[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

You don't know that he's compromising.

That's true, I shouldn't assume.

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Gary Busey is alive?

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My point is he's compromising. I'd respect him more if he didn't take them back.

Edit: I fully agree with your points

[-] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago

Israel didn't come up with it themselves.

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Sadly, what could be a chance to hold himself accountable for the damage he has caused by sowing division within social movements, this latest screed is instead preoccupied with Hedges reminding his audience just how much he loathes anarchists — to the point that his central argument is as if he said: “Even I, who shares many of Trump’s mischaracterizations of antifa and has helped shape them, understands calling them terrorists is dangerous, and I’ve called them every other name in the book!” That’s not solidarity, it’s opportunism.

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First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me


Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Juden einsperrten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten, gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte

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Generally, yes, but on this part of the fediverse I'm usually only unsure when when it's something far in the other direction.

No one spews anti-"woke" around here. Not for long at least.

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This First Person column is written by Onome Ako, who lives in Mississauga, Ont. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ.


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I almost deleted it. Wrong number, I assumed. The voice continued: "I'm calling to wish her a happy birthday." My stomach tightened. This individual has completely skipped my daughter's first given name — Morenike — and replaced it with her middle name. A name she never goes by.

That moment stung. Not just because it was wrong but because of what it symbolized: a quiet but deliberate erasure of identity.
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Culturally, our names tell a story. When you hear a name, you can determine the circumstances of birth and the hopes and the dreams for the child.

I wanted my daughter's name to carry strength into the world. I wanted her to hear it spoken aloud and know she was seen and cherished.

But in classrooms and schoolyards in Canada, in appointment reminders and birthday invitations, her name has been shortened, misspelled or replaced entirely. Once, I was asked — with what I can only describe as polite disapproval — why I gave my child a name like that in the first place.

It's a question that says more than it asks. It says names like hers don't belong here. Comfort is valued more than accuracy. Belonging is conditional.
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