The warning sign goes back decades, when family, friends, even idk bosses threatened to not speak to you again if you voted for people they didn't like. And then got even angrier if you treated it like they were kidding.😬
You’re not persuading anyone. You’re not mobilizing anyone. You’re gleefully justifying state violence in the name of self-righteousness.
For about a month now, there’s been a dynamic where people have become increasingly Manichean and cruel in the name of getting out the vote. It’s been horrifying to witness, to be honest.
(nods)This is (or was; the guy deleted it when he apparently didn't 🔥🔙 at commenters and instead read what he wrote) a Wish Of Harm...
"I’m not in a bubble, I just openly wish anyone who doesn’t react in the exact way I approve, with enthusiasm, to suffer horrible violence…I’m a good person."
Hahahah this quote from a student who put up the flyers Bless up www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
UPDATE: I’m scheduled to talk to the executive director of Harvard Hillel this morning He released this long statement last night, justifying his decision to suspend Hillel membership for the student group that put up posters juxtaposing photos from Gaza with lines from liturgy It’s uh… something
Resources for Harvard Students Rabbis Getzel Davis and Noah Marlowe have a constant presence in the building and are available to students for emotional and spiritual support.
Look, everyone knows Yom Kippur is a time when you atone for boring interpersonal sins; we are not to speak of the Really Big Sin, because that one is Good, Actually
This is some fucking bullshit