This is also very similar to what indigenous people on Turtle Island (North America) have been saying about #landback. From what I learned from my Indigenous studies classes, #landback would mean ceding power over the land back to Indigenous people, not kicking you personally out of your house, or making you go to Europe or something.
Extremely funny and also fitting that Orym is the one who has encountered the most famous and influential people through his position. It means we consistently get him going “Thats Person X!!!!! They’re actually INCREDIBLY powerful and also FAMOUS and they played a critical part in CHANGING THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.” and the rest of Bell’s Hells, who are, without fail, Uninformed™ (affectionate) and have not heard of 90% of these people before, ever, all take his words at face value and go “oooOoOooOooo” “aaaaAAaAaAaaaa” .
Except at least 50% of that is just “wow Orym thinks this person is cool!” (and we love Orym, Orym is so cool, so, ergo-). and the other 50% is just like. Thats the most powerful person alive you say. Wild. Hot. Do you think they want to see Pate.
I wanted to provide an image description for this because it’s very well-stated:
A series of five images that were originally posted on Instagram by @feminiiista that read: “Referring to the resistance as ‘Hamas’ is a deliberate attempt to discredit the struggle for liberation. The resistance is a wide network of diverse groups coordinating to decolonize Palestine. The media insists on referring exclusively to 'Hamas’ because they have already established in the Western psyche that they are a terrorist organization. The media obsession with centering Hamas is to position Palestinian resistance within the lens of the 'War on Terror’. The media is manufacturing consent for genocide.” The original Instagram post also has a description that points out that the ANC (African National Congress) was classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of South Africa, the US, and the UK, and that Nelson Mandela was on the US’s terror watchlist until 2008—noting that media has been used to justify apartheid in the past.
just to be completely clear, the amount of military power and political influence Israel has has NOTHING to do with its settlers being Jewish. Israel is a force for American & European interests in the region and they’re just doing what America does and allows/encourages its close allies to do.
war crimes aren’t considered war crimes when someone America finds useful is doing them. european and american pushback against anyone criticizing Israeli apartheid & genocide is 100% because these crimes are useful to American & European hegemony.
Governments that are deeply antisemitic, like France, aren’t suddenly caring about Jewish people. Jewish people, persecuted the world over, don’t hold some kind of hegemonic power outside of Israel.
The state of Israel and its attendant brutal treatment of the locals are both incredibly useful to the US, and American hegemony means we’re expected to celebrate both.
not bc they’re Jewish. this isn’t a break in the pattern of western antisemitism and it’s not evidence that antisemitism doesn’t exist.
it’s just like how you could get fired for saying shit against the US war in Afghanistan when i was growing up. it is 100% about US military and political interests (ok slightly western europe too but lbr)
Crane Wives songs will be like *folk guitar intro* ooowoahhhhhhhh ooowaoahhhhh. I am a wolf in the river. I am worried that I’m too volatile to ever be in a stable relationship. *guitar interlude with some percussion now* ooowoahhhhhhhh ooowaoahhhhh. There is ash in my hair. I am so tired all the time. I think I’m a bad person.
anyone have that image that was like “usa: our thoughts and prayers are with palestine and israel. our 4 billion dollars in military aid is only with israel” or something like that
