The epistemics of violence -
non human animals like wolves and coyotes have to endure at home
what some human animals s in far away countries might experience as their last moments being hit by explosives from the land of the Red White and Blue

"Here, the honor is not in how one kills, but in the act of killing itself. The ability to kill. To kill without regret. Without being haunted by the lives you’ve cut short, even innocent lives. Especially innocent lives. To kill with your hands, with a knife, with a gun, with an arrow, with a joystick, by pressing a button, by opening the bomb-bay doors, by striking a match, by inserting a needle, by flipping a switch."

#violence #war #animals

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/19/the-essential-american-soul-wyoming-version/

The Essential American Soul, Wyoming Version

The US is a violent country.  Every American knows this. We need violence to get through the day. We need to watch it. We need to play at violence in games. We need to hear it and feel it. We need to believe we’re more violent than anyone else. We need the security of thinking no one can take our violence away. We’re frightened by the violence around us and turned on by the violence done to others. Many of us are scared we’re not violent enough, that when push comes to shove, when it comes time to prove our violence, we won’t measure up. 

CounterPunch.org

Something has shifted in the way we speak to one another

There was a time (not even that long ago) when #disagreement was considered healthy

Friends could argue #politics over dinner, colleagues #debate #ideas in meetings, families could hold entirely #opposing views & still sit together on Sunday afternoon

Somewhere along the way, that ability has disappeared

Since the #pandemic, something fundamental shifted in the way we speak to one another

https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/26189033.something-shifted-way-speak-one-another---column/

#aggression #violence

Utopias of #Violence

The Unlearned Lesson of the Iran War

Timothy #Snyder Jun 21, 2026

The war in #Iran began with a dream of violence. The question now is whether the nightmare that followed returns to the United States.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/utopias-of-violence

#TimothySnyder #ThinkingAbout
#Trump #Hegseth #Vance #USA #America #corruption #war #peace #IranWar #Hormuz
#Israel #Lebanon #Gaza
#nuclearweapons #capitulation #lethality

Utopias of Violence

The Unlearned Lesson of the Iran War

Thinking about...
“The #war began not with a plan, or a strategy, or for that matter any sense of the national interest. The attack on #Iran began with a longing -- a subjective sense that #violence is pleasurable and can bring a utopia in which desires become reality”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mosfvlmfhs2f

How did it come to this?

- Talking nonsense every day
- Being openly corrupt
- Being racist
- Breaking the law
- Just doing whatever you want—and all of this without any consequences

Terrible
how easy it seems
I can’t believe it

A land of freedom
chained in the hands of enemies of freedom

I find it incredibly shocking
how easy it seems

What on earth is going on?
Where will this end?

#mastodon #fediverse #YouWinAgainSi #freedom #politics #fascism #violence #democracy #world #justice

"‘You Will Be Quiet’: Israeli Envoy Attacks UN Official Over Abuse Reports – Video

Israel’s UN ambassador shouted down senior UN officials while attacking reports documenting sexual violence against Palestinian detainees.

Key Developments

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon clashed with senior UN officials during a UN event on conflict-related sexual violence.

Danon demanded the resignation of UN Special Representative Pramila Patten.

He shouted “You will be quiet” at senior UN official Vanessa Frazier after she attempted to intervene."

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/you-will-be-quiet-israeli-envoy-attacks-un-official-over-abuse-reports-video/

#UN #palestine #israel #violence #abuse

#video via xcancel :

https://xcancel.com/CBSNews/status/2068123954447847829

Affaire Bétharram: entre 700 et 1500 élèves potentiellement victimes, selon les projections d'une ONG

« Crimes de masse », « sadisme », « torture »... Entre 700 et 1 500 élèves scolarisés de 1950 à la fin des années 1990 ont potentiellement été victimes « de violences d'une exceptionnelle gravité » à Notre-Dame-De-Bétharram, près de Lourdes dans le sud-ouest de la France, et dans d'autres établissements de la congrégation religieuse, selon le rapport d'une ONG spécialisée dévoilé samedi 20 juin.

RFI
"Au delà des faits, très précisément documentés, on retient surtout l'analyse d'un système : le rapport dépeint Bétharram comme un lieu particulièrement favorable aux violences systémiques en raison de la concentration du pouvoir mais aussi des contrôles défaillants de la Congrégation, de l'Eglise, des autorités administratives et judiciaires. La commission souligne l'emprise sur les élèves, renforcée par le cadre de l'internat et l'éloignement familial."
#betharram #vss #education #violence