rotopenguin, 7 months ago

@taylorlorenz it's still safe to say "Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Tibet are and shall always be a part of glorious China", right?

tob, 7 months ago

@taylorlorenz I clicked that link prepared to read about how the NBA was censoring awards speeches, but it's the opposite.

These people are pulling their sponsorship to the NBA in fear that someone might say "Free Palestine" during the show.

It's a fascinating, if disheartening, insight into the defensive crouch that "normie" American Jews have been in since Israel began blanket bombing civilian targets in Gaza.

tob, 7 months ago

@taylorlorenz I hate that these people are projecting a world where my options are either full-throated support for Israel's war crimes or full-throated support for Hamas's war crimes.

The Oct 7th attack was an atrocity that all civilized humanity should condemn. (And for the most part, that's exactly what happened).

But the response by the Israeli state (led by the corrupt, incompetent and deeply contemptible Netanyahu) is predictable -- it is what Hamas wanted -- and deeply evil.