#john mason

[donotdestroy]

“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.”

— John Mason

[itsmythang]

The MAGA racists love to bring up their bigoted tropes about Black people being violent. When one Black person murders or steals or commits any type of crime, our entire race is accused of being murderers and thieves. Nobody has as much blood on their hands as white people. Not only have they slaughtered and massacred people throughout the centuries, but they have and still to this day celebrate the men who have led savage massacres of men, women, and children. No wonder they feel the need to ban historical facts about their barbaric attacks on countless lives.

John Mason was a colonial military commander who, with Mohegan and Narragansett allies, attacked and burned a fortified Pequot village near the Mystic River on May 26, 1637. This event, known as the Mystic Massacre, was a pivotal and brutal turning point in the Pequot War. 

Tactic: After the initial entry into the fort proved difficult, Mason ordered the wigwams set on fire.

Massacre: English soldiers and their Native American allies then surrounded the palisade, shooting or killing with swords anyone who attempted to escape the blaze.

Casualties: Between 400 and 700 Pequot, mostly women, children, and the elderly who were in the fort while the warriors were away, were killed in less than an hour. Only a handful escaped or were taken prisoner.

Aftermath: This devastating blow shattered the Pequot nation's resistance. Subsequent English-led operations effectively eliminated the Pequots as a viable political entity, with survivors killed, captured, or sold into slavery. 

[achlyx]

"Not everyone who starts with you finishes with you."

[ilovebrycemontrose]

Redesign my bf’s bully Ocs! Cause he asked me to and I love to do this for him too! But honestly I already love his design of Fia, Billy, Oga, Oscar and Mista. They all are so cute dude! So I didn’t change much of Mista but give him the right outfit and the hair my boyfriend chose for him

[eretzyisrael]

Scottish lawmaker stripped of party whip after saying Israel not committing genocide - JNS.org

“If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed 10 times as many,” said Glasgow Shettleston MSP John Mason.

A Scottish National Party lawmaker has been stripped of the party whip after he stated that Israel is not committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The move by the SNP, which has been harshly critical of Israel’s 10-month war against Hamas, against Glasgow Shettleston parliamentarian John Mason is effective immediately and essentially suspends him from the party. 

The swift action against the Scottish MP erupted amid criticism regarding the meeting of Scotland’s External Affairs Secretary and Israel’s deputy ambassador for a standard diplomatic briefing.

Mason infuriated members of his party by posting on social media after the meeting: “If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed 10 times as many.”

“To flippantly dismiss the death of more than 40,000 Palestinians is completely unacceptable. There can be no room in the SNP for this kind of intolerance,” a party spokesperson said of Mason’s removal. The figure cited is according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilian and combatant casualties. Israel said last week that 17,000 Hamas terrorists have been killed in the fighting since Oct. 7.

The lawmaker said he was “obviously disappointed” by his suspension, but stood his ground on the war.

“My primary desire in relation to Israel and Gaza is that there should be peace talks, negotiations, and eventually peace,” he subsequently posted on Facebook. “Too many lives have already been lost in Israel, Gaza, and beyond and, as I said when I spoke in Parliament, many people feel that Israel has moved from a position of self-defence to seeking revenge.”

“However, I personally do not believe that Israel has tried to commit, has committed, or is committing genocide. They certainly have the ability to kill many more Palestinians than they have done. That is not to say that the loss of life already is not too many,” he added.

“And we should remember that it is Iran and Hamas who have stated that they want Israel wiped off the map … that sounds more like an intention of genocide than anything Israel has said or done.”

Last month, a former Scottish First Minister attracted scrutiny over a government donation to the terror-tainted U.N. Palestinian aid agency UNRWA while his in-laws were trapped in the Gaza Strip. The day after he made the announcement, his in-laws were allowed to leave the Hamas-run territory via the Rafah Crossing to Egypt.

[rearte2]

by John Mason, 2008

[the-imaginative-hobbyist]

Happy 28th to THE ROCK (1996), one of the best action movies of the 1990's in my opinion, and because I subscribe to the theory that John Mason is an older version of Sir Sean Connery's 007, I also consider it one of the best James Bond movies, too.

[spockvarietyhour]

Oh did we dig out the Highlander wig?