fig
@pralinka.bsky.social
Cat-lover and ruthless cosmopolitan. Talks about antisemitism, left politics and cultural studies.
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Dude, what the FUCK is going on in this Netflix OJ Simpson docuseries?
February 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Dude, what the FUCK is going on in this Netflix OJ Simpson docuseries?
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Very important 🧵
Jason Stanley describes this exact behavior in his book How Fascism Works
Jason Stanley describes this exact behavior in his book How Fascism Works
“Absolute idealism must be couched in irony in order to be taken seriously.”
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
This is my theory of what happened: Elon is an overgrown adolescent who thinks Nazi trolling is just hilarious www.vox.com/politics/396...
January 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Very important 🧵
Jason Stanley describes this exact behavior in his book How Fascism Works
Jason Stanley describes this exact behavior in his book How Fascism Works
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“Absolute idealism must be couched in irony in order to be taken seriously.”
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
This is my theory of what happened: Elon is an overgrown adolescent who thinks Nazi trolling is just hilarious www.vox.com/politics/396...
January 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Absolute idealism must be couched in irony in order to be taken seriously.”
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
Andrew Anglin, Founder of the Daily Stormer
This is what people like Beauchamp miss, despite the fact they are paid to write about antisemitism online. Trolling is not a sign of lack of belief, just the opposite.
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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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How about a conversation that starts, “there are 11 million people in the region with no other home, for whom this is home. Every single one of them deserves rights, justice, safety, dignity, liberation. Now what?”
December 1, 2023 at 1:56 PM
How about a conversation that starts, “there are 11 million people in the region with no other home, for whom this is home. Every single one of them deserves rights, justice, safety, dignity, liberation. Now what?”
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I have a chapter in this looking at antisemitic conspiracy theories about extraterrestrial/alien life, including influence of British conspiracy theorist David Icke and the Ancient Aliens television show. The ebook is out now, and hardcopy is coming out at end of December.
Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism
This volume provides a systematic re-examination of the Frankfurt School's theory of antisemitism and, employing this critical theory, investigates the presence…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 26, 2023 at 5:36 AM
I have a chapter in this looking at antisemitic conspiracy theories about extraterrestrial/alien life, including influence of British conspiracy theorist David Icke and the Ancient Aliens television show. The ebook is out now, and hardcopy is coming out at end of December.
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Yes — this is also why I think the folks running the “the Havara agreement proves that Zionists were Nazi collaborators” line are ghouls.
I get the *consequentialist* arg against negotiating w/evil (incentivizes further evil acts), but the *deontological* arg is senseless.
I get the *consequentialist* arg against negotiating w/evil (incentivizes further evil acts), but the *deontological* arg is senseless.
November 25, 2023 at 1:51 AM
Yes — this is also why I think the folks running the “the Havara agreement proves that Zionists were Nazi collaborators” line are ghouls.
I get the *consequentialist* arg against negotiating w/evil (incentivizes further evil acts), but the *deontological* arg is senseless.
I get the *consequentialist* arg against negotiating w/evil (incentivizes further evil acts), but the *deontological* arg is senseless.