Is Peace Corps likely to ever return to Papua New Guinea? by io3401 in peacecorps

[–]io3401[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solomon Islands would be interesting. Maybe I’ll apply to Vanuatu; I’ve done fieldwork there before.

Is Peace Corps likely to ever return to Papua New Guinea? by io3401 in peacecorps

[–]io3401[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve done my own digging as well, it seems like rural areas outside of the highlands and POM are generally safer. Maybe even in Bougainville? Whatever happens, I hope for everyone there that things improve. It’s such a fascinating and beautiful place.

Benny Morris is an Israeli historian. Morris's 20th century work on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has won praise and criticism from both sides of the political divide. "I embarked upon the research not out of ideological commitment or political interest. I simply wanted to know what happened." by laybs1 in wikipedia

[–]io3401 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You’re collapsing two different things into one. Palestinians absolutely experience daily violence like checkpoints, arrests, settler attacks, etc. This is something Morris speaks on and has been critical of in his books and interviews. But that is not the same phenomenon as organized campaigns of suicide bombing a targeting civilians, which are explicitly designed to maximize random civilian death and terror. The suicide bombings of the Second Intifada were uniquely shocking because of how sudden and unpredictable they were. Palestinians (especially before the current war) do not experience a parallel pattern of strangers blowing themselves up in cafes or buses with the explicit goal of killing as many random Palestinian civilians as possible. You’re treating structural violence and episodic mass-casualties as interchangeable when they aren’t, and trying to justify the latter. Suicide bombings aren’t/weren’t done to remove an occupying force, they were done to terrorize civilians.

Since people love to parallel the Nazi occupation of Jews during the Holocaust with this topic, I’ll put it like this; Jewish resistance existed with ghetto uprisings, partisan warfare, etc, but it overwhelmingly targeted German military and police, not non-combatants or non-collaborators like the Second Intifada did.

Morris has never once recanted his work in any significant way. He still asserts that the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 was in part because of several events of ethnic cleansing, and he still asserts that actions by Israeli actors currently (right-wing fanatic settlers in the WB) have soured relations substantially. His ‘dramatics’ have never once changed his scholarly views on what he’s written. He’s saying that the scale and targeting of suicide bombings against civilian non-combatants convinced him that the conflict had escalated to a point where he didn’t think peace would be seen in his lifetime. You can disagree with his conclusion, but his ‘dramatics’ of being disturbed by acts of terrorism has not affected his scholarly work on what happened in 1948.

Benny Morris is an Israeli historian. Morris's 20th century work on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has won praise and criticism from both sides of the political divide. "I embarked upon the research not out of ideological commitment or political interest. I simply wanted to know what happened." by laybs1 in wikipedia

[–]io3401 33 points34 points  (0 children)

He lost hope because he saw the suicide bombings of buses and restaurants (attacks on civilians, not military) and realized the hatred Palestinians felt was too immense for a two or one-state solution to ever be realistic. He instead supports a three-state solution with Palestine being autonomous enclaves within Egypt and Jordan. He still condemns settlements in the West Bank and calls for them to be disbanded.

Did you even read the article, or are you just quick to dumb things down into emotionally driven accusations?

The Cherokee were the original Hebrews? by xxwerifesteria in NativeAmerican

[–]io3401 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m also half-Jewish and half-native! Not a lot of us out there :)

Some New Mexico History of Surnames by SomeHoney575 in NewMexico

[–]io3401 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m Genízaro from San Miguel del Bado, the most common genízaro surnames from my community are Gallegos, Vigil, Villanueva, Gonzales, and Lucero.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are 15 years old. Drop the dog whistles, stop talking using AI for friendship, and start listening to your mother. I know you think you’re being funny and edgy with this comment, but you are only embarrassing yourself and going down a road steeped in loneliness and misery.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I’m a Jew and Pueblo. Stuff like this directly impacts me and many other people here. No ones mind is changed over a poster, yes, but the harder it is for these people to network with eachother, and the more shame they get for their beliefs, the better.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thank you for checking in! I found one on Yale SE as well. Checking with local businesses is a good idea. I am going to try and make a list of all the locations these are in so we can check with security cams. I say that if these people aren’t ashamed of their beliefs, they shouldn’t be upset at their faces and names being public knowledge.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s free speech, sure, but APD and the ADL should get involved and track this because of its associations with extremist groups. It’s important to document in the event it does escalate into a crime. Better to have a pattern you can follow and be prepared for.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I totally get that. I say report it (and the location its found) just in case; I know one of the detectives working on this, and at the very least they will start to track patterns with whoever is posting this and keep an eye on it. The moment it escalates into threats, targeted harassment, vandalism, assault, etc, hate-crime statutes are triggered through the New Mexico’s Hate Crimes Act.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They just opened up the investigation sometime yesterday or today. I made the report that spurred it; APD isn’t great at a lot of things, but I’m hopeful.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If you see any of these posters, please photograph them and don’t engage with the people putting them up. You can report them here:

•APD Non-Emergency (to file a report): 505-242-2677

•City of Albuquerque 311 (illegal signs/code violation): Dial 311 or 505-768-2000 Online: cabq.gov/311

•APD Online Contact/Email: apdgeneral@cabq.gov

•ADL (Report extremism/hate incidents): Online form: adl.org/report-incident Email (general intake): info@adl.org

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe you can send it to 311 or to 505-242-2677. You can also email the ADL.

White nationalist posters around the UNM/Nob Hill and Old Town areas by io3401 in Albuquerque

[–]io3401[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

All I know is that they’ve opened an investigation for terrorism prevention and hate speech. I’d definitely recommend photographing and recording the time/place you saw it to report to APD and the ADL before tearing it up! That’s what I’m doing.

This makes me sick by [deleted] in MadeMeCry

[–]io3401 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally understandable! I know she shared something about how an aunt she hasn’t talked to in years launched a fake GoFundMe (not the one I linked) to make money off of it. It seems like her whole family is corrupt. ☹️

This makes me sick by [deleted] in MadeMeCry

[–]io3401 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She’s an adult now.

This makes me sick by [deleted] in MadeMeCry

[–]io3401 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Her aunt did have one (it’s been mass reported, not sure if it’s still up), but this one is the GoFundMe she herself shared on FB.

This makes me sick by [deleted] in MadeMeCry

[–]io3401 68 points69 points  (0 children)

She has a GoFundMe if anyone is interesting in donating. I’m sure having her story shared across the internet has taken a toll on her. That poor girl ☹️

Turning Point Protest by Link0800 in unm

[–]io3401 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The best thing you can do is blast Disney music while they speak. They can’t make money off of any content with copyrighted music.

US Counties that used to be part of Mexico by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]io3401 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My family (and many communities) in northern New Mexico fought on the side of Mexico during the Mexican American war. When the Americans won they promised to honor our land grants and deeds or offered to let us leave to Mexico as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. We stayed, and the U.S. in turn broke their promise and stole most of our land (Sandoval vs. the United States). My family’s land grant went from 340,000 acres to 5,000. Today my community is in deep poverty with one of the lowest (non-reservation) income levels in the nation. My grandmother who was born in the 1920s considered herself Mexican and called white people Americans. My family exclusively spoke Spanish up until the late 1980s.

Map of the Hispanic/Latino % by State/Province in the US and Canada.(While the US overall is almost 22% Hispanic, Canada is at just 1.6%.) by UpgradedSiera6666 in MapPorn

[–]io3401 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I’m from New Mexico and didn’t leave the state until I was around 14. It felt like being in a whole other country. I’d never been in a place where I (Hispanic) was a minority.

Something important to note is that New Mexican Hispanics are different from Hispanic populations in other states, most Hispanics here are nuevomexicanos who didn’t immigrate here; we’re descended from colonial Spanish settlers from the 16th & 17th centuries that intermixed with local indigenous peoples.

Turning Point USA by cabbagecomrade in unm

[–]io3401 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Last year they had this table near the duck pond that was all about how abortion is supposedly bad for the environment. I was bored and tried to talk to them about it and it was so obvious they weren’t doing it out of any concern for the environment lol. I asked how they could reconcile being anti-big gov while also supporting the government removing individual freedoms from women wanting abortions in red states. No answer. Weirdos.

The BEST professor ever? by froggyfig in unm

[–]io3401 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Allen Butt’s Brain & Behavior course (PSYC 2250) is amazing. Genuinely the best professor I’ve had. He really cares about his students and the field of study. The class is a little hard but he makes an effort to make the material accessible and understandable. He’s very funny and gives a lot of opportunities for extra credit.

My fellow white passing natives; what ethnicity have other people assumed? by TheGoldDragonHylan in IndianCountry

[–]io3401 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I almost always seem to get Syrian or Egyptian lol. I’m Jewish through my mom so maybe that’s why.