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If you're having trouble keeping up with what's going on in Palestine because of US news coverage of university protests, here are some articles you can read and a video you can watch:
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While CNN & all the other mainstream media try to paint the university protests as "pro terrorism" (which they're not, they're literally anti-war protests.) Palestinians are being slaughtered by the minute.
Hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators have been arrested during a Passover seder that doubled as a protest in New York, as they shut down a major thoroughfare to pray for a ceasefire and urge the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to end US military aid to Israel.
The 300 or so arrests took place on Tuesday night at Grand Army Plaza, on the doorstep of Schumer’s Brooklyn residence, where thousands of mostly Jewish New Yorkers gathered for the seder, a ritual that marked the second night of the holiday celebrated as a festival of freedom by Jews worldwide.
The seder came just before the US Senate resoundingly passed a military package that includes $26bn for Israel.
As fans have come to notice, the Hazbin crew are symbolized in the opening title: Apple for Charlie, antlers for Alastor, playing cards for Husk, webs for Angel Dust, a needle for Niffty, and gears for Sir Pentious.
Now, I have NOT forgotten Vaggie; she's my fav character and who I think is very underrated and often treated harshly by a certain subset of the fandom. In fact, this post is about her and Charlie. Now, many fans have theorized that Vaggie is represented by the spear in between the two words. But I disagree. Vaggie's spear in the show has only ONE pointed end not two. So, if not the spear, where is Vaggie's symbol?
The X. Specifically, the X inside the apple; and remember, the apple represents Charlie. And it has been repeatedly shown and acknowledged that Vaggie is Charlie's loyal supporter and trusted confidant. So, given the placement of the X inside the apple, I have a theory on what it means:
I think a surprising amount of writers don’t realize that tragedies are supposed to be cathartic. They’re intended to result in a purging of emotion, a luxurious cry; the sorrow caused by a great tragedy is akin to fear caused by a good horror movie – it’s a “safe” sorrow, one that is actually satisfying to the audience. It can still be beautiful! It’s isn’t supposed to just be salting the earth so nothing can grow.
But that’s how you get grimdark: writers who don’t realize that they’re supposed to be doing something with the audience instead of to the audience.