These arson attacksāand the people cheering them onākeep reminding me of something I canāt shake. It feels eerily similar to the kind of political energy that came out of MAGA culture. And yeah, I know that alone is going to make people jump to conclusions. I know it might sound like Iām āequating both sidesāContinue reading “When Violence Gets Cheered, the Whole Spectrum Starts to Blur”
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How Did We Get Here? The Normalization of Violence Across the Spectrum
Thereās something bigger going on underneath all of thisāthe arson, the copycats, the cheering, the excusesāand it needs to be said plainly: Violence has been getting normalized. Not overnight. Not because of one single incident. But over the last decade, piece by piece, moment by moment, weāve been pushed closer and closer to a pointContinue reading “How Did We Get Here? The Normalization of Violence Across the Spectrum”
When Safety Starts to Look Like Force: War Comes to the Subway
I already knew, intellectually, that the National Guard had been deployed into the New York City subway system. I knew this wasnāt some secret federal takeover or a sudden declaration of martial law. I knew the legal explanations, the press releases, the careful language used to reassure the public. And yet, none of that preparedContinue reading “When Safety Starts to Look Like Force: War Comes to the Subway”
āJust Becauseā as a Motive of Its Own
When people hear the phrase ājust because,ā they often treat it as a non-answer. It sounds evasive, dismissive, even childishālike when a kid is asked why they did something and responds with nothing more than a shrug. To most of us, ājust becauseā feels like a refusal to engage with the deeper question of why.Continue reading “āJust Becauseā as a Motive of Its Own”
The Trap of Militant Anti-Zionism: How Grifters, Extremists, and Provocateurs Poison Real Resistance
The discourse around Israel and Palestine is deeply fractured, shaped by three distinct but overlapping groups that all claim the banner of anti-Zionism: principled pro-Palestine activists, grifter āleftistā anti-Zionists such as Jimmy Dore and the Greyzone, and neo-Nazis who disguise antisemitism as anti-Zionism. While their ideologies, goals, and methods differ dramatically, their interactions heavily influenceContinue reading “The Trap of Militant Anti-Zionism: How Grifters, Extremists, and Provocateurs Poison Real Resistance”