Nothing like hearing how my mom and grandma are at a university assisting college students who got tased by cops because they were protesting for Israel to stop committing genocide.

That was the first thing I heard when I got home-

What the hell happened to first amendment rights? Because all I see now is that the freedom of protest and the freedom of speech doesn't apply when people speak out against genocide.

I live in such a hypocritical country, good lord.

"Construction of Rafah port begins: US troops have commenced the construction of the infamous Rafah port, possibly in anticipation of Israeli military actions and the forced evacuation of Palestinians from the area." from Mint Press, 26/Apr/2024:

🚨“Kill them all” - Shocking remark made by US Congressman Andy Ogles, in response to child fatalities in Gaza.

Tired of people (especially americans) keeping quiet about Israel’s genocide on Gaza/refusing to boycott by saying “oh I just don’t want to get political on here”

Like not to get political or anything but killing and torturing and starving thousands of innocent lives men, women, children, is horrendous and needs to be stopped.

the city with highest birth defects because of America

The American Government trying to cover up the fact that they have supported and funded and will continue to support and fund genocides across the world:

Note: We’re Arab, not Native American, so listen to their opinions on this before ours.

I wanted to have hope that Outlaws of Thunder Junction would be handled well, or even just not awfully. But the evidence is starting to rack up, folks, and it aint pretty:

At MagicCon, Blake Rasmussen (mtg’s Senior Communications Manager) said that, “everyone’s a newcomer to Thunder Junction.”

Also at that MagicCon panel, Aaron Forsythe (VP of Magic Design) called it an “unspoiled land.”

Mark Rosewater (mtg Head Designer) says that, “prior to omen paths [sic], it was uninhabited.”

Could this just be three white guys saying White Guy Things? Sure. Especially since they’ve all shown themselves in the past to be kinda uninformed on the particulars of their product’s storyline. But it’s not a great look.

The narrative that lands are uninhabited and ripe for plunder is inextricable from the American colonial genocide of indigenous nations (which has never stopped). This is especially the case in a setting based on the American West, rife with the trappings of the imperialist genre of American Westerns, and fraught with the colonialist propaganda of “frontier fantasy.” For this world, they’ve even created an ethnic group explicitly based on the Diné nation, per the official MTG Twitter account. Yet they still chose to center the set’s story around the genocidal selling point of “exploring uninhabited lands to find untold treasure and fortune.”

Yes, they’ve said they used cultural consultants. And, sure, that’s gone well-ish (though not without great flaws) for NEO and LCI. But whatever influence those consultants were allowed to have on OTJ, it was clearly not enough. Because holy shit, even the (otherwise amazing) side story, No Tells, says, “Thunder Junction’s a new plane, one that’s still beginning.” (Do NOT go hating on the author; I doubt he had control over that level of worldbuilding.)

All of this has shattered my hope in the set being respectful, or even not actively harmful. You can say, “wait and see,” and we will, but we’ve seen a lot already—and gang, it has not looked good.

quick lil psa: if you support isnotreal, this is not the blog for you

if you support the crimes being committed against Palestinians/those in Congo/ etc, this is not the blog for you

if you are an proAmerican, this is not the blog for you

This would not have happened had it not been for America, the UK, the West and "israel" and their genocidal intent and action. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED OTHERWISE. NEVER FORGET THAT.

"A toddler in northern Gaza has died after bread, made from animal feed, poisoned him to death.⁣" from Al Jazeera English, 27/Feb/2024:

The Most Deadly Stage of Genocide is upon us.

It's unfathomable, even more so when you realize this isn't the first time Israel has done this. She was a baby. The men were so obviously red crescent medics, and still, Israeli soldiers shot and killed them.

It wasn't a misfired bomb. It was guns. They knew what they were targeting.

Anyone who defends this, for whatever religion you believe in, even if you believe in nothing at all, I can only hope the afterlife brings you your deserved suffering on a platter. You're disgusting, vile creatures, who must've snuck onto the Earth because there is no way in nature that you are human. Die.

نَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Save the children of Palestine. Protect the medics. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

People were so concerned that Trump would turn america into dictatorship, they never considered it has always been under dictatorship.

Revolution is not coming, revolution is here.

Down with the western imperialism. Down with the dictatorship. Down with the genocidal government.

when was the genocide of white people to eradicate the KKK?

oh, that never happened? i wonder how we can excuse the “war on terror” without blatant racism, then?