Philosophy professor at UC Irvine working on social kinds and groups and our linguistic and mental representations of them
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Kate Ritchie retweeted
Israel is exterminating northern Gaza right now.
There are 400,000 Palestinians there being deliberately starved, with nowhere to go, trapped inside a killing field. There’s no outrage or wall-to-wall media coverage because Israel is the one doing it and the victims are Arab.
This is unhinged.
Israeli parliament votes to label UN relief agency a terror organisation reuters.com/world/middle-eas…
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Kate Ritchie retweeted
JD VANCE, 2016: “He’s America’s Hitler.”
JD VANCE, 2024: “He’s America’s Hitler!”
Kate Ritchie retweeted
Saying the protests are “violent” appears to be a preemptive alert about the violence police are about to CAUSE on campus—not violence they have been called to respond to.
So misleading of UCI.
Kate Ritchie retweeted
@MayorofIrvine just put out a statement.
“I am asking our law enforcement to stand down. I will not tolerate any violations to our students rights to peacefully assemble and protest.”
Our workshop on Genericity, Stability, and Structural Interactions will be held in Oakland this weekend! Keynote talks by Samia Hesni (BU) and Mahesh Srinivasan (Berkeley). We (@NyVasil and the UCI and CSUEB team) would love to see you there! (flyer with more info below)
Kate Ritchie retweeted
Israel accidentally bombed a food aid convoy which had shared their coordinates with the IDF in advance. Then they accidentally bombed it again. Then they accidentally bombed it a third time to finish off the survivors
US moral depravity continues
US approves bombs, jets for Israel amid threat of offensive in Gaza’s Rafah aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/30…
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Kate Ritchie retweeted
New piece on Zone of Interest: the speech, the lies, most of all, Glazer's harrowing warning about how genocide can become "ambient."
This is what feels most contemporary, most of this terrible moment, about Glazer’s staggering film.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Kate Ritchie retweeted
The White House strategy on Gaza currently boils down to this:
1. Continue the flow of weapons and other support to Israel to continue its campaign of war crimes against the Palestinians trapped in a killing cage
2. Make a big public display of how frustrated Biden is with his “great, great friend” of 40+ years, Netanyahu, in an effort to eventually promote a narrative that it was Netanyahu that was out of control and Biden tried to reign him in, rather than the truth, which is that this is a deliberately genocidal war waged by the Israeli state with the full backing of Biden
3. Lead the public to believe Biden is drawing a “red line” while simultaneously refusing to use the substantial powers and influence of the US presidency to actually confront Israel’s war crimes, which continue to be supported by the U.S.
Kate Ritchie retweeted
No, NYT, starvation isn't stalking Gaza's children, like some weird, abstract predator. Israel is choosing to starve Gaza's children by blocking aid.
Starvation isn't committing genocide. Israel is.
Kate Ritchie retweeted
Self-immolation is widely recognised as the most extreme form of protest possible—to publicly destroy one’s own life in the most violent and extreme way is a stark warning for society to pay attention, as it has already crossed a line.
Now, two US citizens have self-immolated over the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza in less than three months. The first was dismissed as antisemitism, the second is already being labelled as a ‘mental health issue.’
Our society is broken in the most disturbing of ways. Those with their fingers on the levers of power are guilty of the most heinous of crimes—crimes that reveal a deep psychopathic sickness at the heart of government. And the gatekeepers of truth, our media body, collude with them to cover up these sick and twisted crimes.
We must not let them. We must continue to speak truth, loudly and constantly, and work tirelessly to inform one another of the criminals in power and their depraved actions. We need to fight against this disgusting narrative of lies and death, before it kills us all.
Kate Ritchie retweeted
If you are feeling sad and hopeless that is completely understandable, but it's also a luxury we can't afford right now. Here's a list of some great organisations helping on the ground, just as a handy guide:
Kate Ritchie retweeted
Imperial Feminism is an entire discourse angry about two white women not getting enough nominations for a doll commercial while staying silent on US funding &supporting a genocide killing two Palestinian mothers every hour, starving girls &causing a 300% increase in miscarriages.
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In my interview with a former Israeli deputy Foreign Minister, he acknowledged that Israel is collectively punishing the people of Gaza. teapawt.org/deonteleologist/status…
We’re excited to engage with work by so many, incl. James Woodward, Susan Gelman, @TaniaLombrozo, @marjorie_rhodes, @AndreiCimpian, Thomas Blanchard, @xphilosopher, @ahbailey04, @sterkenr, @EleonoreNeufeld, @PeretzLange, Alexander Noyes, @yarrowdunham, @JamieAmemiya…