Reposted by Lightskin DenjiGallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 17/11/2023libs: if u don't vote democrat we'll all be rounded up into work camps libs, years later: you should be grateful dems introduced a bill to grant work camp exemption vouchers for people who run a small businesses for 3 or more years in a disadvantaged community 7563123
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 16/11/2023no offense to yashar but if you dont understand this is how many voters experience and interpret politics, you have a major blind spot that needs immediate correction 1657482
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 17/11/2023To this sentiment I’ve never seen a good argument as to why it’s not endorsing genocide like Biden is out and about supporting Israel a vote for him is a vote for his policies no? 010
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiUAE Exotic Falconry & Finance𓅃 @falconryfinance.bsky.social · 16/11/2023 311225
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiGhoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 06/11/2023History has been incredibly kind to the fomentors of moral panics. No one paid a price for the Satanic Panic of the 80s--Janet Reno sent innocent people to jail in Miami and went on to be atty general; Oprah became a billionaire. Fomenting moral panics is incredibly lucrative and mostly risk-free 321445384
Reposted by Lightskin Denjithe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 05/11/2023“the whole world thought mommy disappeared when she put her hands over her face” write nation’s babies 08515
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/11/2023"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." — James Baldwin 111560447
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiTheo @theorae.bsky.social · 28/10/2023You really need to do away with this idea that the isreali government sees any difference between hamas and the rest of the Palestinian population. Every single Palestinian, regardless of age, is a hostile combatant to IDF. They will not stop until they're all dead. 041
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 27/10/2023As a historian, I cannot help pointing out that, once upon a time, in 2008 to be precise, it was possible for Vanity Fair to publish a lengthy exposé on US government involvement in the horrible mess that brought Hamas to power in Gaza. archive.vanityfair.com/article/2008... 171180523
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 27/10/2023I keep saying it, inside Josh Allen there are two wolves, and one wolf is very bad at football 5683
Reposted by Lightskin Denjihammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 26/10/2023Resident evil village mommy milker vampire 2024 0112
Reposted by Lightskin Denjibrad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 25/10/2023Centrists are people who take economists seriously 093
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 26/10/2023What has to happen to a person’s intellect and soul for them to say, with sincerity and righteousness and the firm belief that they are being helpful, “Technically it’s not a genocide, at least not by some definitions.” 833760
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 26/10/2023Sometimes I use super hot hot sauces like concentrate when I cook could be good for that also just seems like a nice chill pursuit fr 000
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 26/10/2023Idk I still think it’s different for like say the US wars in Vietnam where it was a specifically political goal pursued with no real land grab or resource grab but inorder to pursue that agenda we had to engage in genocidal language towards the Vietnamese and tactics as well 000
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 26/10/2023I’d say the difference is in intent every house ransacked for Israel is a new home for a settler idk much about the Balkans so I could be mistaken tho but a normal warring context it’s more about political control vs land grab a wish to rule over ppl and their land not take them and kick ppl out 100
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiEd Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 25/10/2023Phenomenal, wrenching essay by Hala Alyan.nytimes.comOpinion | Why Must Palestinians Audition for Your Empathy?The task of the Palestinian is to audition for empathy and compassion. To prove that we deserve it. 7365136
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 26/10/2023Just saw some more dumb shit on here and didn’t say anything look how much I’ve grown 000
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 26/10/2023I got tetanus, covid and flu yesterday and I’ve never had my ass beat so bad 000
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 22/10/2023Like in the same breath demonizing Palestinian resistance in any way peaceful or not and saying that you stand by this theoretical perfect model Palestinian 000
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 22/10/2023“It’s possible to condemn the Hamas rapists and barbarians the savage killers and thugs” then sumn like “mourn for the innocent Israeli victims caught in the crossfire” then sumn like “feel somewhat bad for the general idea of Palestinian people” and it’s kinda telling no? 100
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 22/10/2023There’s always an ordering to those posts trying to empathy bait the Palestine Israel conflict that goes along the lines of 100
Reposted by Lightskin Denjigeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 16/10/2023information war is israel saying it restored water to gaza by turning on the pipes and that announcement racing across the internet, and the clarification that those pipes run on electricity and there is no electricity trudging along a day later, reaching one tenth as many people 115659
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/10/2023US politics and media in a nutshell: Much of the center left denounced far left social media posts and student organization statements, the center right increasingly acquiesced to a far right insurrectionist liar as Speaker, and the main takeaway is the left needs to do more to police its extremes. 515945
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 15/10/2023American politicians - including the President - should be asked to condemn anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian violence in the same way they've been expected to condemn Hamas. 1243197
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiSarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 16/10/2023This is how you help fascism. By normalizing it. By making it easy. By making it the default. Before anyone even asks. 421887
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 16/10/2023Dawg dis my human right’s lawyer I’m definitely getting oppressed 010
Reposted by Lightskin Denji🎃🧛🏾Vita Ahhhh-yala👻🙀 @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 16/10/2023Colonizers are always terrified that if they lift their boot off the neck of the people they are oppressing that they will be treated the way they treat others, and it's like, no, not everyone wants to subjugate others. That's a you thing. 10908213
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiLB Hunktears @hunktears.online · 15/10/2023a six year old boy was stabbed 26 times by a man who had once built him a treehouse. every person who promoted the "day of jihad" shit or explained that "actually you have to kill kids in Gaza to really be safe" or only featured IDF interviews on their news channel is partially responsible for this. 7766250
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 16/10/2023This year’s giants might be one of the worst teams I’ve ever watched 000
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 16/10/2023The talk about clock management is crazy trusting your D to make and getting the lead as the jets is the right call 000
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Gosh, what a coincidence how a mercenary hacker decided to hack climate advocates just for fun and the fruits of that were used by Exxon Mobil to deter state AG investigations and influence judicial proceedings. Surely nothing here for the DOJ to investigate. 121016335
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiIan Kennedy @iankennedyck.bsky.social · 11/10/2023The PWHL has reacted to the NHL's pride ban saying "this decision sets back years of progress" thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/...thehockeynews.comthehockeynews.com 0136
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Maybe I’m just built different but that’s just how I like to get and give criticism 100
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Thanks for the clarification looking forward to seeing what you write next! 010
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 12/10/2023I’m not tryna attack you tbf I enjoyed the poem and think it’s stylistically great but I’d posit the point of “why speak on things I can’t personally change” and the response of readers to the positive on that causes a hyperstitial loop of people not feeling empowered to learn or push for change 200
Lightskin Denji @thelensmanize.bsky.social · 11/10/2023This has gotta be one of the best pieces to display the anti-intellectualism, willful ignorance, and learned helplessness masked in a thin veneer of empathy plaguing our times rn 100
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiTarragorn @aragorn-estragon.bsky.social · 10/10/2023Anyone who "clings" to this ideal and wishes all children to be "safe" MUST NOT TURN AWAY from the truth of what has happened and is happening. You cannot afford to be "ignorant", to be "not an expert". Ignorance won't save you. 161
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiPoliteIceCream @politeicecream.bsky.social · 10/10/2023A circle: 0. Israel restricts economic movement of goods & materiel to Gaza, 1. Hamas creates & maintains clandestine logistics to transport goods and materiel & charges little ppl in Gaza fee to use it, 2. Hamas & its higher echelon gets enriched from Israeli restrictions and uses it to conduct 151
Reposted by Lightskin DenjiSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 10/10/2023The thing is not only can you care about dead Israeli kids *and* dead Palestinian kids, you can blame the same person for both and his name is Benjamin Netanyahu archive.ph/H8LSL 101576466