“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”

? Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

8/1/2023 11:22:31 AM

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and TV reality

Paul Hewson, Sunday Bloody Sunday

[Edited on August 1, 2023 at 5:18 PM. Reason : +]

8/1/2023 5:17:31 PM

https://www.advocate.com/crime/pro-lgbtq-church-firebombed-texas

An LGBTQ-affirming church in Texas was firebombed just weeks after right-wing activists visited it, pretending to be part of the LGBTQ+ community, and then posted a video to YouTube dubbing the church “pagan and satanic.”

Law enforcement officials haven’t said the video was connected to the attack, nor have they characterized the bombing as a hate crime, but they are still investigating, NBC News reports.

8/3/2023 9:04:30 PM

Maybe this is what they mean when they say “Christianity is under attack.”

8/4/2023 7:43:49 AM

https://popular.info/p/judge-orders-southwest-airlines-to

A federal judge appointed by Trump, Brantley Starr, has ordered three lawyers for Southwest Airline to undergo "religious liberty training" by ADF, a right-wing anti-abortion organization

ADF has been identified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for propagating “known falsehoods about LGBT people.” The group has fought to protect “European laws requiring the sterilization of transgender citizens.”


[Edited on August 10, 2023 at 12:09 PM. Reason : ]

8/10/2023 12:08:57 PM

that cannot be legal

but i suppose that's never stopped them

8/10/2023 12:38:59 PM

I like how the judge refers to Adam speaking with God in the Garden of Eden as an historical anecdote.

Can Southwest not appeal the ruling?

8/10/2023 12:42:25 PM

WT actual F??? That doesn't even seem believable. How?

I guess this is as good a place as any to put this:

https://www.wral.com/story/utah-man-suspected-of-threatening-president-joe-biden-shot-and-killed-as-fbi-served-warrant/20992872/

8/10/2023 1:04:11 PM

https://www.wral.com/story/the-lost-boys-of-the-american-right/20998796/

8/15/2023 12:25:26 PM

Link about ww2 but still interesting how many things parallel modern day racism and prejudice

https://mastodon.social/@Deglassco/110895759141454467

8/15/2023 5:34:25 PM

I wasn't sure where to put this so I'll put it here:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/argentina-far-right-populist-javier-milei-shock-lead-primary-presidential-elections

Quote :

"A former tantric sex coach who plans to do away with Argentina’s public health and education systems, disband the central bank, dollarise the economy and allow people to sell their organs has moved a step closer to becoming the next president of Argentina after a landslide win in open primaries. .... Out on the street, Milei fanatics waved the yellow Gadsden flag of the US extreme right, bearing a black rattlesnake on a yellow background and the “Don’t tread on me” slogan that is a regular feature at his rallies. Milei said: “This election will not only put an end to Kirchnerism, but also to the parasitic, larcenous, useless caste that is sinking the country.” As has become his custom, he dedicated the victory to his dead dog Conan and three surviving dogs. ... "

8/17/2023 11:00:50 AM

Not ALL of those ideas are bad, but he definitely looks like another very stable genius.

8/17/2023 5:14:30 PM

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ed4q/laura-carleton-pride-flag-shooting

Quote :

" Man Who Shot Store Owner for Flying Pride Flag Was a Far-Right Conspiracist He posted anti-gay and antisemitic conspiracy theories, and followed and reposted Jordan Peterson and Matt Walsh."

8/22/2023 12:40:34 PM

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/undercover-maga-alt-right/

Quote :

" Undercover With the New Alt-Right For 11 months, I pretended to be a far-right extremist. I discovered a radical youth movement trying to infiltrate the Republican Party."

8/22/2023 1:32:45 PM

https://mstdn.social/@RollingStone/110933525563280197

NEW: GiveSendGo bills itself as the Christian alternative to GoFundMe — a platform committed to sharing “the Hope of Jesus through crowdfunding.”

But the platform preferred by Trump’s alleged co-conspirators is also a hit with white-supremacists and neo-Nazis. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/christian-crowdfunding-givesendgo-white-power-problem-1234809799/

8/22/2023 2:59:00 PM

The shooting in Jacksonville at the Dollar General was racially motivated. The shooter wrote manifestos saying he wanted to kill n words. His gun had swastikas on it. Presser here:
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1695564538849182014

8/26/2023 7:02:56 PM

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ryan-walters-oklahoma-schools-impeachment-investigation-democrats-rcna102407

anyone who bases any view of theirs based on anything the LibsOfTikTok account posts should feel complicit when blood gets shed over their consistent incitement of hatred

8/29/2023 11:10:57 PM

Quote :

"should feel complicit when blood gets shed over their consistent incitement of hatred"

man for your username being so chill, you sure don't mince your words lol

8/30/2023 12:48:31 AM

no need to mince words when it comes to calling out bigotry

8/30/2023 4:17:24 PM