James Connolly (1868-1916) was a revolutionary socialist fighting for Irish national liberation; the founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party and the Irish Citizen Army. Today 109 years ago, he was executed by British colonizers after the Easter Rising in Dublin.(PW)
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Podcast I used to be on degenerated into your typical masculinity-bullshit sports n’ pop-culture pod with spikes of anti-Semitism from mid-40s dudes. It really is a shame putting a shit load of work into a few episodes I was on (before it went to shit)
Some of the episodes was about your typical conspiracy bullshit, yea, but I had a lot of fun doing FOIA requests and digging up old documents with the insane bullshit the CIA used to do back in the day (injecting LSD into the brains of kids is something I gotta find again but don’t wanna view the pod again to support them) Plus, I didn’t know they’d end up going down the typical route as they seemed to be your typical shock-jock lib types rather than chuds.
Ended up leaving because one of the people straight up turned into an asshole against me because of my “communist bullshit” despite multiple attempts at talking about the host with it and being fully able to deflect his shit back; just didn’t wanna deal with it every episode. Host ended up agreeing because “he didn’t want it political”
I’m not sure what kind of milquetoast muppet thinks conspiracies have nothing to do with politics, but I guess I know now. It makes sense, he ended up becoming more CHUD when he finally got himself into an okay job after a decade of getting fucked over by the companies in his area and living in literal squalor. Yet, commies and jews are the problem to him apparently as a Puerto Rican in Florida. Dear god, make it make sense. I tried explaining.
there must be something in the water in Florida that makes latinos turn into the scourge of the earth.
I wouldn’t say it’s a Latino thing, more so the countries they come from have equal rabid anti-communism and when they get to America they can blame all the faults of their struggle on communists and of course, with that “community”, the internet offers jews as well. He really was a cool guy until his brain turned into sludge.
At least that’s my theory. A lot of Latino coworkers I had here would get upset at the mention of socialism or communism. In the same coin, the oldest, most “chud” looking types actually turns out to be a pretty rad dude.
Not so much Puerto Rico but many other central american countries got significantly more dangerous and poorer when they started exploring communism. usa would pump the far right with weapons and do black ops for them while the communists tried to resist. The people who fled to usa blamed the communists. They told stories of the ebil commies, first just to gain sympathy from americans and later to signal that they were “the good ones.” but over time and generations they came to really believe their lies.
That makes a lot of sense. Why did they blame the communists? I suppose I could see a parallel there with police being brutal assholes and some people in the U.S eagerly agreeing/advocating for it. Same thing there? Or just a desperation for security?
They blame the communists because they were one side of the conflicts and the other side was supported by their new home, usa. Can’t talk shit about your host’s friends if you don’t want to get tossed out.