Science & conflict studies nerd / Baltimoron / Mutualist /YPG veteran
Jin jiyan azadî
My idiosyncratic views are my own
Jul 10 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The right-wing people who would have been rabidly Islamophobic 20 years ago are exhausted from decades of failed Mideast wars in the name of defending the West, they now blame Israel or the Jews for the West's problems, rants about Sharia are replaced with rants about the Talmud
Late Millenial & Zoomer right-wingers grew up in a period of pointless wars launched by Christian Zionist neoconservatives, with an emphasis on supporting Israel throughout, that led to nothing tangible for Americans except loss of life & treasure, followed by economic decline
Nov 1, 2023 • 28 tweets • 6 min read
Eh fuck it, I'm making a thread about stuff that Garand Thumb missed on his weak urban evasion vid with my insights as both someone who grew up as inner city white trash, lived through Baltimore's 2015 unrest, & saw a little urban SHTF overseas
The video presents itself as a guide on r̶a̶p̶i̶d̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶f̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ fleeing from rioters (& Pride parades, apparently) to the safety of your home suburbs, however the techniques shown are heavily geared towards evading (state) security forces
