Notices by A Tattered Scrapbook (tattered@mastodon.social)

@bruces I find it interesting that most of the Tolkien fans I have met over the past few years have *also* been keen supporters of Musk, Trump, RFK, …

The idyllic squirearchy will return once the King and his faithful have removed the Others.

I doubt it helps anyone to handle the horrors of ICE, but it is, in my experience, how such people see themselves; as the Fellowship of the Ring.

In 1920, the British parliament voted against approving the action taken by R E H Dyer at Amritsar, later depicted in the film “Gandhi”.

In 1925, the British parliament routinely defends parallels actions in Palestine on an almost daily basis.

On a number of occasions, in both India and Ireland, the British Imperial government used famine to “control” colonised people.

In 1925, the British government is aligned with the same process. The monsters of British history are present today.

@natureworks More than 5000 wounded! That’s more than 100 people per day, shot for being desperate for food, by the people starving them.
If someone equates opposing this with anti-semitism, what do *they* think about Jewish people?

@angiebaby Trans people and the Palestinians. And they claimed to be the “good guys” because it was a side order of genocide, not a main…

@kaia Currently at 27 boosts. ;)

@Radical_EgoCom @homohortus I am interested in the idea that non-violent revolutions have occurred. Where and when?

@ekis In all sorts of ways; but I think he went above mediocrity in pushing the fight against disease and infection. The Carter Centre’s work is a remarkable legacy, unmatched by any other former US president.

And you know I loathe Liberals…

@dustcircle I think that the constitution means whatever MAGA decides that it means. In that, I’m sure that there was some sort of charter that was replaced by the constitution. Just as I’m sure that the Weimar Republic constitution went through stages of reinterpretation, before it was conveniently forgotten.

@Radical_EgoCom @anarchistquotes As Walter Benjamin elegantly shows in his work on violence, the violence of the state is already present in society. It only “appears” sporadically, but it is always already there. Ask the BDS protesters. People calling for social change are unlikely to be treated kinder than students have been. And remember Clinton has effectively justified political violence, killing “civilians” to get to “terrorists”. Violence will not bow to peace.

@DrALJONES Absolutely.

I mean, in all honesty, we should just nationalize crown possessions anyway.

There are so many things we should do for reparations; like fix the whole international exchange mechanism that disadvantages the global south.

@DrALJONES Sell the Royal palaces to fund the reparations.

@barney @steve_zeke @aral The profile = “Pro-democracy”.

The post = Supporting Macron ignoring the result of an election.

“Centre-Left” in a nutshell.

@bmacDonald94 I rarely comment on the links you post, but thank you so much, in general and, specifically, for this. I particularly loved Stephen Perkins interpreting one of the best drum tracks of the classic rock era.

Stay safe through the storms!

@WarnerCrocker Who’s the next to be bought?

@foser When are Americans going to realize that this is a pro-fascist paper? The downplaying of Republican crimes, racism, and other evils is *standard* in this rag. It was most definitely not a ‘bid to flip the vote’. The language attempts to legitimize GOP criminal activity. As fascist as FOX.

@tzimmer_history A better definition: “Woke” is a term co-opted by fascists and other psychopaths to mock empathy, for the reason that it is shorter and easier to remember than “political correctness” for their tiny-minded thugs.