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every spring kyiv be like hey don't cry.... dandelions on every square inch of land, ok?

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In light of tumblr and twitter losing its mind over the LARPers who think harassing Jews, waving flags from terrorist organizations like Hezbollah, and hanging out in tents instead of going to class will have any effect on foreign policy, I'd like to talk about this new Harvard poll on the politics of America's youth. There are several observations to be made, but I'm focusing the I/P data.

Contrary to the view you get from social media, the majority of young people aren't following the Israel-Hamas war closely

Young people support a ceasefire, but almost half of young people say they don't know if Israel's actions have gone too far

A majority of young people sympathize with both Israelis and Palestinians, and only a slim minority sympathize with Hamas

Most young people do differentiate the civilians from their governments

You can see the actual numbers for all of this below:

Lastly: Gaza isn't even in the top 10 issues that are most important to young Americans.

I know this is just one poll, but this tracks with other polls I've seen over the past 6 months. So far, I haven't seen any quality polling over supporting the idea that the most popular Online takes from young people on I/P are popular in real life. Social media is not real life, and privileged rich kids cosplaying anarchy on campuses instead of going to class aren't reflective of most young people, either.

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ok i think it's a good time to say, as a heads-up, that i'm an adult and while i mostly keep my freak stuff private this blog is not family friendly so if you're a minor following me idk. keep that in mind i guess (or don't, i'm not your mom)

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if you think about it too hard paul atreides is percival

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Eschatology, properly viewed, is thus not correlative with a dematerial­ization of creation, nor can it serve as a form of “religious escapism” di­verting attention from time, history, and social affairs. Far from lending support to such hollow goals, it can actually kick­start critical theological reflection to a whole new level: As a merciless deconstructor of cultural tri­umphalism and historical determinism, eschatology looks at history as an unpredictable and inconclusive affair, maintaining that the best is yet to arrive—albeit not without terrible setbacks at every turn in history. In that capacity, eschatology is uniquely endowed to undermine theological com­placency, conventional thought, and fixed perspectives on life that block social change. Above all, eschatology urges Christians to resist the temp­tation of glorifying (and, in effect, idolizing) the past, in recognition of the intrinsic imperfection of every historical era and human accomplish­ment. It nurtures constant alertness and readiness for the unfamiliar and the unpredictable, thereby training the mind to ceaselessly expand its frame of reference.

Haralambos Ventis, The Antinomic Eschatological Transfiguration of Christian Eros and Sexuality

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Alongside the willingness to face historical challenges head on, to be able to exercise its prophetic ministry, the Christian Church must be ahead of society, not behind it (i.e., the opposite of what it has mostly done in its historical record, invoking as it does an ossified view of “tradition” usually turned into an idol). ... the Eschaton poses an ontological priori­tizing of the future (the promised Kingdom of God—i.e., creation in its conclusive form, as God ever intended it, had the Fall not intervened), from which flows a reverse causality rearranging past events under the Kingdom’s lights. As an outcome of divine initiative (independently of historical evo­lution), this posthistorical vision of the Kingdom affords us a vantage nor­mative yardstick by which to arraign any preceding historical milieu, even the most glorious, as at best incomplete and wanting—as inescapably fall­ing far short of divine righteousness, inclusiveness, and catholicity. The Es­chaton, as alluded to in the Gospels, promises startling reversals of what we have perennially thought of as natural and appropriate. It is the unfa­miliar terrain where “the last shall be first and the first last,” the trans­formed landscape where death, from a biological perspective the most natural thing in the world, is no more.

Haralambos Ventis, The Antinomic Eschatological Transfiguration of Christian Eros and Sexuality

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Lake Cerknica, Slovenia by happy.apple

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Two young women from Chornobyl, 1915

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there's a fine line between "i'm not doing this because the system is broken so there's no point" and "i'm not doing this because the goal has already been achieved, because the vibes told me so, so there's no point" that a western leftist has to tread very carefully lest they overexert themselves

Ignoring everything else the anon said and honing in on the Ukraine part: What does anon think the purpose of protest is? Just to declare your beliefs in an open space?

What is there to “fight” for or against at a pro-Ukraine protest in the middle of western soil under governments that overwhelmingly already fund and support Ukraine?

Leftist organizers recognize that protests aren’t symbolic actions they’re political ones. And this is largely why you won’t find a leftist presence at pro-Ukraine protests, and— combined by the zionist and white supremacist pro-Israel presence— also why you won’t find much of a leftist presence at any of the “anti-antisemitism” pro-genocide protests in Germany.

It is not a political action to “fight” against imaginary barriers and for something that your government already funds and supports.

yeah exactly. i dont know whats hard to grasp about this

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kabru is so fucking funny. he’s out here playing 15 dimensional manipulation mind chess with a guy whose hobby is barking like a dog

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the way that in order to fix your loneliness you have to learn to comfortably be alone because that allows you to be authentic and authenticity is what attracts the kind of people who can fix your loneliness feels like a scam tbh

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"House of the Sun"

Sculpture by Mykhailo Reva

According to the author's idea, through it you can observe the first rays of the morning sun.

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An addition to the saga of weird Elijah things during seders.

Transcript: a series of texts including a photo of a baby deer with spots peeking through a sliding glass door. A message follows saying “deer at the Seder”. The other person responds “Elijah?” In all caps.

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died and i came back normal. more normal than before even. such a regular guy it’s freaking everyone out. i’m ironing my shirts & doing the sunday paper crossword puzzle and the people i love won’t stop crying

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Yeah I'm adding "I will condemn calls for violence" to my political beliefs

No more punching Nazis, y'all can't tell who's a Nazi

No more guillotine for the rich, y'all can't tell who's rich

No more killing rapists, y'all don't know who is a rapist

I wishing could talk about distinguishing civilians versus actively murderous terrorists here too but apparently y'all don't know what a civilian or a terrorist is either