The original tweet got deleted so I can’t share but someone said “what does a [US city] [industrial inudstry] union have to do with Palestine?” About a statement of solidarity from the union.
And Lee Carter retweeted “First of all, the Internationale will be the human race, so jot that down”
And that statement which is an IASIP reference, I think will live in my brain forever as a response to any criticism about intersectionality, solidarity or internationalism.
It’s weird because I think had he died a lot of libs would say things like “oh it’s terrible but he kind of brought it on himself”
Or use National Liberation Front. That was the name the guerrilla fighters used.
Viet Minh is the whole popular front so covers NLF, PAVN, DRV. Etc
It’s a good habit also to replace NVA (North Vietnamese Army) with Peoples Army of Vietnam. PAVN. That’s what they were actually called (and still are).
Same for DRV. Democratic republic of Vietnam. It wasn’t two countries. It’s not North Vietnam, just Vietnam.
(Donald Trump puts a gold coin down on tailors desk)
Tailor : Tell me, Mr. Trump is this for a formal event or a social affair?
Donald Trump : Political
Not to minimise the NLF who were the guerillas, but the Vietnamese had a formal military in the PAVN who were fighting the US and various allies. The PAVN turned out to be one of the most disciplined and effective militaries of the 20th century. Like the uniformed army of a former colony dog walked you dude.
Yeah people do and say weird things in shock.
It's their politicians and media. I believe people in the UK when polled are less transphobic than in the USA. In that they generally don't care much either way.
But in the USA it became part of the culture war so if you're vaguely dem aligned your at least performatively less transphobic.
But there's small number of influential TERFs that infest both Labour side and the tories, that get their voices elevated by the media and parties.
Though infiltrating the BoS for the Railroad fits and I could reform Danse to have as minuteman commander. But they're so fash ugh.
Could still fight them for a bit before blowing up their zeppelin though.
I've been playing Fallout 4. I've been quarantining certain parts of the games until I want to introduce them. Because I did an alternative start, I initially avoided re-forming the minutemen and I've been avoiding doing reunions which brings the Brotherhood of Steel into the commonwealth. Playing in a commonwealth with just the existing settlements, Railroad versus Institute, was a tighter experience with less baggage. But after a while running around as the Silver Shroud, I got bored and I decided to rebuild the Minutemen as their General. Silver Shroud outfit packed up in a safe under my bed (unless I'm doing Railroad Missions). I'm squinting my brain to try and make it a better game where I create a proto-nation to rival the NCR.
So, with a central hub at the castle, I'm running supply lines to all the farming settlements around the commonwealth. I've equipped all my Minutemen at the castle, provisioners and artillerymen at settlements in copies of Preston Garvey's outfit enhanced with the first level of ballistic weave to give at least my core minutemen a standardized uniform. I've given them all laser musket (scattered ones for provisioners). We've got many power Armour suits with the Revolutionary minutemen paint from the creation club (which makes it look like a continental army uniform). The castle is rebuilt and heavily fortified, but also a significant trading hub with a sweet tropical themed bar with Drinking Buddy and Ron Staples.
I'm trying to capture the Revolutionary War vibes rather than USA. So no USA flags stuff. Like the silliness of a bunch of people mythologizing the events of 500 years ago without any context before or after. Some of the creation club DLC involves fighting Enclave Remnants and there's something fun at the idea of this new nation I'm building killing off some of the last pieces of the old USA. We're building a new nation baby over the corpse of the old.
I'm planning on never joining the Brotherhood of Steel and probably having a fun war with them. I like the idea of them arriving and I've actually managed to restore an albeit primitive nation-state to defeat them via my artillery and supply lines. Danse gave me "Righteous Authority", which I have renamed "Enemy to Tyrants", (from the Sidney Algernon quote "this hand, an enemy to tyrants, seeks with the sword peaceful repose under liberty" which in turn inspired the Massachusetts motto "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty").
Also I sought of fell into using Party girl, the perk that gives you 3 luck (making it 13 for me) if you're drunk. The outcome, I'm drinking iced cold beers before all conversations and fights. Given I've found the 500 year old radioactive revolutionary sword and drinking a Dirty Wastlander mixed drink gives me a 6+ strength boost I'm thinking of dipping into melee perks as I've sort of maxed most of my gunslinger/better criticals/four leaf clover/grim reaper's sprint combo and most will work with big leagues.
Really an exponential rate at this point.
Lee Carter Update
Gretchen Whitmer and Jay Pritzker. Governors of Michigan and Illnois respectively. Either would be a good presidential candidate now or 2028 (if there's elections). More than someone like Harris or Buttigieg.