People who are world-class at something are often weird about it. Athletes, scientists, musicians, you name it.

The term was coined as a word for hatred of Jewish people. There was no existing meaning to take away. If someone is racist against Arabs, call them racist against Arabs. Quibbling over definitions just comes off like you don’t have a better argument, especially when you’re wrong about the definitions. Being racist against Arabs isn’t bad because it’s antisemitic, it’s bad because racism is bad.

As I mentioned with homophobia, etymology is not the same as meaning.

Israel has a few factors that intensify this particular effect. Their government playing into it constantly is certainly part of it. Also, Jewish people made up notable minorities in many countries, but majorities in zero, between about 586 BCE and 1948 CE. The insular nature of those minority communities made them an easy scapegoat for a lot of groups for those ~2500 years, so a lot of cultural significance was put into the perceived need to be a majority somewhere. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t want to get rid of the boot, they just want to be the ones wearing it.

Public approval for the Vietnam War was at 34% in 1971, when Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues released.

Public approval for the Iraq War hit a high of of 80% one month after the Dixie Chicks’ comments, so I think it’s a safe assumption that it was in the high 70s when they spoke out.

Had they waited until it was politically convenient to speak out, they probably wouldn’t have had the same level of backlash, but they had more spine than that.

Zionists and crybabies

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“Antisemitism” means hatred of Jewish people. It isn’t a general term for hatred of Semitic people, just like “homophobia” isn’t a fear of sameness, it’s hatred toward gay people. Hating Palestinians makes you a horrible person, but it doesn’t make you antisemitic (though there’s certainly plenty of overlap).

The PS3 was released in November 2006, so it’s not quite 20 years old. Unless you have a prototype, I guess.

You know what? I’m OK with a panopticon specifically for convicted stalkers. I realize the potential for a slippery slope, but I think the risk is worth it in this one case.

*Girls’s

I suspect that jokes are older than roads.

He’s somehow one of the most pseudointellectual people alive despite legitimately being an intellectual.

Even in the fantasy world where the majority of cops are good, nothing changes for them. They carry insurance, the stipend pays for it, and they don’t have claims because they don’t do stupid shit like this. The bad cops have tons of claims, the insurance becomes unaffordable, and they have to quit.

AI doomers are just AI boosters who are scared.

Decades of education being defined by neoliberals here in the US. I imagine Germany has a similar phenomenon.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Suicide Squad yet.

Oh, yeah, I think you’re right. I remembered it was one more packet, but I misremembered the number.

You get 2/3 5/8 as many. There are four five packets to a box instead of three four.

Russia is a member of the UN.

I haven’t had issues yet, but you could always use a multimeter if you’re worried.