Harun
@harunb.bsky.social
Raised between SJJ and DTW. Balkans, Ottomans, and deadpan humor. History Ph.D. via Columbia. Recovering academic. Twitter muhadžir.
Bsky isn‘t real life tbh. Will be interesting to see polling in the coming weeks.
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Bsky isn‘t real life tbh. Will be interesting to see polling in the coming weeks.
Yeah, I know it’s a rhetorical point. But I don’t understand why some commentators are so eager to relativize the Bosnian genocide to make a point re: Gaza. Not least because Serb forces committed identical atrocities and their ideological descendants today are enthusiastic cheerleaders for Israel.
July 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yeah, I know it’s a rhetorical point. But I don’t understand why some commentators are so eager to relativize the Bosnian genocide to make a point re: Gaza. Not least because Serb forces committed identical atrocities and their ideological descendants today are enthusiastic cheerleaders for Israel.
That comments section burned my eyes.
July 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
That comments section burned my eyes.
I think it’s worse than that? His comparison seems to be between ethnic Germans who had to forcibly flee their homes in Gdansk at the end of WW2 to Palestinians in 1948. Which, unfortunately, would not be the first time I’ve seen this analogy from his ilk.
July 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think it’s worse than that? His comparison seems to be between ethnic Germans who had to forcibly flee their homes in Gdansk at the end of WW2 to Palestinians in 1948. Which, unfortunately, would not be the first time I’ve seen this analogy from his ilk.
I feel like Dropsite is just part of it. The same point seems to extend to a lot of the more vocal foreign policy commentators on the U.S. left (Quincy types, etc.).
June 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I feel like Dropsite is just part of it. The same point seems to extend to a lot of the more vocal foreign policy commentators on the U.S. left (Quincy types, etc.).
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