We had streets, but now there's just police
The aftermath of the hate march barrels on. Once again reality proves it can get away with the parallelism so often denied fiction, as the judge who refused to dismiss charges against non-violent protesters pepper-sprayed by police turns out to have a history of pepper-spraying violence himself. Handcuffing a woman for doing her legal job is horribly less surprising in the current climate, but it's still not a good look. While we have a corruption scandal breaking, yet. Dammit, Boston.
In political news of countries not my own, I am interested by the order of voting operations laid out by David Schraub in his consideration of Tory Islamophobia, Labour anti-Semitism, and the existence of the Lib Dems, who he feels strongly deserve more attention: "What It Means for Jews to Vote Tory."
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spatch: I did not realize until I saw this tweet that it was Werner Herzog's birthday. I am charmed to see him on location for Fitzcarraldo (1982); that's Fitzcarraldo's parrot on his shoulder, inclining me to believe it was actually Herzog's parrot in a cameo role. I have belatedly realized that there are ways in which I link this movie with A Canterbury Tale (1944).
I appear to be fending off a cold. Dammit, body.
In political news of countries not my own, I am interested by the order of voting operations laid out by David Schraub in his consideration of Tory Islamophobia, Labour anti-Semitism, and the existence of the Lib Dems, who he feels strongly deserve more attention: "What It Means for Jews to Vote Tory."
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spatch: I did not realize until I saw this tweet that it was Werner Herzog's birthday. I am charmed to see him on location for Fitzcarraldo (1982); that's Fitzcarraldo's parrot on his shoulder, inclining me to believe it was actually Herzog's parrot in a cameo role. I have belatedly realized that there are ways in which I link this movie with A Canterbury Tale (1944).I appear to be fending off a cold. Dammit, body.
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I am familiar with the necessity of this strategy; it's what the American left did not manage to do in 2016 (with no help from extra-national interference) and what I am terrified they will not manage in 2020, being caught up in purity wars instead of recognizing the apocalyptic cliff we are currently in the process of driving off. But I also understand that the fear that the lesser of two evils—or even my supposed allies—will still manage to get me killed. Right-wing anti-Semitism is much more likely to walk into a synagogue with an assault rifle, no question. But left-wing anti-Semitism normalizes; accelerates; closes the circle of leaving nowhere safe.
At least from here it looks as though Johnson's full Trump is blowing back on him, which I hope it continues to do.
The fact that the Tory party are collapsing in front of us and he still might not win the election is a measure of how incredibly inept and toxic he is.
What would you like to see happen, if he does manage to stave off a Tory consolidation by winning?
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Yes. *sighs*
What would you like to see happen, if he does manage to stave off a Tory consolidation by winning?
If I got to pick, I think my top choice would probably be a hung Parliament and a Labour-Lib Dem-SNP coalition of some kind; that has some potential to be healthy, if the various parties could keep each other honest.
If Corbyn actually wins, I want a second Brexit referendum that Remain wins and for Corbyn to be shoved forcibly and rapidly into retirement and replaced by someone like Keir Starmer (who currently looks like he might be both competent and decent, despite not yet having been cast into outer darkness by the Corbynite inner circle).
I don't even want a sparkly pony.
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I hope you get at least a decent zebra.
*hugs*