@msmp @TonyStark The problem is a slug of Americans who think that insurrection is patriotic when they think it gives them an advantage, that overturning a valid election just because “we lost” is the right thing to do, and that burying the uncomfortable part our history of racial intolerance and division feels really good to the people who still want discrimination and orchestrating slanted playing fields in their favor as part of white privilege agenda.
@TonyStark if you’re a thinking feeling human you never, and I mean NEVER, want to be on the same side as people who categorize anyone different from them as ‘the other’ and want to punish them for being so. We should all call that what it is. That’s pure fascism. You just have to read history to understand this, but therein lies part of the problem with many Americans.
Fuck around and find out.
Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion Development in Florida https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/business/disney-ron-desantis-florida.html
Lost Florida a billion dollars and thousands of jobs on the day It leaks that you’re running for POTUS?
That’s pretty damn impressive, @rondesantisfl
'A very frightening period': MAGA Republicans threaten librarians with prison time
#GOPFascists #Bookbans #VoteBlueIfYouWantToRead
https://www.alternet.org/maga-republicans-threaten-librarians-prison/
@DemocracyMattersALot I’m not disagreeing with you, but he is just a symptom of the real problem. How the hell did he ever get elected? Who is electing these people into office?? It’s not just Trump. Look left and right for your answer. It is the MeMeMe #Anti-Democracycoalition
Trump's psychopathy is a societal problem with a societal cure.
#DonaldTrump #Psychiatry #Psychopathy #Narcissism
Who or what is (Dr.) Bandy Lee talking about? https://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2023/05/who-or-what-is-bandy-lee-talking-about.html
@tristansnell
The Right Wing in the US plays a game: Did We Fool Ya? as they redefine terms to make their actions and motivations seem reasonable, hoping that self-serving STUPID back home will gulp the Koolaid. So in some corners the Jan6 insurrectionists are patriots. Making it harder for certain demographics to vote is supporting democracy and MAGA baby! Banning parts of our history is just a feel good move. And destroying the environment is just good business. Are you Fool’d yet?
@JoeyD
Would it be unconstitutional to put something like this into a law? Cat in the Hat will be next…I’m not kidding.
@Litzz11 😊 @flexghost
With the caveat that this is accurate reporting- Do average Mormons know about the $100B slush fund and associated tax scam, I wonder? And is it ok because obviously it’s for a good cause, “our power”
@Huntn00 @flexghost Fun fact: American intelligence services recruit heavily among Mormons because they are seen to have fewer issues with addiction, are patriotic and have strong family ties.
Let’s see how that works out for us!
#GuardiansOfTheGalaxy3
GotG 3- decent flick, but dark and weakest of the trilogy imo. They really needed to make up their minds if they were filming a heavy drama or an adventure with comedic elements like before. .The humor felt out of place.
I do not think it means what you think it means.
https://bird.makeup/users/nikkimcr/statuses/1658607844919324676
“Under DeSantis’s new laws, Floridians may never learn there was once a Black Superintendent of Schools in #Florida who was so forceful in his advocacy for civil and educational rights, that he had to sleep armed in his attic to ward off attacks from the KKK. Meet Jonathan Gibbs.” ⬇️⬇️ #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitterAllies #BlackMastodonAllies
https://twitter.com/profgabrielle/status/1658476337060003845?s=12&t=hVhA7Kp1h-yFBa787NhT3g
@NPR
The GOP especially in Texas has a real issue with “live and let live”. Instead, “you are free to live in the straight jacket that we made especially for you”. This type of thinking from the Right, bleeds over into Freedom of Religion, where they don’t recognize that the phrase also means freedom from religion and tall tails in general.
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.