Andreas Trolf

Gotta hand it to Guillermo del Toro for fucking up Frankenstein to an extent I honestly didn’t think was possible.

Good catch! Probably cut himself while shaving?

Yes, the spray tanned face is patently ridiculous but we’re not speaking enough about the magically regrown ear. Truly a miracle.

Would you mind restating your thesis here, man? Because what I’m seeing is that you think current day criticism of Israel is patently antisemitic and the proof of that is people criticized Israel less in the past, during other more tenuously related wars?

"But none of the lefty antisemites blamed the Zionists for a war that didn't involve Israel" is not the own you think it is. People who are being intellectually honest don't tend to do this level of demagoguery. But have fun being obtuse, I guess.

Dude, you are a deeply unserious person and I absolutely regret the time I’ve spent interacting with you.

Buddy, the project here has always been to label any criticism of Israel or US imperialism as antisemitic. If you can’t untangle this shit for yourself I simply don’t know what to tell you.

All zionism is, is a way to couch support for the military/industrial/imperialist project in religious terms.

Yes, I agree with you on the military industrial complex, but to not see the logical next steps in using non-support for Israel as a cudgel against the democratic nominee feels more than a little disingenuous.

And I can't underscore this point enough: this is not about "the joos" as you facile morons like to claim in order to undermine any logical argument against the US-Israeli colonial project. There's a clear reason to be anti-zionist and it's got nothing to do with antisemitism.

Absolute lol, my man. You'd have to be willfully blind to claim that Israel doesn't exert an outsize influence on US politicians, especially relative to the size of its lobbying expenditures. Like, man, just do a slight bit of critical thinking here. It's not just the money.

Zionism*

Also your implication that I’m being antisemitic is hilarious. You are aware that Israel is a country and that Zionist is a colonialist political philosophy, right? This isn’t about Judaism, it’s about US politicians being in thrall to another country as a colonial project.

And yet, curiously, that money resulted in the vast majority of US politicians pledging their undying loyalty to Israel and a total eagerness to ratfuck anyone who didn’t do the same.

And lol, as though a candidate who became tremendously popular due to having actual convictions shouldn’t be a model for national success.

Where did I say she didn’t endorse him? But she’s also a tremendously unpopular private citizen, so maybe you should focus on the alleged leaders of the party who remained conspicuously silent due to their AIPAC commitments.

Do have a head injury? He was polling in the single digits 7 months ago with Cuomo a heavy favorite to win. National dems did NOTHING to help him even once he won the primary. The Democratic Party, including Harris, are hollow protectors of the status quo and relics of the past.

It’s been the decades long project of conservatives to ensure that average voters do not understand it.

Great lesson here!!

So in that way, Zohran’s victory is profoundly un-American (in the best way possible): working in service of a traditionally disenfranchised majority, upsetting the oligarchy, and not working as an imperialist tool.

It’s never been about party or a “culture war,” only ever about who will work to maintain the status quo—i.e. global hegemony, further enriching the ultra-wealthy, and continuing to marginalize the most vulnerable. That’s a the reality of America.

Zohran’s election really lays bare the essential hollowness of both major US political parties. Dem leadership, the “vote blue no matter who” crowd, refused to endorse him, while the far right GOP president endorsed Cuomo, an erstwhile democrat.

Holy shit. Zohran opened his victory speech with a Eugene Debs quote!

It rocks that you acknowledge your own ghoulishness and are leaning into it. Eagerly awaiting the announcement that you’re leaving your wife for Charlie Kirk’s widow.

The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?

100% correct take.

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

Hey guys, this is sincerely great. No notes. Unrelated: I can’t wait for the world to end.

As a big fan of people sharing their opinions immediately after, I’m assuming, getting hit in the head with a heavy object, I approve of your post.