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libs dusting off esoteric biological racisms from their deepest vaults (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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ahh 1904, a fine vintage

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

Yeah so this guy apparently had a Pulitzer prize? Just if you needed any more reasons to have zero confidence in "journalists".

This is my favourite part

the wasp “injects its eggs into live caterpillars, and the baby wasp larvae slowly eat the caterpillar from the inside out, bursting out once they have eaten their fill.”

Is there a better description of Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iraq today? (-snip-)

Gee idk is there? could there possibly be a better way to discuss geopolitics than describing four entire fucking nations of human beings as nebulous caterpillars? Could there be some sort of framing that might provide insight? These are hard questions from award winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman

Oh wait, there's more:

(-paste-)They are the caterpillars.

Oh! Well ok then, thanks for clearing that up.