These arson attacksâand the people cheering them onâkeep reminding me of something I canât 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 Iâm âequating both sidesâContinue 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
Thereâs something bigger going on underneath all of thisâthe arson, the copycats, the cheering, the excusesâand 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, weâve 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 wasnât 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”
âJust Becauseâ as a Motive of Its Own
When people hear the phrase âjust because,â they often treat it as a non-answer. It sounds evasive, dismissive, even childishâlike when a kid is asked why they did something and responds with nothing more than a shrug. To most of us, âjust becauseâ feels like a refusal to engage with the deeper question of why.Continue reading “âJust Becauseâ 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 âleftistâ 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”