(The following essay and its Appendix were written by our South Africa-born and Vietnam-located contributor Vizzah Harri.)
This is not going to be an easy read. If you are triggered by words that end in -isms, especially abstract concepts that have real-world consequences on the life and liquidation of innocents, you know, the ignorant kind, then you won’t get further than the next paragraph.
Abusive, brainwashed, callous.
Archaic bellicose construct.
Avaricious bloodsucking cowards.
Abhorrently bootlicking chauvinists.
The ABCs of Repression Fascism
“كانت يديه تضفر أحشاء الكاهن
، إذا لم يكن لديه حبل ، لخنق الملوك”
“וידיו היו קולעות את מעי הכהן,
בהיעדר חבל, לחנוק מלכים”
“And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails,
For want of a rope, to strangle kings.”
– alternative translations of the infamous Denis Diderot quote. Continue reading »
