I’d previously noticed (see below) the strand of patriarchal thought in early Zionism, but your explicit analogy with an abusive relationship takes it further.

Patriarchy really does underlie so much of conservative politics.

I remember those. Got that same propaganda, too.

So it was pretty shocking to me when I later learned about Jewish settlers destroying Palestinian olive trees.

That’s about the age I was when I realized that, in an age of nuclear weapons, concentrating one’s population into a small area is the worst possible survival strategy.

(On the other hand, the Jewish Diaspora is largely concentrated in and around NYC, and I have no plans to leave Brooklyn.)

You wouldn’t by any chance happen to be aware of all Internet traditions, would you?

Well, it's mourning a tragedy at sea, like “Flowers of Bermuda,” but “Mary Ellen Carter” and “Athens Queen” are celebratory.

Are they in DC or at home? I’m about to walk past Schumer’s apartment building on my way to an RPG session.

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