I am becoming increasingly sick of seeing the word ‘deport’ being used by Republicans who are suggesting revoking citizenship and a banishment. It’s exile.

I’ve said it before and I will say it again.

The only difference between Israel and a terrorist organization is PR and budget.

Judge Michael Farbiarz of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey said that the government’s attempt to continue to detain Khalil was “highly, highly, highly unusual.” Farbiarz recently ruled that Khalil’s arrest and detention over his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University likely violated the Constitution.

How many more of these stories need to come out before us around the rest of the world stop treating the United States like a democracy? They aren’t. I’m so exhausted of this fucking sane washing. It’s a goddamn terrorist state.

Thanks <3 After working in comedy for years, I’ve had some time to think about that answer. Definitely not the first time I’ve heard the question.

But the rest don’t

Richard Pryor laid himself completely bare on stage, talking about his own personal trauma, racial injustice, addiction and America itself.

Dave Chappelle (as much as he’s a dick) went hard into racism making you both laugh and sort of flinch at the same time.

Bill Hicks would deliver basically full on sermons against capitalism, consumerism and conformity with the same passion as a street preacher.

Hannah Gadsby and Daniel Sloss both turn their inner hell and struggles into stand up acts that make you cry from empathy and laughter.

Bo Burnham rips apart every section of culture he can get his little twink hands on.

Norm MacDonald often turned jokes into full on thought experiments where you’re suddenly contemplating death and futility while he’s staring at you with zen-like calm and a smile on his face. James Acaster isn’t too different, you’re just replacing the Zen-like calm with excitable energy and a goofy grin.

Frankie Boyle gets dismissed as being nothing but crass humor but is EXCEPTIONALLY sharp at taking apart inequality, classism and politics in general.

Sarah Silverman has been pissing on social norms for decades and pointing out how ridiculous they are.

Tig Notaro could also be arguably classed in the Daniel Sloss/Hannah Gadsby one but has a different type of hell and as personally a big fan I wanted to just call her out on her own.

Lewis Black uses screaming indignant rage to lash out at bureaucratic idiocy, corruption, the death of common sense and the sliding of society.

Louis CK, however you feel about him, also tends to line up a lot of his comedy with the second guy considering how big of a fan he was. Louis spoke, with this dudes families permission, at a ceremony honoring said man and has tried (and failed in a lot of ways, succeeded in some others) to carry the torch of…

George Carlin who was less of a comedian than a prophet with a punchline. Dude deconstructed language, religion, social constructs, politics, capitalism, and every ounce of hypocrisy he could find. He was doing stand up and talking about aging and death from when he had a full head of hair until he was shuffling around in slippers. Shuffling around and STILL BEING HYSTERICALLY SHARP might I add. Man used comedy as a weapon against anything he found distasteful to humanity. If Plato had a sense of humor and access to HBO, he’d have sounded like George Carlin.

As much as douchebros like to abuse the statement, the statement does have truth. You don’t have philosophers who sit down and wax about the world anymore, at least none that are given much attention on the whole. Comedians bridge that gap. They make you laugh, sure, but to laugh you’ve got to think. A joke requires you to make a mental leap at some point, it’s just one you weren’t expecting. A good comedian can make that leap not just funny but also mean something.

And I didn’t downvote you, nor do I think people should. It’s a valid question. The answers are not always obvious. Not everyone is going to know everything or see everything from a certain point of view.

To some minor degree of success but I couldn’t ever get control of my anxiety

I only said that because I was actively replying to other people lol

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I had the same reaction when I read about this dude too. Just “Are you fucking kidding me?”

If this is what they’re doing to people with cameras on them and reporters around them… what are they doing to those who don’t?

100% what happened. The uncropped video is plain as fucking day. He looks back and forth around the area and the second that she’s turned and the camera looks around, he just fucking shoots her. Only way he could argue anything was thinking the camera was a gun. The giant bulky shoulder camera. If so, then dude doesn’t deserve the ability to drive a CAR, never mind work in law enforcement.

Oh there’s a reason I put “non-lethal” in quotes.

She’s just lucky she didn’t end up like Nick Stern. A british photojournalist that was also shot today with “non-lethal rounds”.

“People came over to help and got me on the curb. A medic was called, who cut off my clothes. In my leg was what felt like a five centimeter hole with muscle hanging out of it and blood all down my leg. The medic put a tourniquet on it, and a journalist I was with took me to ER. It hurt so much that I thought they might be firing live rounds,” he said. “I’ve been with non lethal rounds before. They hurt like hell but generally don’t break the skin. But the blood made me think it was a live round.”

Dude had to go into emergency surgery.

Of course they are.

I’m having a hard time thinking of a major American news institution at the moment that doesn’t deserve to have a sledgehammer taken to its goddamn knees.

I mean it may have swung but clearly in a meaningless gesture format considering the rates of homeless and suicide from veterans in the US

Not even sure Russia has the capability to even fire anything long range at this point. Not even from Ukranian attacks, just from being fucking worthless. That being said… better safe than sorry. Not much more to fear than a cornered sociopath with nothing left to lose. Willing to take themselves down if it means even hurting you too. Not to mention the fact that Russian weapons might not work… but American ones do.

I’m going to be real, this was only a matter of time. Like… The whole “Thank you for your service” shit doesn’t really happen anywhere else in the world. At least not to the weird level that Americans do it. There’s a bizarre glorifcation/worship of the military. When y’all started allowing police departments to equip themselves with military style bullshit, it triggered a snowball effect. Everything got more militarized until the point that it became natural for them to be. The only logical next step was the National Guard or US Army.

I mean Putin already has his ear. Guess they want the rest of him.

“a manner that could have the effect of intimidating a member of the house.”

Oh go fuck yourself. Can the haka be intimidating as hell? Oh god yes. But you should also be able to recognize the difference between active intimidation and a powerful protest. Especially when YOUR COUNTRY IS KNOWN FOR IT.