It's less important right now!
03.03.2026 15:51 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@dslakter.bsky.social
Community college philosophy professor. Former Oklahoman; current New Yorker. Kidney collector. There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more). https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-slakter
It's less important right now!
03.03.2026 15:51 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Orwell mentions this type in Notes on Nationalism: "Pacifist literature abounds with equivocal remarks which, if they mean anything, appear to mean that statesmen of the type of Hitler are preferable to those of the type of Churchill, and that violence is perhaps excusable if it is violent enough."
03.03.2026 15:50 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There are a number of shitty options out there. Better the devil you know?
03.03.2026 14:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Trump went from an obviously fake βNo More Forever Warsβ to βNo! More Forever Warsβ pretty fast
03.03.2026 12:51 β π 1339 π 194 π¬ 25 π 7Looks like forever war is back on the menu!
03.03.2026 13:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We skeet here.
03.03.2026 13:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0For what it's wroth, many of these people are also opposed to US alliances with Middle Eastern autocrats.
03.03.2026 13:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0On a cheery pink background, the line: "this Purim I'm going to get so drunk that I can't tell the right-wing antisemites from the left-wing antisemites".
a (Jewish) friend just sent this to me and it has made me laugh and laugh and laugh. Happy Purim everyone!
03.03.2026 08:55 β π 356 π 53 π¬ 4 π 7I'll just assume the debate is over whether you're allowed to work sober.
03.03.2026 12:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A photo of two boxes of Hagoromo chalk.
I am a man of taste.
03.03.2026 12:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The people were ASTONISHED at his doctrine!
03.03.2026 11:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Telling Starmer you don't like something is just going to make him do it, in hopes of winning Reform voters.
03.03.2026 11:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Suggesting the MEK as a viable alternative in Iran is not any more sane than the current US lack of a plan.
03.03.2026 11:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm not even mad anymore. I just console myself with narcotics.
03.03.2026 02:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iran tried that with their attack on Israel.
03.03.2026 02:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They're about to get their faces rubbed in some serious defeat soon.
03.03.2026 02:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Benghazis happen in war when a Republican is president.
03.03.2026 02:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He's been involved with pro wrestling for a while, so he may be grifter-brained.
02.03.2026 22:47 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There's some division among the party leadership, but those closest to Trump love them some Putin.
02.03.2026 22:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Consistency is not something they or their supporters are overly concerned about.
02.03.2026 22:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Could he even be normal?
02.03.2026 22:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This just sounds more like a rebrand than a change in outlook.
02.03.2026 21:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Currently on the road with family, discussing current events. Three-year-old exclaims "Let's visit Iran!"
02.03.2026 21:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0thereβs this weird view of israel where we treat it as this idealized thing, and Real Existing Israel is never dealt with. that needs to change. they can go be unseasoned serbia on their own dime
02.03.2026 17:37 β π 491 π 45 π¬ 11 π 4New York is the Tehran of America.
02.03.2026 21:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He's communicating that the pay is insufficient for the current amount of bootlicking.
02.03.2026 21:18 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0All of them, Katie.
02.03.2026 21:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Always Be (Doing) Comedy
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