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This seems like a good time to go back and re-visit a wonderful article written about the Syrian Civil War in the early years of the conflict:quote:People who are not Syrian ask me the most painful question, “Why do your people kill each other?” I usually give long-winded explanations, gesturing with my hands but without eye contact, offering historical and logical precedents of tyranny and oppression and revolution and freedom. But I don’t tell them what I should, not out of kindness, but out of pity and because it scares me to admit how hardened I’ve become over the last 20 months: Don’t you dare, even for one second, believe that your people and your cities are immune to what happened to my country, my friend. None of you are. It's a longish read, but 100% worth your time.
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For some weird reason, I've lately found myself going back to this 2013 speech by Ben Fountain :quote:What do you suppose the life expectancy is of a country that’s lost its grip on reality? Whose national consciousness is based on delusion and fantasy? Whose dominant mode of expression is the language of advertising and sloganeering? [...] The whole thing is definitely worth a read.
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psydude posted:If Dems retake the house, I'll have a victory beer. If Dems retake the Senate, I'm breaking out the good scotch. What if voter suppression does its thing and the GOP manages to somehow hold on the House?
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eat poo poo, Scott Walker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5ZT71DxLuM
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