There's a sub-sub genre of video on YouTube of #bjj classes getting punked by experienced practitioners disguising themselves as white belts and then defeating everyone. 1/3
It sounds like a good idea, but the problem is that skill in BJJ is instantly recognizable to the initiated, so the deception is either obvious to everyone rolling with these people, 2/3
or the folks getting punked are such beginners that they can't tell the difference. And for the viewer, neither of these outcomes is particularly entertaining. 3/3
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Two events happened this week that to the untrained eye might seem like mirror reflections of each other, but in reality serve as a window into a dimension of the cancel culture debate that is rarely discussed.
Event #1: As a result of pressure from the Israeli government and pro-Israel lobbying groups, Leila Khaled was cut off from being broadcast on Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube.
Khaled is considered by many to be a beyond-the-pale terrorist, because as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, she hijacked a plane in the 70's.