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A listener from unceded Coast Salish territory entered #sn2021xo with this: "My favourite episode of all is Abolish the military? Abolish the military. I've been anti-war for some time and abolishing the military makes sense (it works for Costa Rica).
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Almost before defunding the police, we should abolish the military (let's do both at the same time.) All the arguments you raise are absolutely cogent ones; our armed forces do fuck all abroad and at home ...
...they're just kinda sorta ok at logistics when they're not sexually assaulting their female members. We get them to drive trucks and deliver things when we could just get Canadian organizations to do that instead ... it makes more sense...
Here's an entry to #sn2021xo from an Ontario-based listener...
My favourite episode this year was the most recent one - “a 2021 look-back”...
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My favourite episode this year was the most recent one - “a 2021 look-back”...
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As mentioned in the episode, it was another rough year for frustrating content but I loved the insights you both provided within the episode.
It really is incredible how much community organizing has happened over the past year or two and I’m so excited for what the future holds with community organizing. Over the past year, I started volunteering with a local reproductive justice organization...
Entry into #SN2021xo from a listener in Victoria:
"Why: Words are really fascinating to me because of their versatility, their power, how subjective they can be, and the granularity of meaning.
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"Why: Words are really fascinating to me because of their versatility, their power, how subjective they can be, and the granularity of meaning.
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Like, you can get SO detailed about what words and phrases can mean. Then you throw in the idea of rhetoric, where the relationship between the words and their meanings is skewed and distanced.
So, I just really appreciated the breakdown of exactly what role and influence rhetoric has in social and political discussions. It gave me tools to hear what people say more critically, which was especially effective for scanning election news shortly after this episode aired.
