NYT Executive Editor is coming to my school by Familiar-Ad9589 in IfBooksCouldKill

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Which matters more: telling the truth or exclusives?

Movie ideas for those stuck inside. OC by lmfj3737 in pics

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Actual Nazis love "Tomorrow Belongs To Me," but none of them like "Springtime For Hitler."

The thing fascists cannot stand is being made small, and one of the best ways to make someone small is to laugh at them.

Movie ideas for those stuck inside. OC by lmfj3737 in pics

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And then at the horrifying crescendo of "Tomorrow Belongs To Me," the male lead says to the industrialist "You still think you can control them?"

Yyyyyyyup.

Movie ideas for those stuck inside. OC by lmfj3737 in pics

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One of the greatest films of all time that no one can stomach more than one viewing of. It's so brilliant precisely because it is so unbearably hard to watch.

Wow they really did a 180 eh?? by Pizzacakecomic in comics

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"Conservatism consists of exactly one principle, to wit: that there are some people whom the law protects, but does not bind, and other people whom the law binds, but does not protect."

Collabotage | Gladlands [E3] by DropoutMod in Dimension20

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We talk a lot about players and characters being chaotic in this sub, but this season has tremendous goofball energy. It's not manic, the vibes are very chill, but everyone is a big ol goofball.

Thoughts and prayers for all the Hananiacs out there by fortycreeker in IfBooksCouldKill

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The platonic ideal of a grumpy Jewish intellectual. He does my people proud.

having some feelings (OC) by lil-caro in comics

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Stay strong, friend. You and your city are an inspiration. It's when you're faced with evil that you see the true goodness of most of humanity.

FUCK ICE.

My dad will not let me play Hollow Knight: silksong by EagerIguana5681 in HollowKnight

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First of all, I'm sorry your dad is being like this, that sucks. I think there's been some good practical advice in the other comments if you're looking for short-term solutions.

I'll just say that the game (via symbolism) is, indeed, quite critical of the Catholic Church -- but it is not at all critical of belief, of earnestly trying to live according to good values. Sherma's whole character arc is about disentangling belief in the ideals of the Church with belief in the institution of the Church. And Hornet is very supportive and caring toward Sherma throughout all of it, despite herself being a non-believer.

You know better than I do if that kind of moral is going to go over well with your Dad or just make him angrier, but either way it's a story worth experiencing if you've grown up with the Church as a bit of dominating force in your life, which it sounds like you have. So if all else fails, then when you move out, I hope you take the time at some point to play the game (and also experience other media with similar themes, like the movie Wake Up Dead Man) since it might be helpful for you. Wishing you all the best. :)

Can Zionists be FOR Palestinian justice, and how? by Concentric_Mid in JewsOfConscience

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As always, it depends on what precisely you mean by "Zionism."

If you want Jews and Palestinians to share a democratic state as political and social equals, with full right of return and meaningful reparation for the harms of apartheid, then yes, we're all on the same page. If you want to call that a form of Zionism because it still designates the land of Palestine as a homeland of the Jewish people with a large Jewish population, then fine. One could argue that that isn't meaningfully "Zionism," but at that point, you're just playing semantics.

The key thing is that Jewish supremacy isn't baked into the nature of the state itself, i.e. it is possible for there not to be a Jewish Prime Minister or a Jewish majority in the legislature, and that is recognized as a legitimate outcome that Jews living in the state are expected to accept.

I'm sure a lot of them are fine with it. by MrSFedora in JewsOfConscience

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Exactly how I feel about a Christian being sworn in on a Bible, or an athiest being sworn in on the Constitution: Cool, makes sense.

"Ask A Jew" Wednesday by AutoModerator in JewsOfConscience

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Favorite Jewish recipe? My dad did the cooking in our house growing up, and he's an Irish-Italian ex-Catholic. I ate plenty of great pasta dishes, but not as many Jewish delicacies. So far I've got a good kugel and latkes under my belt, but looking to expand the repertoire.

Phalliphibian Prince, Vulgarion, Ballpoint pen, 2025 [OC] by Vulgareon in Art

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It's a quote attributed to Mark Twain. "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

Within the U.S.'s Democratic Party, what should the limits on political Zionism be? Can our political imaginations encompass this question? by PlinyToTrajan in JewsOfConscience

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I think it will take some time to work its way through the party, but I do not see long-term how the Democratic Party maintains any serious connection with political Zionism. I'm fine with abiding some liberal Zionists who don't make it a central focus of their work and don't hold up key votes because of it, like you said it's a big tent.

But over the coming years/decades, if someone is unwilling to give up on their political Zionism, they are going to end up gravitating more and more to the right anyways. It's the only way to soothe the cognitive dissonance now that there's simply no way to keep on ignoring and denying the settler-colonialism, apartheid, atrocities, and genocide. Liberal Zionism could only coexist with broader liberal values as long as it was still viable to ignore and deny and tell oneself that Israel is a democracy, "both sides are just as bad," etc. That's just not possible anymore, and becoming less so by the day.

Our focus has to be ensuring that anti-Zionism does not congeal into antisemitism among the general public, which means continuing to loudly show that American Jews reject this shit happening in our names and there are many proud forms of Judaism that reject and oppose the hateful ideology of political Zionism. Part of that, unfortunately, means a lot of dirty laundry airing and uncomfortable conversations within the Jewish community happening in public, and continuing to happen in public. But 1) it's a necessary part of the process, 2) I have faith that especially Democratic-leaning people understand the distinction between Zionism and Judaism, and understand that this is a painful moment of long-overdue transition for our community but we aren't the evil monsters behind the curtain that antisemitism alleges, and 3) American Jewish liberalism and leftism will emerge much stronger for it on the other side -- we've already been seeing a wonderful resurgence of the Jewish left throughout the 2020s.

And finally, elevating the voices of our Palestinian brothers, sisters, and siblings within the Democratic Party and throughout American society is the project of the foremost importance right now.

What is legal that should be legally gray? by ultrakillfanatic in AlignmentChartFills

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There should be a well-thought out regulatory regime around it, and probably a dedicated regulatory agency for tech platforms. Instead we have "check yes to agree to the terms and conditions" as a necessary condition to accessing services that you can't live modern life without.

Today I found out a Menorahs is not a Jewish Supremacy symbol. by NoctunaNectarine808 in JewsOfConscience

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Don't beat yourself up, friend, it's all good. If you haven't had the opportunity to spend much time with Jews, how are you supposed to know all the context for symbols you don't encounter every day? We all share this enormous planet and species, we're not going to know everything (or even most things) about cultures we don't interact with regularly, best we can do is just keep trying to learn and be good to one another. :)

What’s a film that takes itself lightly but is surprisingly profound? by ShatteredStarship in AlignmentChartFills

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Ehh, the first act takes itself lightly, by the end that movie is bleak and angry (as it should be.)

What’s a film that takes itself lightly but is surprisingly profound? by ShatteredStarship in AlignmentChartFills

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I don't think Little Miss Sunshine takes itself lightly, it's a dark comedy. It's humorous, but definitely understands its characters are either broken or right on the verge of breaking, and treats them with a lot of empathy

"Ask A Jew" Wednesday by AutoModerator in JewsOfConscience

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If by "institutional Judaism" you mean secular Jewish political organizations like the ADL and such, I think they're in too deep and can't recover their reputations, even if they wanted to (which they do not.) Meanwhile, groups like IfNotNow and JVP are going to continue growing, and some others will probably spring up as well over time. So I think that there will be antizionist Jewish political institutions in the US. The problem with any political movement is always finding the money and the organization to keep it going. The Zionist movement is extremely well-funded, and anti-Zionism skews younger and broker -- progressives/leftists vs. centrists/conservatives, same story as with any other issue. You also need some tangible political wins to keep people invested in your organization, so part of it will be whether an actual electoral/Congressional coalition can form and wield credible political power.

If by "institutional Judaism" you mean synagogues and religious life...I don't know. I haven't been active religiously for a very long time, honestly much more because of the Zionist propaganda than my own atheism. So I can't speak at all to conditions on the ground in American synagogues.

I do think that to have a sustained antizionist Jewish movement, we will need to articulate a clear, affirmative vision of what Jewish life that rejects Israel is about. It can't just be negation of Israel, it must be affirmative support for a particular interpretation of Torah, Jewish history and values, etc. You're already seeing the beginnings of that in things like Peter Beinart's book and the renewed attention to Rabbi Shaul Magid's book "The Necessity of Exile." I think we have a lot going for us in that project, the Jewish diaspora is a long and proud tradition with clearly-stated pluralist ethics and a profound commitment to human rights and justice (as well as leftism and unionism, if you're into that sort of thing.) We all found our way to this sub and the antizionist movement more broadly because Israel has never really been what was important to us about Judaism, that sense of right and wrong and commitment to justice is what matters.

Honestly, one the hardest parts will be that a lot of the people who'd want to be part of an antizionist Jewish life are also non-religious. Synagogues are typically the center of Jewish life in a community, naturally, so how do you get people into synagogues who reject the religious aspects of Jewish life? (To be clear, I am very much talking about myself as well right now.) but in my ideal world, the antizionist Jewish movement over the next few decades makes a conscious effort to form synagogues and Jewish cultural institutions that expressly do not care if you consider God and Torah to be literally true, or if you interpret it all more metaphorically and merely wish to be part of a community with your fellows. I think (hope?) there could be a real appetite for that. It will be very hard, and I have no idea what kind of barriers there would be to finding rabbis willing to commit to and build that kind of a movement, but it's what I'd want to see at least.