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“You need to judge Christopher Columbus by the standards of his time.”
Well, he was arrested and stripped of his titles in 1499 for his tyrannical crimes. So by the standards of the 15th century, he was a monster.
Joe Wrote
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- Centrists: The left needs to win the argument *Zohran starts winning the argument* Centrists: This man is brown and scary
- I found Mamdani's campaign rhetoric too soft, so I'd rather have Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyer win. I'm deeply committed to Palestine, as you can tell from the flag in my bio.When Mamdani first won his primary and most of the left were celebrating, I tried very hard not to rain on their parade and said that while it was possible for his victory to be good for the movement, it would depend on how he led. I’m at the point now where I need him to lose.
- ‘Bitching about dead kids.’Replying to @Undorkins and @joewroteAnd your still be bitching about dead kids in the Middle East while your neighbors get rounded up because you don’t understand how American politics works.
- Harris’s book recognized her Palestine position cost her precious votes. But she doesn’t seem to know that.Harris slams protestor during book tour. “You want to talk about legacy? Let’s talk about the legacy of mass deportations, of not voting, and Donald Trump.”
00:00 - Rage bait to make us forget he grooms children.
- 🌶️Hot take: It’s okay for leftists to have hobbies and passions. ☢️Scorched Earth Take: Leftists should engage with popular culture. That’s where the people are.
- Sean O'Brien: 'Teamsters have had 250 strikes in the last three years. The only politician to walk our picket lines is Josh Hawley.' These photos are from the Amazon Teamsters Instagram.
- While the Democratic establishment wants a center-left 🤝 center-right alliance, Democratoc voters want a center-left 🤝 far-left alliance.oh okay mother
00:00 - Gilibrand said Zohran called for ‘global jihad’ on NPR.
- As Symone points out, Ezra Klein asks Black people to narrow their 'historical scope' in politics. But he also argues Ancient Israel, which ended 3,000 years ago, gives Zionist Jews the right to colonize modern Palestine. It's clear implicit racism.
Ta-Nehisi Coates going through the historical experience of political violence from the perspective of Black Americans descended from enslaved people and how that understanding shapes experiences only to have Ezra respond: “sometimes I think having a historical scope that wide
