maol

joined 2 years ago
[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action are just tactics that work in specific circumstances and can achieve specific goals. pretty much every violent movement for change was supported by non-violent movements. and non-violence often appears in a form that is unacceptable to the slatestarcodex contingent. Like Daniel Berrigan destroying Vietnam draft cards, or Catholic Workers attacking US warplanes with hammers, or Black Lives Matter activists blocking a highway or Meredith and Verity Burgmann running onto the pitch during a South African rugby match.

[–] maol@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

These guys really are just another boring cult. They're Christian Scientists. They're aesthetic realists.

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

Also more than the president of the US.

[–] maol@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It irks me to see people casually use the term "brutalist" when what they really mean is "modern architecture that I don't like". It really irks me to see people apply the term brutalist to something that has nothing to do with architecture! It's a very specific term!

[–] maol@awful.systems 1 points 4 months ago

Depends on if your cat writes a review.

[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Funnily enough, there are a lot of data centres in Ireland. Maybe there will be a missile strike and Ireland's population will shrink back to 19th century numbers

[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago

I'm aware of the idea, but it's still very weird for someone to pretend to be Jewish and also be a Nazi!

[–] maol@awful.systems 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Close enough, welcome back Rachel Dolezal. Although in fairness to Rachel Dolezal*, she at least went to work for the NAACP, rather than becoming a footsoldier of fascism.

No wonder this guy thought Zohran Mamdani was trying to lie about his racial identity: he lies like he breathes, and assumes others do too

*You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Rachel Dolezal

[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fucking hell. Not the most important part of the story, but his elaborate lies about being Jewish are very very weird. Kind of like white Americans pretending that they're Cherokee I guess?

[–] maol@awful.systems 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I have become aware that there is a very right wing Catholic podcaster who has a Catholicism AI chatbot app. It's called Truthly.

Your Trusted Catholic AI Conversation Companion Deepen your understanding, explore ideas, and engage in meaningful dialogue—anytime, anywhere.

If someone could call up Pope Leo and get him to excommunicate the guys who invented this, that would be great.

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