A penitent who is loud
@loudpenitent.bsky.social
Interfaith cis Jew, never posts on behalf of his employer, he/his
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
Seriously, people, stop following me over my rather basic takes on politics alone, I really do want to post more about stupid shit.
I make a habit of not QRTing people with significantly fewer followers than I have, but:
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I make a habit of not QRTing people with significantly fewer followers than I have, but:
My challenge to Mamdani here is: "Ok, you oppose legal Muslim religious supremacy. But these are not 1:1.
Islam's still gonna be a hegemony in many states & you know it, bc that's 2 billion Muslims. Israel contains nearly half the world's ~16million Jews. Does that context matter?"
Islam's still gonna be a hegemony in many states & you know it, bc that's 2 billion Muslims. Israel contains nearly half the world's ~16million Jews. Does that context matter?"
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My challenge to Mamdani here is: "Ok, you oppose legal Muslim religious supremacy. But these are not 1:1.
Islam's still gonna be a hegemony in many states & you know it, bc that's 2 billion Muslims. Israel contains nearly half the world's ~16million Jews. Does that context matter?"
Islam's still gonna be a hegemony in many states & you know it, bc that's 2 billion Muslims. Israel contains nearly half the world's ~16million Jews. Does that context matter?"
Hahahaha fuck you
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hahahaha fuck you
I hate everything about this Discourse.
I hate people like Barlow pushing incendiary and bigoted terror.
I hate people responding to Barlow's attempt to weaponize very real antisemitism by mocking the idea Jews have something to fear when antisemitism is escalating.
I hate all of it. Stop
I hate people like Barlow pushing incendiary and bigoted terror.
I hate people responding to Barlow's attempt to weaponize very real antisemitism by mocking the idea Jews have something to fear when antisemitism is escalating.
I hate all of it. Stop
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I hate everything about this Discourse.
I hate people like Barlow pushing incendiary and bigoted terror.
I hate people responding to Barlow's attempt to weaponize very real antisemitism by mocking the idea Jews have something to fear when antisemitism is escalating.
I hate all of it. Stop
I hate people like Barlow pushing incendiary and bigoted terror.
I hate people responding to Barlow's attempt to weaponize very real antisemitism by mocking the idea Jews have something to fear when antisemitism is escalating.
I hate all of it. Stop
Delita says No Justice No Peace.
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Delita says No Justice No Peace.
The *process* of academic debate is important. It is important to challenge our deeply-held beliefs!
But to quote Destiny 2:
But to quote Destiny 2:
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The *process* of academic debate is important. It is important to challenge our deeply-held beliefs!
But to quote Destiny 2:
But to quote Destiny 2:
The thing I fucking hate about the "Zionism makes Jews less safe" line is that antisemitism like this is not a valid response to Zionism even if one opposes it.
The one who chooses to hate is always responsible.
The one who chooses to hate is always responsible.
October 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The thing I fucking hate about the "Zionism makes Jews less safe" line is that antisemitism like this is not a valid response to Zionism even if one opposes it.
The one who chooses to hate is always responsible.
The one who chooses to hate is always responsible.
Someone is gonna have to explain why someone's opinions on Israel and Palestine has fuckall to do with their opinion on Ukraine.
Palestine is not an abstract cause or moral crucible you dumbasses. Palestine and Ukraine are distinct causes with distinct contexts!
Palestine is not an abstract cause or moral crucible you dumbasses. Palestine and Ukraine are distinct causes with distinct contexts!
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Someone is gonna have to explain why someone's opinions on Israel and Palestine has fuckall to do with their opinion on Ukraine.
Palestine is not an abstract cause or moral crucible you dumbasses. Palestine and Ukraine are distinct causes with distinct contexts!
Palestine is not an abstract cause or moral crucible you dumbasses. Palestine and Ukraine are distinct causes with distinct contexts!
yeahhhhh that's so much more appealing than this, haha.
and the thing is, both these designs are exaggerated in their own right!
and the thing is, both these designs are exaggerated in their own right!
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
yeahhhhh that's so much more appealing than this, haha.
and the thing is, both these designs are exaggerated in their own right!
and the thing is, both these designs are exaggerated in their own right!
How much do you think the myth of the superior Tiger has to do with the individualized nature of its supposed strengths? You correctly describe the superior traits of the Sherman here as being strategic boons, but perhaps armor and firepower registers more to the crew than logistical strengths?
October 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
How much do you think the myth of the superior Tiger has to do with the individualized nature of its supposed strengths? You correctly describe the superior traits of the Sherman here as being strategic boons, but perhaps armor and firepower registers more to the crew than logistical strengths?
"I want to use the literal Nazi slur and I've got a token, he's A Jew so I can wave him around authoritatively."
Why do you all want to use slurs so fucking badly?
Ps: as a general rule if you at any point say "Israel is worse than the Nazis" shut the fuck up. Looking at you, Mehdi Hasan.
Why do you all want to use slurs so fucking badly?
Ps: as a general rule if you at any point say "Israel is worse than the Nazis" shut the fuck up. Looking at you, Mehdi Hasan.
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"I want to use the literal Nazi slur and I've got a token, he's A Jew so I can wave him around authoritatively."
Why do you all want to use slurs so fucking badly?
Ps: as a general rule if you at any point say "Israel is worse than the Nazis" shut the fuck up. Looking at you, Mehdi Hasan.
Why do you all want to use slurs so fucking badly?
Ps: as a general rule if you at any point say "Israel is worse than the Nazis" shut the fuck up. Looking at you, Mehdi Hasan.
This one. Karen Attiah rted it.
October 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This one. Karen Attiah rted it.
You know, you could just not do that.
October 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You know, you could just not do that.
Is this a sane response to the post above, chat?
Zionism as omni-evil is just deranged.
Zionism as omni-evil is just deranged.
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Is this a sane response to the post above, chat?
Zionism as omni-evil is just deranged.
Zionism as omni-evil is just deranged.
Lovely thing to wake up to
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Lovely thing to wake up to
Opposing genocide in Gaza requires no opinion whatsoever on the innate character of the state of Israel or Zionism itself. It is a specific group of war criminals pursuing a criminal policy of collective punishment, not the Pure Spiritual Expression of the Israeli Will.
October 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Opposing genocide in Gaza requires no opinion whatsoever on the innate character of the state of Israel or Zionism itself. It is a specific group of war criminals pursuing a criminal policy of collective punishment, not the Pure Spiritual Expression of the Israeli Will.
It's shit like this that makes me think The Youths have a real fuckin' problem.
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It's shit like this that makes me think The Youths have a real fuckin' problem.
This is one of the consistent failures of the rhetoric here; people have basically been guzzling down the less powerful faction's ethnonationalist faction's rhetoric, as depicted in this cartoon, while insisting that they aren't.
October 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is one of the consistent failures of the rhetoric here; people have basically been guzzling down the less powerful faction's ethnonationalist faction's rhetoric, as depicted in this cartoon, while insisting that they aren't.
But also, even if they were Zionists or Israelis it wouldn't make the murder acceptable. I'm kind of tired of how much the Discourse demands that people condemning antisemitism unwittingly imply that there would be acceptable Jewish victims of antisemitic violence if they were Israeli or Zionist.
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
But also, even if they were Zionists or Israelis it wouldn't make the murder acceptable. I'm kind of tired of how much the Discourse demands that people condemning antisemitism unwittingly imply that there would be acceptable Jewish victims of antisemitic violence if they were Israeli or Zionist.
I know exactly nothing about the person being targeted but I'm just gonna say: does NOT feel good seeing Internet celebs and people whose work I admired conducting witch hunts against "Zionists" instead of just calling them out on their other many issues.
The bar is very low, and yet.
The bar is very low, and yet.
October 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I know exactly nothing about the person being targeted but I'm just gonna say: does NOT feel good seeing Internet celebs and people whose work I admired conducting witch hunts against "Zionists" instead of just calling them out on their other many issues.
The bar is very low, and yet.
The bar is very low, and yet.
A headline that immediately hammers my "so this is fashy" button
September 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A headline that immediately hammers my "so this is fashy" button