'You're hurting your cause!' I shout at you about your cause, which I fucking hate.

Basie (the Malkovitch role) in Empire of the Sun is what springs to mind.

After 1000 articles in the national press over a decade on how woke kids seeking trigger warnings or protesting comedy shows are attacks on a broad “culture” of free speech, note how magically free speech is no longer a broad cultural value but a narrow legal question.

Funny thing about these hamfisted attempts to muddy the waters is you're supposed to believe that people only express sympathy for obvious injustice when they're paid to do so. Thousands of defenseless people being killed by a remorseless military force? Who could be against that

Just thinking about how university presidents grilled by Congress were forced to resign over hypothetical scenarios about student safety while we watch students get beaten up at the behest of other school presidents and their jobs seem perfectly in tact

Not too long ago, John was arguing that not only should white supremacist Richard Spencer should speak at a college, but that black students and others should go to his speech and listen and engage him.

all the classic signs of being terrified and unsafe, such as screaming at college kids to show their faces for canary mission cameras. truly hamas is in control of the upper west side

White woman, world renowned academic, brutalised by cops in full view of video cameras and arrested. They still lied on court records about the event. Now think how often cops lie about those without similar privilege

As a Jew it’s extremely weird to see Zionists use antisemitic conspiracy theories to attack college protesters.

I mean, I’ve also noticed that those
styling themselves as clear-eyed truth tellers who go on telling their truth though no one listens often refer to themselves as “Don Quixote,” who any literate person can tell you was famous for see things clearly when others did not.

Some of these college kids are only protesting because they learned about an ongoing atrocity from their peers and were persuaded to join in. This is bad for some reason.

I demand that we stop funding the Iranian military. I call on Congress to cut off all aid and arms sales to Iran until a new, acceptable government is in place.

Columbus Police exactly one year ago when dealing with armed neo nazis vs today when dealing with college protesters.

Antisemitism, like all prejudice, must be condemned & confronted wherever it rears it’s head. It is NOT antisemitic to protest oppression & war crimes. Jewish protestors have been a significant part of this movement calling for a ceasefire and Palestinian liberation. Don’t get it…

Interesting that every killing by every cop is just a single bad apple that never spoils the bunch, while every protest by and on behalf of marginalized people must be flawlessly perfect, lest all participants deserve the brutality the police exist to deliver to them.

So the question I’d like to ask, while I ponder Do the Right Thing, is this: what violence is it that makes you feel safe?

You? Me.

What violence is it that make ME feel safe?

It's a hard thing to be honest about, I think.

Full Essay: the-reframe.com/always-do-the-…

“I saw a Twitter prompt asking people what movie makes for the best test of someone’s media literacy. The most popular responses were ‘Fight Club’ and ‘The Matrix,’ but my answer is ‘Election.’” — Daniel Joyaux wants justice for Tracey Flick

rogerebert.com/features/elect…

'No I'm talking about the Supreme Court. No the SUPREME Court. The nine judges in robes? In Washington DC? The Supreme Court. Of the United States.'

Republicans are voting for people who will kill the people they want killed; somebody who unrepentantly kills a puppy is just proving their bona-fides as a killer to conservative hearts and souls. I'd say she put it in her book for a reason.

'Free speech on campus!' gang really showed their asses this week I must say. They were exactly what their critics always said; bad-faith actors pushing their own anti-diversity anti-academy ideology, wrapped in the flag of free speech but calling for less voices heard, not more.