" Irrationalism has prevailed effortlessly, but reason never triumphs on its own – it must be fought for. "

- Heinrich Mann, On Hate, 1933
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Mann
#hate #destruction #nationalism #militarism #authoritarianism #war #UncheckedPower #SocialCohesion #democracy #participation
Image: Stencil, Bellingen

Democratic rising star extends love after #Hegseth #pastor prays for his #death

#WTF?

James Talarico, Texas Democratic state representative & Presbyterian seminarian, has said he forgives Pete Hegseth’s pastor for praying for his death

#Talarico said: “Jesus loves. #Christian #Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you”

Response comes after he wished for his death last on Christian a nationalist podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/james-talarico-pete-hegseth-pastor

#immoral #evil #religion

Democratic rising star extends ‘love’ after Hegseth pastor prays for his death

Senate nominee in Texas James Talarico says ‘Christian nationalism kills’ in response to Brooks Potteiger remark

The Guardian
#Trump #DonaldTrump #Hegseth #Iran #USA #PeteHegseth #ChristianNationalist #America #Politics #USpol #Tattoos #Sky #Nationalism #Cult #UnitedStates #News #SkyNews #IranWar #HolyWar #American
I find this absolutely bloody terrifying. America’s “defence secretary,” shown here with his collection of tattoos. A Jerusalem Cross from the Crusades, and “Deus Vult” (God Wills It) frequently used by far right groups.
Trump isn’t a president. He’s the head of a cult, and Hegseth is a deranged henchman…

@EUCommission I expect you to not just utter these "fine words" but act upon them!

It's your turn…

MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli asserts, "The homeland is neither Turkey for Turks nor Turkistan; it is a vast and eternal nation: Turan!" #Nationalism #Turanism
The National #Fascist Party was founded on #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 by #BenitoMussolini. It initially combined #syndicalist economics with #FarRight #nationalism, later ditching its economic ideals and embracing #corporatism. Italy is to-day led by a #neofascist successor party.
#WBC #nationalism this is a small poll only for #Taiwanese and #Korean mastodonian to check my gut feeling on the historical complexity among Taiwan, Japan and Korea:
As a Taiwanese In a baseball match between Japan and Korea which team you will support? Similarly as a Korean in a baseball match between Japan and Taiwan which team you will support?
I'm Korean supporting Taiwan in Taiwan Vs Japan
0%
I'm Korean supporting Japan in Taiwan Vs Japan
0%
I'm Taiwanese supporting Japan in Korean Vs Japan
100%
I'm Taiwanese supporting Korean in Korean Vs Japan
0%
Poll ended at .

A quotation from George Orwell

All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/17246/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #hypocrisy #justification #moralrelativism #motivation #nationalism #ourside #perspective #relativism #selfrighteousness #side #tribalism #tribe #usvsthem

Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does…

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