Bibles, bullets and beef: Amazon cowboy culture at odds with Brazil’s climate goals
#Amazon #beef #meat #cowboy #cattle #pastoralism #herding #ranching #deforestation #colonialism #SettlerColonialsm #Brazil #Bible #Christianity #ManfiestDestiny #Fascism #indigenousGenocide
1/ Trying to parse my thoughts on #Israel and the #SettlerColonialsm debate.
I think this should be seen in a wider context beyond just "Israelis vs. Palestinians" or even "Jews (and Christians) vs. Muslims". We are in the post-Cold War era, and the formerly-colonized nations have developed their own identities vs. their former colonizers.
And people in the colonizer nations (i.e. much of North America and Western Europe) frequently underestimate how just the feelings in the formerly-colonized nations are. Take the Queen's funeral in the UK: While the British talking heads told the world please to "respect the dignity of the occasion" and not bring up any of the atrocities the British committed in their colonies during her reign, she - as well as the United Kingdom - were brutally mocked in vast regions of Africa. People actually _cheered_ during her funeral.
And they are keenly alert to Western hypocrisy. Our governments always _talk_ about "Freedom" and "Democracy", but by day's end we will always support any old authoritarian who promises to keep business and raw resources flowing and the doors open for Western companies. It's no wonder why many African nations prefer Chinese business partners - at least the Chinese don't pretend it's anything other than morale.
And Israel... has aligned itself strongly with the Colonizer nations. A huge part of this pure pragmatism - of course you will want to align yourself with the nations who give you the most military and other aid! But that also means that Israel strongly across as a colonial outpost of Western nations.
Western portrayals of Israel as a "bastion of democracy" in the Middle East don't help either, because when else have our governments ever cared about "democracy in the Middle East"?
@Orijewnal @pascalgarcia
You scored 3 points for #antisemitism
1. Holding #Jews to a double standard, as if you have a more noble army. Offer proof that your side is more moral.
2. #Nazi Inversion. You are using holocaust references because it is deeply offensive towards all #Jews.
3. #SettlerColonialsm would imply that all Jews are white Europeans...and you're wrong.
If you spent 30 minutes using your brain and reading history instead of watching videos you would know some facts 😔
The history of BLASL Black ASL, and the exclusionary and colonial roots of ASL: https://youtu.be/oiLltM1tJ9M?si=z-ZNInaJeU_7Ciwk #signlanguage #SettlerColonialsm #racism
The history of Native Hand Talk the real first signing language that has been around for thousands of years, and the colonial roots of ASL that silenced this Indigenous language and stole the signs without acknowledging it, which continues to this day: https://youtu.be/s1-StAlw3aE?si=hKhCi1u0lQi_WqZc #signlanguage #SettlerColonialsm #racism
Israel is Annexing the West Bank. Don’t be Misled by its Gaslighting
#settlercolonialsm #israel #palestine
# herewego
Israel is Annexing the West Bank. Don’t be Misled by its Gaslighting
#settlercolonialsm #israel #palestine # herewego
