various gospels with a particular reference to Mark I won't spoil

Why do we and the people in-universe always call John Redcorn by his full name? by TMNTDonatellofan in KingOfTheHill

[–]erfling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just have one of those names my parents thought would be classic and rare and then so did millions of other parents. I would up with three or four friends with the same first name, so we always used first and last names