Thank you for highlighting Passion for Freedom Art Festival in New York! We couldn't have done it without amazing artists from around the world and Friends donating their skills and time. Love, joy, friendship will always win! Agnieszka, PFF Curator
I never thought I'd be living through something so strongly resembling the anti-Jew atmosphere of 1930s Germany and Austria. I hope artists and others will be able to continue resisting. What's going on is a nightmare, and I'm astounded at how many people I thought were normal seem to go along with it.
Very cool to see you’ve discovered the McAleers and their great work. I first learned of them through Dennis Prager’s show several years ago. They are wonderfully brave and fearless.
To your comments about totalitarianism: Events of recent years .. probably the most salient being the draconian Covid lockdowns and the vaccine mandates… have forced the realization that the liberties I/we grew up with in the West are civilizationlly speaking, remarkably exceptional. The history of the world has largely been replete with monarchies and dictatorial regimes of some sort or other. The natural bent of humans it seems is to gravitate towards solutions provided by an autocracy(experts) of some kind, ‘benevolent’ or otherwise, who supplant individual choice with dictates.
This makes creating a government that preserves personal franchise while providing legal recourse, safety, societal mobility and political redress.. (what we reflexively call democracy, but of course in America is actually a constitutional republic) of utmost importance. The behavioral latitude promoted by a relatively free form of governing will of course inevitably result in boundary pushing and violations… and that speaks to natural human tendencies. The art of self governance requires navigating the waters between an individual’s needs and desires and the common good. A hard slog to be sure but absolutely necessary for the preservation of free peoples.
Another way to boil this all down I suppose is to say that just because something is natural doesn’t mean it’s good.
No, it's not. The definition of a pogrom is a violent riot. It's a Russian term and it was applied to riots against Jews in the late nineteenth century. Now it's used for any kind of attack on Jews although it can be applied to riots against any group. It's another example of a misuse of a word by journalists.
Wikipedia: A pogram is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, especially Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe the 19th and 20th century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire.
Thank you so much! I’m the director of 10/7!
Ah, I’m delighted to see your comment. Best of luck with the show, keep me posted.
Thank you for highlighting Passion for Freedom Art Festival in New York! We couldn't have done it without amazing artists from around the world and Friends donating their skills and time. Love, joy, friendship will always win! Agnieszka, PFF Curator
I never thought I'd be living through something so strongly resembling the anti-Jew atmosphere of 1930s Germany and Austria. I hope artists and others will be able to continue resisting. What's going on is a nightmare, and I'm astounded at how many people I thought were normal seem to go along with it.
Hey Jenny
Very cool to see you’ve discovered the McAleers and their great work. I first learned of them through Dennis Prager’s show several years ago. They are wonderfully brave and fearless.
To your comments about totalitarianism: Events of recent years .. probably the most salient being the draconian Covid lockdowns and the vaccine mandates… have forced the realization that the liberties I/we grew up with in the West are civilizationlly speaking, remarkably exceptional. The history of the world has largely been replete with monarchies and dictatorial regimes of some sort or other. The natural bent of humans it seems is to gravitate towards solutions provided by an autocracy(experts) of some kind, ‘benevolent’ or otherwise, who supplant individual choice with dictates.
This makes creating a government that preserves personal franchise while providing legal recourse, safety, societal mobility and political redress.. (what we reflexively call democracy, but of course in America is actually a constitutional republic) of utmost importance. The behavioral latitude promoted by a relatively free form of governing will of course inevitably result in boundary pushing and violations… and that speaks to natural human tendencies. The art of self governance requires navigating the waters between an individual’s needs and desires and the common good. A hard slog to be sure but absolutely necessary for the preservation of free peoples.
Another way to boil this all down I suppose is to say that just because something is natural doesn’t mean it’s good.
Thank you, thank you so much…
I’ll try to get to these. Thanks
Jenny, you really need to look up the definition of a "pogrom."
This comment is beyond ridiculous. Embarrassing actually.
No, it's not. The definition of a pogrom is a violent riot. It's a Russian term and it was applied to riots against Jews in the late nineteenth century. Now it's used for any kind of attack on Jews although it can be applied to riots against any group. It's another example of a misuse of a word by journalists.
Wikipedia: A pogram is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, especially Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe the 19th and 20th century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire.
There you go.