Oh they are right in their own minds about being the "Silent Majority", because to them, the rest of us aren't Americans like they are, and thus we're not human, and thus we don't *count* against them, no matter how many of us there are. Ergo, they still get to play victim as the "Silent Majority".

Notice that ICE killed a man *after* the huge protests against ICE murdering people in cold blood. In short, they didn't dare try shit while people were out in numbers, but the moment they caught someone alone they killed him in broad daylight. Because they needed to feel 'powerful' again.

This is why ICE is in Minnesota

AND most of all, this is where things were always headed: Using trans people to oppress women (of all kinds). Trans people are both the excuse for this and the scapegoat they'll use to avoid blame. "We did this because of the trans community, so it's their fault this happened to you, not ours!"

That kind of vaguery is also perfect for having an excuse to lock people up and throw away the key first, then have a trial later. Especially protesters, union leaders, and really just anyone who has any sort of gripe, complaint, or critique about how the country is being run atm.

He did the thing! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

So many of these types are so caught up in their own asses that they genuinely lose their minds someone outside of their bubble dares to criticize them. They cannot picture the concept that people would honestly disagree with them, so they build up the idea of 'cancel culture' to soothe their egos

Yeah, I don't know how you write a piece that features Niall Ferguson of all people and then pretend "they wanted a university without cancel culture"

UATX faculty members left universities that actually value academic freedom, but where they sometimes experienced the disapproval of their colleagues and students. And so they left for a fake university where they get yelled at like minions of a tech overlord. Which, it turns out, they are.

Really what the Right wants is a captive audience, and not just a captive audience, one that will praise them for their views, that will clap and cheer and scream in agreement how 'based' they are. They genuinely cannot handle the concept of someone disagreeing with them anymore.

The Right will decry 'cancel culture' (being criticized), and say that colleges have been 'captured' by 'radical Leftists', while also using state power to demand that colleges then crack down on free speech that they disagree with (such as being pro-Palestine).

All of this. ^ They also will treat individualistic or collective actions or protests as being the same or *worse* than using state power to forcibly silence opposition and criticism. "A blue haired college student yelled (criticized) me on a campus! That's worse than being thrown into a camp!"

At some point people need to realize conservatives have actual beliefs and values they uphold regardless of what liberals do and are not reverse marionettes who are subject to liberal control

If a conservative anywhere has to hear, encounter, or be subject to judgement based on an opinion they disagree with that’s maoism but if conservatives use state power to prosecute, defund, or censor you that’s fine because they’re just entitled to do that for reasons

The standard for “cultural revolution” according to centrist and right wing commentators is “liberals being loud about their opinions” whereas Trump is making prosecution, regulatory, and funding decisions based on the politics of the speaker but that’s also libs fault for making him mad

UATX: "we're the school for free speech." Faculty member: "the rich should pay their fair share." UATX: "you're fired." It's truly a distillation of the reality that the entire "anti-cancel culture" project was just a bunch of rich people who hated being criticized or held accountable.

Sadly the 'playing ignorant' is a common fascist tactic. They play these word games so that they never actually have to admit to the truth and endlessly pull people along to make themselves look "reasonable" and their opposition look "crazed". Then when they get what they want, they drop pretense.

RFK Jr is an idiot, yes, but this is also what 'MAHA' is all about. Meaningless, hollow, empty "victories" that do not challenge the status quo. Like that new food pyramid they put out, or saying kids shouldn't get vaccines. It doesn't challenge the powerful or regulate Big Pharma/Agg at all.

The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.

Point being is that 'Power' and the powerful are not gonna be impacted by it. The powerless and minorities, the exploited, are gonna be repressed and denied their ability to speak on apps at all going forward if Section 230 is gotten rid of, in the name of "safety".

To me shit like this is why I think the Section 230 talk should be bigger news: Nothing is going to happen to apps for things like CSAM. They're gonna punish apps for stuff like...allowing pro-Palestine posts, or being LGBTQ, or having Leftist views in general. That's the real threat.

Capitalism will always create endless amounts of institutions filled with "Very Serious People" (TM) whose only purpose is to justify the death, exploitation, and imperialism capitalism demands.

What annoys me about this whole "What Trump did was bad, but also Maduro is bad too, both things can be true" thing is that it's still a tacit legitimization of what Trump did regardless. It still is basically saying "Well he was wrong to do so but not *really* that wrong to do it either."

And if they're willing to just ignore the science/data when it comes to this, then they're willing to ignore it for anything else that doesn't fit their predetermined agenda. They're not looking for facts or truth, they're looking for a justification, and when none exists, they do it anyways.

Replace "love America" with "white conservative" and it makes a lot more sense. "We won't apologize for being white conservatives" because to them, the only way you can 'love America' is to be exactly that. Ergo if you aren't a 'white conservative' or criticize them, then *you* "hate America".

Funny was just thinking about this too. The pet peeve I have in the 'Bluesky is bad' "debate" is people say, "Well people on Bluesky are annoying!" Oh my Zod, people are *annoying* here? Well stop the presses and declare a national emergency! Apparently that's so much worse than the Nazi bird app!

No Mark, what you want is sycophancy. You want people to reinforce your world view. You want legions of dumbfucks to tell you how right and correct and perfect everything you say is and that those big meanie Leftists are all wrong and stupid and dumb always and forever.

I've been noticing that the AI-bros have come to start calling everyone who hates genAI 'Luddites' like it's a new swear word they just learned and are giggling like kids at getting to use it so much. I also find it funny they're treating it like it's a 'slur' to use against people.

It's pretty obvious this is an attempt to appear neutral between the two sides but such fake neutrality only aids the oppressor here. The overwhelming force of the federal government being brought to bear on less than 1% of the population. It's a campaign of eradication and the NYT has chosen a side

I wish we would stop treating people with no morals, ethics, or norms who break every rule and law to get what they want as being "smart." They're not 'smart', they're just willing to burn everything down in order to win, and then the rest of us are forced to clean up their mess they created.

After watching that Adam Something video, there needs to be a meme or phrase we can use as a shorthand for "The Left is at fault (for something the Right did)" Because I'm so fucking tired of the endless shitting on Leftists over things the Right does *regardless* of anything the rest of us say/do.

An LOTR cover band named "Nazgûl Sex Party"

So on Bill Clinton and the Epstein stuff today, my thought is simple: I think the GOP is gonna try and 'Qanon' their way out of this by framing it as 'only liberals were on Epstein island'. That's why we've seen so much stuff in regards to Bills' Gates and Clinton, and Noem Chomsky, among others.

Under a "perfect" capitalistic system, workers have no rights, no identity, no demands. They're perfect cogs in the machine that never want to be paid, have benefits, time off, or anything else while also still somehow having infinite money and time to be consumers to fuel the economy.

Wish more folks understood that conservatives see women and children as property, and women as 'property-makers' by extension. That worldview shapes every policy conservatives make in regards to both. Being trans, abortions, 'biological sex', everything ties into that worldview that they have.

I try to tell folks that the biggest problem with welfare isn't fraud, it's means testing. But people are addicted to voting for politicians who actively go out of their way to bring more and more austerity and screw everyone over in the long term that isn't a rich asswipe.

Isn't it amazing? Anything Leftist, no matter how moderate, never seems to happen, yet everything Right-wing, no matter how extreme or radical, always passes? Amazing how that works, ain't it? Yet we're constantly told that we're all 'Far-Left radicals' while the Right gets a free pass?

This is why "vote blue no matter who" is bullshit. It absolutely matters "who."

I'm getting to the point that I really want to start going full Pavlov on politicians. They should all get electric shocks anytime they lie. If they want the shocks to stop they should: 1. Drop out of politics 2. Stop lying But I know they won't do either so they'll end up catatonic from lying.

Something I get tired of is people hearing a politician (usually a GOP) suddenly start 'supporting' some position the person agrees with, then NEVER fucking following up on if that politician *actually* put that position into law/policy or not, all with the intent of calling out someone else.

Thing about AI being forcibly shoved into everything, most of all government and business is that it's not being done for *our* collective benefit. It's going to be done with the intention of reaching a pre-determined outcome that the people who are pushing for this wanted from the beginning.

And let us not forget that 'fraud' is a crime, a pretty major one. Yet that's not what's gonna be stopped. It's why AI is so dangerous in the government and business making "decisions". Because it's not making actual choices, it's going to simply reach the desired conclusion they want.

Conservative: Noun - A person who, in any given situation, will always climb to the highest point possible in order to look down on everyone else and actively work to make the situation worse for every person involved in it, including themselves while saying how good a person they are.

Sadly to the RW cult, 'being shouted down' *is* violence to them, because to them, people who aren't them being allowed to speak/have a voice is inherently 'silencing' RW voices, because how dare someone ever speak up and *disagree* with the Right on any issue. Ergo it's violence if you talk back.

I feel like folks misunderstand why it's bad what's going on. The billionaires *do not care* if CBS/the news fails. The point is to destroy any (actual) journalism in this country so that the rich and powerful (and the regime we're all living under) can get away with all the shit they'll pulling.

See shit like this is why social media is inevitably the perfect tool of the Right, even if Twitter in this case wasn't owned by Musk. They can just go out there, throw BS to the RW cultists, and then just never respond to anything anyone says. (Seriously RWers never have convos, ever.)

If a Dem/Leftist of any stripe wants to actually have a strong message against Republican BS on this, that picture is exactly what you need to use against all this anti-trans shit that the Right is trying to pull. "Say 'no' to the potty police!" is also a slogan you can use as well.

Perfect encapsulation of what RW culture wars inevitably boil down to: Endless police and surveillance of *everyone* not just the trans people they claim to be trying to "protect women" against. It's also why it's wrong to capitulate to the Right on this issue, this is where it leads to, period.