Di Mila Ghorayeb. Originale: The Misguided Exceptionalism of US-Israeli Relations, del 28 febbraio 2019. Tradotto in italiano da Enrico Sanna. Quando qualcuno parla di Islam o di stati a maggioranza musulmana sento che qualcosa non torna. Non che l’argomento sia del tutto sbagliato; è più l’espressione. Sono luoghi comuni come “barbarico” e “selvaggio” che, comprensibilmente,…

The ruling party of the United States has embraced fascism, but people throughout the country are resisting. Donald Trump had fascist tendencies and appealed to fascists since the early days of his campaign, but by now he has clearly embraced a fascist style of governing. The Republican Party has mostly gone along with it. The…

I used to hear people talk about Islam or Muslim-majority states and sense that something was not right. It wasn’t that everything people were saying was necessarily wrong, but it was about how they said it. Namely, it was that the tropes they used, such as “barbaric” and “savage,” could understandably be seen as distasteful….

In addition to all kinds of scariness, it’s important also to mention exactly how mediocre 8ch is. It’s the human equivalent of the magazines in your dentist’s but– if it’s even possible– more tryhard. That they consider themselves to be an intellectual vanguard is on par with a grown adult self-identifying as Rick from Rick and Morty. It’s laughably pathetic and sad.