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Is Nationalism All Bad?
Surprisingly, no. Nationalism has its uses as a very strong motivator for uniting people together in the struggle against injustice.
As an example, recall the 20th-century anti-colonialism struggles in Africa and India driven by a strong nationalist sentiment among the oppressed peoples.
Some political analysts feel that peace in the Middle East can only be achieved through a strong national identity of the countries involved, as opposed to the current tribal and religious identities that divide them. Embracing national identities over religious may make it easier to negotiate through national amendable laws rather than ambiguous religious laws.
But in a country like America, there is a very strong connection between nationalism and extremism. Putting America first ahead of our enemies is fine. But putting America first over our allies creates a much more unstable Europe and Asia, as long-standing trade and defense agreements crumble under the weight of our own self-interest.
If the evil “globalist agenda” is spending a little more foreign aid now to avoid war, health or humanitarian crises at a future date, then call me a globalist.
It’s okay to feel like your country is exceptional. I believe in American exceptionalism, but not because I had the good fortune of being born here. Instead, I believe that America is exceptional because of our shared values and our willingness to help other countries experience the same freedom.
As for nationalism, America’s strong national identity has always manifested itself in the form of patriotism. As a nation made up of bits and pieces of cultures from all over the world, American nationalism shouldn’t exist. In this country, we have no shared ethnic heritage. Writings from our country’s founders show men who envisioned a land made up of oppressed peoples from all nations on Earth.
Patriotism and our shared values might just be the path out of the venomous divisiveness that we find ourselves in now. Emphasizing what we’re about, rather than who we are, is always a good bet for Americans.
I’m always at my proudest when I stand with patriots.
https://medium.com/@wesodonnell/patrioti...nce-5e23db662a3
Schnelluebersetzung:
Ist Nationalismus nur schlecht?
Überraschenderweise, nein. Nationalismus hat seinen Nutzen als sehr starker Motivator, um Menschen im Kampf gegen Ungerechtigkeit zu vereinen.
Denken Sie zum Beispiel an die antikolonialen Kämpfe des 20. Jahrhunderts in Afrika und Indien, die von einem starken nationalistischen Gefühl unter den unterdrückten Völkern angetrieben wurden.
Einige politische Analysten sind der Meinung, dass der Frieden im Nahen Osten nur durch eine starke nationale Identität der beteiligten Länder erreicht werden kann, im Gegensatz zu den derzeitigen Stammes- und religiösen Identitäten, die sie spalten. Wenn man nationale Identitäten über religiöse stellt, ist es vielleicht einfacher, durch nationale, abänderbare Gesetze zu verhandeln, als durch zweideutige religiöse Gesetze.
Aber in einem Land wie Amerika gibt es eine sehr starke Verbindung zwischen Nationalismus und Extremismus. Amerika über unsere Feinde zu stellen ist in Ordnung. Aber Amerika vor unsere Verbündeten zu stellen, schafft ein viel instabileres Europa und Asien, da langjährige Handels- und Verteidigungsabkommen unter dem Gewicht unserer eigenen Interessen zerbröckeln.
Wenn die böse "globalistische Agenda" darin besteht, jetzt ein wenig mehr Auslandshilfe auszugeben, um Krieg, Gesundheits- oder humanitäre Krisen zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt zu vermeiden, dann nennen Sie mich einen Globalisten.
Es ist okay, das Gefühl zu haben, dass Ihr Land außergewöhnlich ist. Ich glaube an den amerikanischen Exzeptionalismus, aber nicht, weil ich das Glück hatte, hier geboren zu sein. Stattdessen glaube ich, dass Amerika aufgrund unserer gemeinsamen Werte und unserer Bereitschaft, anderen Ländern zu helfen, die gleiche Freiheit zu erfahren, außergewöhnlich ist.
Was den Nationalismus angeht, so hat sich Amerikas starke nationale Identität immer in Form von Patriotismus manifestiert. Als eine Nation, die sich aus Teilen von Kulturen aus der ganzen Welt zusammensetzt, sollte es keinen amerikanischen Nationalismus geben. In diesem Land haben wir kein gemeinsames ethnisches Erbe. Die Schriften der Gründer unseres Landes zeigen Männer, denen ein Land vorschwebte, das aus unterdrückten Völkern aus allen Nationen der Erde besteht.
Patriotismus und unsere gemeinsamen Werte könnten der Weg aus der giftigen Spaltung sein, in der wir uns jetzt befinden. Zu betonen, worum es uns geht, und nicht, wer wir sind, ist für Amerikaner immer eine gute Wette.
Ich bin immer am stolzesten, wenn ich mit Patrioten zusammenstehe.
How the word ‘woke’ was weaponised by the right
The term is meant to denote an attentiveness to important issues. But the likes of Laurence Fox and Toby Young have begun using it in a very different way
Like “politically correct” before it, the word “woke” has come to connote the opposite of what it means. Technically, going by the Merriam-Webster dictionary’s definition, woke means “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)”, but today we are more likely to see it being used as a stick with which to beat people who aspire to such values, often wielded by those who don’t recognise how un-woke they are, or are proud of the fact. ...
... Rather than rejecting the concept of wokeness outright, today’s detractors often claim they are rejecting the word as a signifier of pretentiousness and “cultural elitism”. However, as Fox and others have shown, it is as much to do with the issues of racial and social justice. Criticising “woke culture” has become a way of claiming victim status for yourself rather than acknowledging that more deserving others hold that status. It has gone from a virtue signal to a dog whistle. The language has been successfully co-opted – but as long as the underlying injustices remain, new words will emerge to describe them.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/shor...impression=true
Es ist immer wieder dasselbe.
‘STRONGMEN’
How a Crisis in Masculinity Paved the Way for Fascism
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/12/28/stron...ay-for-fascism/
McConnell: House's $2,000 stimulus checks are 'socialism for rich'
The majority leader's comments drew a strong rebuke from Bernie Sanders.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/31...0-checks-453015
Trump Appointee Seeks Lasting Control Over Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/951126591...radio-free-asia
REPUBLICANS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR PARTY. THAT'S VERY BAD FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/202...out-their-party
9 things Senate Republicans did in 2020 instead of fight the pandemic
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Senate didn't do a whole lot to combat coronavirus or push through COVID relief for the American people in 2020.
After an initial round of stimulus payments to Americans in the spring, Congress remained deadlocked for the remainder of the year as McConnell repeatedly stymied bipartisan efforts to pass critical relief legislation.
Even after House Democrats passed a bill that would have provided much-needed assistance to Americans, as the virus surged, McConnell sat on the bill, refusing to address it and labeling it a liberal pipe-dream. In the months that followed, the Senate GOP proposed replacement legislation that didn't do much of anything, other than provide some workers the ability to write off business lunches on their taxes and shield companies from being sued if employees forced back to work became infected.
So what were Senate Republicans doing all year rather than fighting the pandemic and providing relief to Americans?
Here's a little refresher.
1. Vowing to block Biden's Cabinet appointees
2. Blocking hundreds of bills passed by the House
3. Ramming through dozens of Trump judicial nominees
4. Blocking a bipartisan effort to construct Latino and women's history museums
5. Forcing through a Supreme Court nomination — during a COVID outbreak
6. Attempting to steal a presidential election
7. Blocking three bills to heighten election security
8. Fighting among themselves
9. Getting tough on sports teams and international doping fraud
https://americanindependent.com/gop-sena...l-donald-trump/
18 bills that would have helped Americans if McConnell hadn't blocked them
The self-proclaimed 'Grim Reaper' killed hundreds of bills passed by the House without even holding a vote.
https://americanindependent.com/18-bills...help-americans/
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Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #451
Is Nationalism All Bad?
Surprisingly, no. Nationalism has its uses as a very strong motivator for uniting people together in the struggle against injustice.
As an example, recall the 20th-century anti-colonialism struggles in Africa and India driven by a strong nationalist sentiment among the oppressed peoples.
Some political analysts feel that peace in the Middle East can only be achieved through a strong national identity of the countries involved, as opposed to the current tribal and religious identities that divide them. Embracing national identities over religious may make it easier to negotiate through national amendable laws rather than ambiguous religious laws.
But in a country like America, there is a very strong connection between nationalism and extremism. Putting America first ahead of our enemies is fine. But putting America first over our allies creates a much more unstable Europe and Asia, as long-standing trade and defense agreements crumble under the weight of our own self-interest.
If the evil “globalist agenda” is spending a little more foreign aid now to avoid war, health or humanitarian crises at a future date, then call me a globalist.
It’s okay to feel like your country is exceptional. I believe in American exceptionalism, but not because I had the good fortune of being born here. Instead, I believe that America is exceptional because of our shared values and our willingness to help other countries experience the same freedom.
As for nationalism, America’s strong national identity has always manifested itself in the form of patriotism. As a nation made up of bits and pieces of cultures from all over the world, American nationalism shouldn’t exist. In this country, we have no shared ethnic heritage. Writings from our country’s founders show men who envisioned a land made up of oppressed peoples from all nations on Earth.
Patriotism and our shared values might just be the path out of the venomous divisiveness that we find ourselves in now. Emphasizing what we’re about, rather than who we are, is always a good bet for Americans.
I’m always at my proudest when I stand with patriots.
https://medium.com/@wesodonnell/patrioti...nce-5e23db662a3
Schnelluebersetzung:
Ist Nationalismus nur schlecht?
Überraschenderweise, nein. Nationalismus hat seinen Nutzen als sehr starker Motivator, um Menschen im Kampf gegen Ungerechtigkeit zu vereinen.
Denken Sie zum Beispiel an die antikolonialen Kämpfe des 20. Jahrhunderts in Afrika und Indien, die von einem starken nationalistischen Gefühl unter den unterdrückten Völkern angetrieben wurden.
Einige politische Analysten sind der Meinung, dass der Frieden im Nahen Osten nur durch eine starke nationale Identität der beteiligten Länder erreicht werden kann, im Gegensatz zu den derzeitigen Stammes- und religiösen Identitäten, die sie spalten. Wenn man nationale Identitäten über religiöse stellt, ist es vielleicht einfacher, durch nationale, abänderbare Gesetze zu verhandeln, als durch zweideutige religiöse Gesetze.
Aber in einem Land wie Amerika gibt es eine sehr starke Verbindung zwischen Nationalismus und Extremismus. Amerika über unsere Feinde zu stellen ist in Ordnung. Aber Amerika vor unsere Verbündeten zu stellen, schafft ein viel instabileres Europa und Asien, da langjährige Handels- und Verteidigungsabkommen unter dem Gewicht unserer eigenen Interessen zerbröckeln.
Wenn die böse "globalistische Agenda" darin besteht, jetzt ein wenig mehr Auslandshilfe auszugeben, um Krieg, Gesundheits- oder humanitäre Krisen zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt zu vermeiden, dann nennen Sie mich einen Globalisten.
Es ist okay, das Gefühl zu haben, dass Ihr Land außergewöhnlich ist. Ich glaube an den amerikanischen Exzeptionalismus, aber nicht, weil ich das Glück hatte, hier geboren zu sein. Stattdessen glaube ich, dass Amerika aufgrund unserer gemeinsamen Werte und unserer Bereitschaft, anderen Ländern zu helfen, die gleiche Freiheit zu erfahren, außergewöhnlich ist.
Was den Nationalismus angeht, so hat sich Amerikas starke nationale Identität immer in Form von Patriotismus manifestiert. Als eine Nation, die sich aus Teilen von Kulturen aus der ganzen Welt zusammensetzt, sollte es keinen amerikanischen Nationalismus geben. In diesem Land haben wir kein gemeinsames ethnisches Erbe. Die Schriften der Gründer unseres Landes zeigen Männer, denen ein Land vorschwebte, das aus unterdrückten Völkern aus allen Nationen der Erde besteht.
Patriotismus und unsere gemeinsamen Werte könnten der Weg aus der giftigen Spaltung sein, in der wir uns jetzt befinden. Zu betonen, worum es uns geht, und nicht, wer wir sind, ist für Amerikaner immer eine gute Wette.
Ich bin immer am stolzesten, wenn ich mit Patrioten zusammenstehe.
Ich erinnere: Nationalismus ist nicht Patriotismus ist nicht Extremismus.
Es ist dennoch ein guter Text, denn er beantwortet die Frage richtig, was schon arg vom üblichen Gedröhns abweicht.
Trump loves to point to the stock market as a sign of his success. But since the election it's become clear: the market prefers Biden.
"If he is elected, the stock market will crash," said President Donald Trump of his then-opponent, Joe Biden, at the October 22 presidential debate.
The buoyant market has long been the president's favorite metric of his political virility — a metic that, he felt, rendered his lagging poll numbers a flawed barometer of his reelection chances. People would, Trump believed, vote with their 401(k)s and keep him in the White House. But just to make sure, he took to Twitter eleven times in October to boast of his role in the bull run.
Well, here we are: Joe Biden is the president-elect, and the market has not crashed. Quite the contrary. Between Election Day, November 3, and the first trading day after the Associated Press called the race for Biden, November 9, the S&P 500 index soared 5.4%. By mid-December it was up over 8%.
https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-ma...fedc32c19ef33b4
Rush Limbaugh's deranged 2020: From denying the pandemic to supporting a coup
The Medal of Freedom recipient lied about the biggest stories this year — even when it could put his audience in danger
https://www.mediamatters.org/rush-limbau...supporting-coup
Biden ?
Frau Pelosi und Co. verbieten ab jetzt die Worte
Mutter
Vater
zu benutzen, weil diese Gender-diskriminierend sind.
Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #462
Biden ?
Frau Pelosi und Co. verbieten ab jetzt die Worte
Mutter
Vater
zu benutzen, weil diese Gender-diskriminierend sind.
Kaum zu glauben aber wahr:
"Proposed changes to the rules of the House of Representatives would “honor all gender identities” by eliminating such specific terms as mother and father, son and daughter, and aunt and uncle.
Instead, only gender-neutral terms such as “parent,” “child,” “sibling” and “parent’s sibling” would be allowed in the text of the House rules, according to the proposed changes.
The proposed changes — which also include the establishment of a House “Office of Diversity and Inclusion” — will be voted on after the House convenes Sunday for the new 117th Congress."
https://nypost.com/2021/01/01/house-rule...der-references/
The GOP Can’t Stop Biden but They’ll Murder Democracy Trying
Maybe the voters of Georgia will surprise us and make this a week to celebrate. If Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff manage to eke out victories, then the whole story of the 2020 election changes from one in which the Democrats took the White House but got clubbed everywhere else to a story of a narrow but clear rejection of Trumpism (in which case thank you, Stacey Abrams).
But if that doesn’t happen, this will go down as one of the darkest weeks in the history of this democracy. Donald Trump’s madman rant at Brad Raffensberger was insane and impeachable and blood-curdling and all the rest, but more that that: It was a reminder that we’re just a couple of corrupt state officials away from November’s democratic outcome being overruled.
And the shocking decision by a dozen United States senators to challenge election results that each state’s election apparatus and dozens of state courts and the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer have ruled valid is a fuck you of epic, historic proportions. It will lead—not may lead, will lead—to the dissolution of democracy. It’s really only a matter of how long it will take.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gop-ca...fedc32c19ef33b4
Last-minute-Exekutionen vor Trumps Amtsübergabe
Der Henker aus dem Weißen Haus
Immer mehr US-Amerikaner lehnen die Todesstrafe ab – doch Donald Trump verabschiedet sich mit einer Serie von Hinrichtungen aus dem Amt. Kritiker sprechen von einem Präsidenten im »Blutrausch«.
Von Marc Pitzke, New York
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/d...28-35ec5fad291e
Senate Republicans turn on each other as 117th Congress revs up
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell's Faustian bargain with Donald Trump is backfiring in spectacular fashion as his Senate caucus descends into bitter internecine warfare over whether to back Trump's seditious effort to overturn the presidential election results.
That intra-party battle spilling into public view is how Republicans kicked off the 117th Congress. As House Democrats narrowly reelected Nancy Pelosi as Speaker Sunday, McConnell lost grip on the caucus he had marshaled nearly a year earlier to clear Trump of impeachment charges against the backdrop of a mountain of evidence Senate Republicans ultimately dismissed without hearing from a single witness. That blind fealty helped assure Trump that no matter what action he took—however reckless, illegal, or traitorous—he would never pay a price for it. And so when Trump lost the presidential election, he decided yet again that making a bid to steal it would be both perfectly in order and without consequence.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2005808
Trump rewarding allies Nunes, Jordan with Medal of Freedom
A White House official confirmed that Trump would present Nunes with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday.
A White House official confirmed that Trump would present Nunes with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday. The former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has been an ardent backer of Trump's during probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the president's 2019 impeachment by the Democratic-led House.
Jordan, one of the GOP leaders in trying to undermine confidence in the results of the 2020 presidential election, is expected to receive the award next week. Trump’s intent to present the award to the lawmakers was first reported by The Washington Post.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/04...-freedom-454494
Die beiden Halunken sind genau die richtigen dafuer.
Aber gut, seit Limbaugh ist die sowieso nur noch Dreck wert. trumski hat auch das noch ruiniert.
Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #463Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #462
Biden ?
Frau Pelosi und Co. verbieten ab jetzt die Worte
Mutter
Vater
zu benutzen, weil diese Gender-diskriminierend sind.
Kaum zu glauben aber wahr:
"Proposed changes to the rules of the House of Representatives would “honor all gender identities” by eliminating such specific terms as mother and father, son and daughter, and aunt and uncle.
Instead, only gender-neutral terms such as “parent,” “child,” “sibling” and “parent’s sibling” would be allowed in the text of the House rules, according to the proposed changes.
The proposed changes — which also include the establishment of a House “Office of Diversity and Inclusion” — will be voted on after the House convenes Sunday for the new 117th Congress."
https://nypost.com/2021/01/01/house-rule...der-references/
Ach Gott, ein Vater, der Vater ist, kann ja weiter so genannt werden.
Ansonsten ist es folgerichtig. Die Kernthemen des Wahlkampfs waren a) gegen Trump b) für Minderheiten. Nun, da a) geschafft ist, kommt natürlich b) dran.
Donald Trump could flee to Scotland in bid to avoid Joe Biden's inauguration
DONALD Trump could be set to flee to his loss-making Ayrshire golf course in a bid to avoid Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Prestwick has been told to expect the arrival of a US military Boeing 757 aircraft, that is occasionally used by Trump, on January 19 – the day before his Democrat rival formally becomes president.
A source at the airport told the Sunday Post: “There is a booking for an American military version of the Boeing 757 on January 19, the day before the inauguration. That’s one that’s normally used by the Vice-President but often used by the First Lady. Presidential flights tend to get booked far in advance, because of the work that has to be done around it.”
https://www.thenational.scot/news/189845...s-inauguration/
Nicola Sturgeon: Donald Trump will face ‘accountability’
Nicola Sturgeon has said Donald Trump will face “due accountability” in Scotland if evidence emerges that his Scottish golf courses have been used for money laundering and fraud.
The first minister said she will not protect the “soon to be former president of the United States” from investigation by Scottish authorities if evidence of malpractice emerges when he becomes a private citizen.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sturg...ances-jd0z6x0fw
Zitat von Landegaard im Beitrag #469Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #463Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #462
Biden ?
Frau Pelosi und Co. verbieten ab jetzt die Worte
Mutter
Vater
zu benutzen, weil diese Gender-diskriminierend sind.
Kaum zu glauben aber wahr:
"Proposed changes to the rules of the House of Representatives would “honor all gender identities” by eliminating such specific terms as mother and father, son and daughter, and aunt and uncle.
Instead, only gender-neutral terms such as “parent,” “child,” “sibling” and “parent’s sibling” would be allowed in the text of the House rules, according to the proposed changes.
The proposed changes — which also include the establishment of a House “Office of Diversity and Inclusion” — will be voted on after the House convenes Sunday for the new 117th Congress."
https://nypost.com/2021/01/01/house-rule...der-references/
Ach Gott, ein Vater, der Vater ist, kann ja weiter so genannt werden.
Ansonsten ist es folgerichtig. Die Kernthemen des Wahlkampfs waren a) gegen Trump b) für Minderheiten. Nun, da a) geschafft ist, kommt natürlich b) dran.
"Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) finished the first daily congressional prayer of the new session with the words "amen and awoman" on Sunday. "
https://thehill.com/homenews/532547-clea...amen-and-awoman
Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #472Darum bestreite ich auch, wenn jemand sagt, die Welt würde langsam verblöden.
..."Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) finished the first daily congressional prayer of the new session with the words "amen and awoman" on Sunday. "
https://thehill.com/homenews/532547-clea...amen-and-awoman
Es geht in Windeseile.
Und es ist keinesfalls ungefährlicher als jede andere Pandemie.
Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #473Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #472Darum bestreite ich auch, wenn jemand sagt, die Welt würde langsam verblöden.
..."Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) finished the first daily congressional prayer of the new session with the words "amen and awoman" on Sunday. "
https://thehill.com/homenews/532547-clea...amen-and-awoman
Es geht in Windeseile.
Und es ist keinesfalls ungefährlicher als jede andere Pandemie.
Max Frisch Buch "Biedermann und die Brandstifter" könnte verboten werden, es sei, es würde unbenannt:
"Biederfrau und die Brandstifterinnen"
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.):
"And dare I ask, oh Lord, peace even in this chamber now and evermore," Cleaver said while serving as guest House chaplain. "We ask it in the name of the monotheistic god, Brahma, and god known by many names by many different faiths. Amen and awoman."
Die taegliche Beterei im Congress und Senate ist die allererste Heuchelei. Der Rest ist nur eine Konsequenz daraus.
Und im uebrigen spielt heute sprichwoertlich der Country Song:
The Devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9uk9IcoQ0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0XUTD7QYcs
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