Elon Musk is launching the presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis, the man working to make The Handmaid’s Tale a reality in the US.
At least the Germans had guns to their heads if they opposed the Nazis. What exactly is your excuse for continuing to support this man and his social network?
@aral We didn't ! We were just ... lazy ? I suppose ?
I wouldn't know I wasn't born then. See democracy is cumbersome and the idea of minority protection is counterintuitive. But in some character trait or the other we're all minorities ! And the only way to protect us is through solidarity with one another.
"Commentators like to think that most Americans are better than Trump. The college students, the small businesspeople, and even the Republican activists who vote for Trump do so, pundits hope, despite his manifest cruelty, rather than because those good Americans enjoy laughing at sexual assault victims."
"But CNN’s town hall was a reminder that Trump supporters are in fact bad people — in the sense that to support Trump, and defend Trump, requires them to become their absolute worst selves. Probably most of Trump’s supporters did not tell themselves before the town hall started that they were there to cheer on sexual assault. But by the end they were doing just that. That’s how fascism works."
Ben Smith of Buzzfeed: "those of us who came up in the internet media may have missed the biggest story of all. We took it for granted that this was a progressive medium, populated by young people who loved Barack Obama & culminating in some way in his election in 2008."
people who have been writing about this since the 1990s: can we review how you responded when we screamed that #fascists founded & directed development of this tech & coded their values right into it
I've been personally involved with this organization for some time. They do excellent work with effective messaging and they get results.
Plesse consider getting involved this Sunday. Share it on and off social media. Action can be a great antidote to frustration.
It's important that we take action on this and do it consistently. You don't have to be a mom- just someone who cares. #GunSafety#MomsDemand#CallToAction
#CNN is hosting a #Trump Town Hall - in other words, they’re putting America’s Mussolini on air to help him win another election because CNN is owned by #fascists.
@Mastodon Thanks, I really want more #HinduExtremists and indian #fascists to be able to sign up through .social without proper moderation philosophy and exercise, and be able to poison the #fediverse. /s
If you still don’t care, then remember this: #Fascists don’t stop their persecution after they’ve eradicated one population. They will ALWAYS need another scapegoat.
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has thought of a new way to harass Disney for opposing his “Don’t Say Gay” law — screwing with Disney World’s monorail train and gondola tram.”
This is not alarmist, just stark reality: genocide is looming, so take action NOW. Not your problem? If you tolerate this, then your children will be next.
The #fascists are real, they're making headway, and it's impossible to be too concerned. You think #genocide "can't happen here"? Think again, it’s already underway. Stop it before it is too late: protect trans people and allies, support anti-fascists, write media and pols, protest everywhere, boycott fascist sympathizers and bank-rollers. Be persistent and LOUD about it.
"The terror, hopelessness, and despair within the trans community over the laws and policies forcing them to leave or detransition is palpable. We see young trans people choosing between the futures they hoped for and survival. For some it is too much, and all signs point to a dramatic rise in suicides. Yet still, it will not be enough to achieve the GOP goal".
#2022 was a lot to process, friends. There’s a reason for that.
We are experiencing a full-spectrum cognitive #warfare assault designed to subvert #democracy through fear, trauma, intimidation, coercion and #brainwashing — in order to create the conditions for #authoritarianism and, ultimately, #genocide.
The conspiracy to overthrow the US government on #January6 was just one operation conducted by a global confederation of #fascists and #oligarchs allied in the project to eliminate global liberal democracy — by any means necessary.
If I were to give them a motto — “the end times justify the means.”
The only ideology they share is hate, domination, and “deconstruction of the administrative state.” http://wapo.st/2lL8zRW
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