Month: April 2012

Anti-Zionism & Aipac: Israel’s Government is Destroying Democracy

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Anti-Zionism & Aipac: Israel's Government is Destroying Democracy

‘It’s not just about politics. The religious right’s real answer to the demographic question is allowing Jews living abroad to vote in Israeli elections. Netanyahu already acts like the “king of the Jews,” and is in our far-flung country only as a representative of his real electoral district: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.’

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The thing about patriarchy is that individual men, gay and straight, are often really wonderful people who you love deeply, but they have internalized some really poisonous shit. So every once in a while they say or do something that really shakes you because you’re no longer totally certain they see you as a human being, and you feel totally disempowered to explain that to them.

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Folks, it’s time to evolve. That’s why we’re troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything’s failing? It’s because, um – they’re no longer relevant. We’re supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

Bill Hicks (via socialuprooting)