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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@paraw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paraw</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, we swing like a pendulum — former is in vogue when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are in power, latter when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>. </p><p>This is captured succinctly in the twin hashtags <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a>.</p><p>Examples abound from US to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> monarchs, and more.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ &gt;&gt; Many of us will now be horrified at the how the world now looks at US — as we stand naked in front of the world, with not even a mask of decency — with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> oozing out of every pore, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> just around…</p><p>Some might still try to set themselves apart by saying THEY didn't vote for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogynist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogynist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reactionary</span></a> forces — that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a>, that they are better than others.</p><p>IT WON'T MATTER.</p><p>This country elected <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and WE are ALL collateral damage</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@knowprose" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knowprose</span></a></span> </p><p>So, you agree that the sets are not disjoint.</p><p>The question then becomes what is the distribution of those who are at the intersection because of fear or ideology.</p><p>As for the set <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> minus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a>, remember that there is a set of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israelis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israelis</span></a> minus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Likud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Likud</span></a> too.</p><p>Click through the hashtag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a>. I try not to be “silly,” but I’m not infallible. I do relish cogent discussion, even with divergent points of view. Thanks</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TonyStark</span></a></span> </p><p>The only way <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> can redeem themselves is by dissociating themselves from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a>, and instead of letting Hamas fight <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inTheirName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inTheirName</span></a>, declare their own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inOurName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inOurName</span></a> manifesto just as forcefully.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p><p>Note to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a>, BDSMovement, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDSHorseshoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDSHorseshoe</span></a>: Not all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> think alike</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HeavenlyPossum</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; it remains a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moralRequirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moralRequirement</span></a> to distinguish between the rulers and the ruled</p><p>There used to be separation before. See hashtags <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p><p>That separation is no more since reports came out that 90% of ALL Palestinians support <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a></p><p>18000 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> died because 90% of Palestinians support Hamas, while supreme Hamas leader <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haniyeh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haniyeh</span></a> remains <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ensconced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ensconced</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/safetyAndLuxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safetyAndLuxury</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Doha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doha</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111484845659495467" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11484845659495467</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inTheirName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inTheirName</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@geomant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geomant</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ </p><p>&gt;&gt; US, Canada, Mexico, … all are built on stolen land</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p><p>Wars of conquest were the norm at some point, but they are not any more.</p><p>&gt;&gt; ideal for Israelis with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kahanist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kahanist</span></a> leanings</p><p>Gratuitously dredging up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kahanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kahanism</span></a>, that is not on anybody’s radar</p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Societies are not static. Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes &amp; policies change. Holding a grudge against perceived wrong done to one decades ago will not get one anywhere, especially if the world has changed so much as to be unrecognizable.</p><p>Societies are not homogenous. Not all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> thinks the same way. Not all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> either. And not all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> same way.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotStatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotStatic</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocietiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a></p>
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