Notices by marymessall (marymessall@mendeddrum.org)

@futurebird

It was Timothy Snyder's book "Black Earth" that opened my eyes to the reality that deporting people at scale is impossible, that keeping people alive in captivity is difficult and expensive, and that it was incompetence in addition to evil which caused the Nazi concentration camps to become death camps. I have these screenshots from the ebook that I keep on my phone so that I can share them when the topic comes up.

@evan

I just posted "I know their policies on Israel are not good."

But Trump is everything Netanyahu ever wanted. And spreading the false idea that Democrats use racial slurs helps Trump - and Netanyahu.

I know that wasn't your intent. So I think it is worth pointing out that your rhetorical flourish could have some unintentional consequences, because I think you would want to avoid those.

@evan

I think it would be better to use an example that's actually happened.

If Democratic party leadership actually did that, they'd lose a lot of support. Which is why they haven't, and won't.

I understand that their policies on Israel are not good. But you can criticize them for that without accusing them of stuff they didn't do. Lord knows we have enough misinformation out here already.

@evan

What leader in the Democratic party used a racial slur or suggested using them?

@evan

Yes, but only if they choose to. Non-Jews don't need to be telling Jewish people what their roles are. This is kind of a weird poll.

@evan Slicing up tubes of pre-packaged cookie dough and sticking it into the oven doesn't really count, and that's why why I'm "qualified no."

@mark @mekkaokereke

I wouldn't trust a Facebook exec about a Facebook scandal. Read "Mindfuck" by former Cambridge Analytica employee.

Yes, Cambridge Analytica proved that Facebook & Zuckerberg could not be trusted.

But really it wasn't about Facebook or targeting. It was about Steve Bannon billionaire Robert Mercer, & their propaganda startup, and about Russia & THEIR propaganda startup. And if you don't believe propaganda matters... Their propaganda has worked.

https://www.2016activemeasures.org/evidence-of-collusion#Bannon

@evan Biden has already negotiated one ceasefire and is trying to negotiate another, including starting to withhold aid.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-discussing-slowing-weaponry-deliveries-israel-pre-rcna136035

@evan Define "peoples."

This sounds like nationalism to me, and I'm against. Tends to lead to ethnic cleansing in the long run....

Demographic change can lead to a "people" becoming a minority in "their own" country. And then what? Drive out the usurpers? Or ditch democracy? Or both?