Kulturkampf

[Potato]

Why would anyone want to oppose Hamas?

   

[D3RANG3D]

[HaughtyFrank]

Edit: I like this thread because within the same page we can have a picture of Hamas preparing a public execution and a video of a libertarian sword dancing

[D3RANG3D]

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[HaughtyFrank]

[TylenolJones]

The Portland ICE war has escalated. 

[Ribosome]

Someone find the portal to 2019 and push them back in.

[HaughtyFrank]

Both sides hating you? Pretty centrist 

 

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Always the anime avatars...

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

The Portland ICE war has escalated. 

Referring to himself in the third person?

Lock him up.

[Alpacx]

Imagine being mad at someone who got shot in the head for not participating in an activist stunt

[HaughtyFrank]

If Malala only has a platform because she serves US interests then why does Greta have a platform? 

[Nintex]

[benji]

If Malala only has a platform because she serves US interests then why does Greta have a platform? 

The pure righteousness of her positions allows it to break through the totalitarian control as befits the Right Side of History which is guaranteed to triumph. Like, read a book.

[benji]

[simiansmarts]

I swear I only hear about Amy Schumer these days through politics. idk maybe she retired with her Comedy Central money and now just does online rants about scary it is to be a wealthy white jewish woman in the US who's cousin is a sitting senator. 

[Besticus Maximus]

Can this Zohran fella raise taxes? Is that what mayors do in america?

[benji]

Can this Zohran fella raise taxes? Is that what mayors do in america?

It depends on the city and state. NYC Mayor is basically President of NYC and there is an equivalent to Congress albeit with only one house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Council

Because it's such a one-party state, the GOP mayors (Giuliani and Bloomberg) have traditionally been powerful as able to operate above the party concerns and pursue majorities within the council on each individual issue. The Dems tend to get bogged down in the party shit because they're competing with each other for power within it. Mandami would be somewhat exempt from that too but wouldn't be able to command too many majorities without watering down his agenda. Even his primary percentage (44%) probably overstates his support. de Blasio got similar (41%) and had like a decade elected career including in the Council but wasn't able to abolish private property  and racism either. Although he is also a Zionist so was never really truly left-wing like he pretended. (Mandami is notably more left but de Blaiso at the time received much of the same criticism from Republicans and, Allah forgive me, centrists for having positions then that would now be to the right of Genocide Kamala.)

Cuomo is basically trying to position himself as if he'd be a Giuliani or Bloomberg. And relatively to Zohran that's not entirely false. You can win Mayor (or Governor of NY) this way because it's not a MAGA/Trump/Evangelical/etc. Republican. Trump used to be this too back when he was pro-abortion, pro-LGBT, etc. The other type of Republican is mostly limited to Staten Island and would probably lose even there to the other kind.

Eric Adams won the last Dem primary with basically the opposite, now Cuomo coalition. Anywhere else they'd be center-left at most but in NYC they're centrist and "far-right" Democrats. They're still like 40-45% of the party there, so if they can pick up the 10% of the city that's Republican they can win. Cuomo's problem is there's a Republican who won't drop out and rather consistently (in polls) gets almost all the Republicans.

Cuomo would almost assuredly have a stronger majority in the Council than Zohran except for the part where so many of them fucking hate him personally from his time as Governor.

[imsotired]

Mamdani is going to run into a lot of issues with factionalism, especially when he tries to find funding for these programs with both Albany and the Federal government hostile to him. It's probably why he's trying to distance himself from the more extreme on the left. He might not end up being that different from De Blasio.

[Nintex]

He looks like a guy you shouldn't buy a used car from

[Alpacx]

[HaughtyFrank]

Birmingham is the place where MPs launched a campaign to build an airport in Pakistan because their constituents need to drive for too long every time they're in Pakistan

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/30/labour-mp-bin-strikes-airport-kashmir-rats-robert-jenrick/

[HaughtyFrank]

Apparently there's been a big twitter debate about how men can actually be lesbians

And not just trans men but also just... men

[Eric Cartman]

Because lesbians don't want to fuck dudes.

[Uncle]

Apparently there's been a big twitter debate about how men can actually be lesbians

And not just trans men but also just... men

so...essentially this but now for real

I short-circuited someone's brain once when I asked if people who identified as males should be allowed to use women's restrooms

like just a regular normal cis male who identified as male, should he be allowed in women's restrooms

the default instinct now is complete capitulation, to say that no one should be restricted from going anywhere regardless of how they look or identify

they got really angry with me because they realized how ridiculous their gut instincts had become on this subject, and said it sounded like a right wing talking point

[TylenolJones]

Christkino is back!!!

[HaughtyFrank]

For a Christian movie this basically looks high budget. Also why is there a half nude blonde muscle mommy in there? Stop pressing my buttons!

Edit:

It is also the most masculine, muscular work of Christian art since Braveheart.

Lmao

Edit edit:

Market your movie specifically to christians, christians react like christians

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

It is also the most masculine, muscular work of Christian art

[DavidCroquet]

It is also the most masculine, muscular work of Christian art

Factually incorrect.

[Ribosome]

New talking point: Domino Theory. 

Not allowing transgender participation in sex-separated sports is the first step towards reactionaries illegalizing interracial marriage. 

No compromise! No concession!