Lesson learned, Manhattan is a throw the baby out with the bathwater scenario RE: St Pat’s. I was getting dirty looks for my soairse keffiyeh at an IRA bar. Does NOT pass the vibe check.
(BTW, not an exaggeration, place is called Wolfe Tone’s Pub & there are GIANT portraits on the walls of people like Bobby Sands & Bernadette Devlin)
I will keep saying, from now to eternity: sexual exploitation of children is CORE to far right ideology.
They want white AFAB kids impregnated on menarche, and that makes their spaces a safe haven for those who sexually abuse children.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akvbw/why-do-neo-nazis-keep-getting-arrested-for-child-porn
How funny would it be if the far right accidentally defunded the US military
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/politics/defense-bill-republicans.html
"Officer-involved shooting" is a euphemism for "officer shot someone" -- and it's used, by police and journalist, to make reality fuzzy.
If all journalism organizations agreed to, as this commentary advises, abolish the "Exonerative Tense” in headlines (and I'd add, articles as well), journalism would be much improved.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/emersonmalone/police-traffic-safety-headline-language-exoneration
Gwen Snyder is uncivil
Dan Gillmor