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I’m Jewish. I did my PhD at Columbia. I graduated January 2024.
You know what made me feel safe? Solidarity between Palestinian and Jewish students protesting the genocide of Palestinians by Israel in Gaza.
You know what makes me feel unsafe? Fascist presidents using my identity to further their agenda.
~fin~
I'm a millennial who'd rather dance naked in the snow than use a cell phone to make a call, but you know what I hate even more than phone calls? Fascism.
Call (202) 224-3121 or -- better still -- look up your (Democratic) senators’ numbers on their websites.
NO ❌ on cloture.
NO ❌ on a continuing resolution.
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Senator George Lang (R-West Chester) once again in hot water over off-the-cuff remarks.
Lang, speaking to the Lakota West School Board, seemed to insinuate that children with disabilities did not come from loving homes as the reason their education costs more.
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I'm learning a way of having different conversations face-to-face or in zoom called "warm data" & also investigating the use of "deep canvassing", which seems to be broadly the same thing. The idea is to listen rather than criticize & respond with personal stories rather than sticking to a familiar script that you hope will make you sound impressive. It's the absolute opposite of those watercooler conversations where you're trying to win respect by knowing more than the other guy. It's hard to…
"Seems like that was sort of what happened when you added some of your personal experience to the conversation, without claiming superiority?"
Yeah, absolutely. I tend not to be too moved by personal stories to be honest, just because they're rarely relevant to wider social issues, and most of us have a horrible story or two we could share, but I think any reminder that there's a human being on the other side of the screen is a good thing.
Having seen the way Stephanie talks to many other people online (I stumbled across a few conversations with other people), it seems she thrives on as much antagonism as possible, and, predictably, then gets the same in return.
I'm really glad we got the opportunity to humanise the conversation again, but I don't think it's a coincidence that that's the point Stephanie most interest in talking. Some people (not most people thankfully) are just looking for an opportunity to vent.