Juan Vera 🇵🇷

La mancha de plátano activa' desde temprano mi gente. Vamo' a romper mañana.

Barnes and Noble is opening 60 stores in 2026 and independent bookstores are doing well. In what world does he live in?

If he feels that way, why not be part of the solution instead of shrugging at the problem?

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Jon called it on the podcast.

How can the Democrats screw up (paraphrasing) the election wins?

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I'm always up for more Kraft Yac N Cheese.

Thoughts on Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl and why it matters

At first glance I read this as "Southern Water Tribe"

Not saying it should have it or shouldn't, but every time I see this title I think of Bruce Springsteen.

No, I do not enable this.

I'm not reserving the nuance for colonizers. I'm reserving the nuance for individuals.

AOC has been calling the genocide out for a long time. She's far more on your side than what you realize.

I'll gladly come back here and accept anything I was fully wrong on as I continue to educate myself further. I'm not going to blindly vote but I'm not going to be reactionary.

Thanks! I kept looking at the word thinking it was wrong but couldn't figure out why.

I won't comment on the rest further. Hopefully my actions and votes outside of BlueSky will show what I truly want, which I promise is not Zionism

If you were to actually meet me I think you would realize that I'm in more agreement with you and all others that call me a Zionist than you realize. Do I attempt some nuance? Absolutely. Do I get every statement right? Probably not.

The name calling should still stay on Twitter though.

I never thought my opinion of "yeah Palestine should 100% be free" ended up in me being called a sick puppy.

Then again the puppy part is a compliment, puppies are awesome.

I support the existence of Israelis. I'm here for the people, not the governments.

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Nope, the same way I'm against any terrorist organization in recruiting children.

The original point is that I would trust AOC on knowing what she's doing with her votes and wanting bills that better see the right people, instead of something MTG cooked up that probably has other interests.

Calling AOC a Zionist or anything similar is honestly a disservice to her work.

I'll clarify if I haven't already, when I say Israel, I always mean it's people, same with Palestine. Which is why I would rather call out Netanyahu and Hamas as the current genocidal maniacs.

Both Israelis and Palestinians deserve freedom.

Weird, I thought we left these kinds of responses back on Twitter. Oh well, good while it lasted.

For what? Calling things out? I want a free Palestine too, and I want Israel free from Zionism and Netanyahu, but some of these arguments will and up in the further genocide of one or both sides.

Somehow trying to have a conversation about it gets me the Zionist label.

You're the one who said Israel doesn't have the right to exist. What exactly do you think happens to its people then?

"Israel doesn't have a right to exist"

"But they have children too"

"Shut up you Zionist"

Meanwhile Netanyahu and Hamas continue their respective genocides.

Ahh yes because Hamas has the best interest of Palestinian people in their hearts.

I can still condemn that behavior and not want to eliminate Israel. It does not make me a Zionist. The bad actors here are Hamas and Netanyahu, but your argument seems to be more like "kill em all!" Which will result in further genocide.

Don't just call people Zionists. Be ready to explain why you think so.

What is happening in Palestine is a genocide and needs to stop, but calling for the extermination of Israel only achieves further escalation. What do you think Israel would do with no defenses? Because it is most likely to nuke.

And doing it himself, just one wire for safety compliance.

So Israel shouldn't have any defense at all? Hamas can just do whatever they want to them, killing their kids and innocent people? Do we somehow think Hamas cares at all about Palestine?

Death begeths death, begeths death.