Joyce Vance quotes Greg Sargent, who says,
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to reiterator last edited by
@reiterator Yes, that's a point that one commentator after another in this thread stresses: not just a lie, but a lie intended to demonize and justify violence against a targeted minority community.
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Tucker's Balz 4 Harris/Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
🥥 YOU'RE welcome, William.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Fast forward to Thursday.
The City Hall in Springfield, Ohio was closed by officials after a bomb threat was issued 'to multiple agencies and media outlets.' Haitian community members are now reporting property damage and keeping their children at home to ensure their safety."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #immigrants #Haitians #Ohio #lies #xenophobia #hate #PoliticsofHate
/19Hate Against Haitians: America's Dystopian Future Under a Trump Dynasty
Trump's horrific lie about Haitian immigrants is a strategy of fear, disinformation, and racism to incite violence. Historian Kevin Kruse talks about the unique threat this represents to our country.
(thelefthook.substack.com)
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Thing is, he doesn't believe it. He just knows it will cause chaos, fan racism, and demonstrate the power he has over his idiot supporters.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Within days of Trump and Vance’s public statements, the threats started pouring in. Bomb threats targeting city hall, schools, and county offices shut down entire sections of the town. Parents were told to pick up their children early after multiple evacuation orders. City workers, already stretched thin, found themselves scrambling to respond to a crisis rooted in fiction."
~ Parker Molloy
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #immigrants #Haitians #xenophobia #hate
/20When a Lie Becomes a Bomb Threat: The Fallout of a Racist Conspiracy in Springfield
Trump and Vance’s baseless claims about pet-eating Haitian immigrants show how falsehoods spread for political gain can lead to real-world chaos.
(www.readtpa.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"This is the predictable outcome when a presidential candidate mainstreams racist conspiracy theories. The lie about Haitian immigrants eating pets wasn’t just a harmless rumor — it was a match thrown into a volatile situation, and the resulting fire put lives at risk."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #immigrants #Haitians #Ohio #lies #xenophobia #hate #PoliticsofHate #violence
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doctorlaurareplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Of course they’ll double-down. Now that the town has to deal with these incidents that they deliberately provoked, they’ll use it as evidence for the truth of the lie. Why else would people resort to such lengths if the story weren’t true?
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Bill Zaumenreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy You could easily make a funny attack ad on Vance/Trump's "cats and dogs". First a clip of them ranting. Then the following clip, or part of it, from the 1st Ghostbuster's movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sED4fzIV0k"Cats and dogs living together? Mass hysteria".
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cowboyminer :coolified:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Well SOMEONE didn't listen to the moderators.
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Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx)replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy They are aiming for a repeat of the UK white supremacist riots here and in the meantime, everyone else is just memeing about it, which only spreads it further.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Fascists use lies as a weapon, to demonize minorities and incite hate and violence.
Trump is literally using the same fascist propaganda lies that Hitler used, to turn ordinary Germans into bloodthirsty Nazis.
Hitler’s lies convinced Germans that Jews were monsters. It led to the Holocaust.
Trump is literally using Hitler’s propaganda tactics, to turn ordinary Republicans into bloodthirsty MAGA Nazis."
~ Oliver Markus Malloy
#Trump #Hitler #BloodLibel #violence
/22“They’ll eat your pets” is just a slightly modified version of the fascist propaganda lie “They’ll eat your children.”
Trump's lies are gonna get people killed. That's the point. Fascists use lies as a weapon, to demonize minorities and incite hate and violence.
(maganazi.substack.com)
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ChapulĂn Enojadoreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
There's a word for that, in German: "gleichschaltung," meaning "coordination" or "synchronization" (and understood as Nazification).
We are being "coordinated".
Gleichschaltung: Coordinating the Nazi State
Gleichschaltung is the German term applied to the Nazification of all aspects of German society following the Nazi rise to power in 1933.
(encyclopedia.ushmm.org)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to ChapulĂn Enojado last edited by
@chapulin_enojado Thank you for that good reminder of a very useful word.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx) last edited by
@Sharksonaplane This will definitely be a situation to watch, keeping in mind what happened in the UK.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to cowboyminer :coolified: last edited by
@cowboyminer For sure. Somebody never intended to do so.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Bill Zaumen last edited by
@bzdev A clever idea.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to doctorlaura last edited by
@doctorlaura I agree. You're right about that.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration Yes, you're right. And Vance, who transmitted this "idea" to Trump, has admitted that he knows he's lying.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Tucker's Balz 4 Harris/Walz last edited by
@jstatepost Thank you. You're very kind to say that. I'm glad you find them valuable.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Nicole Parsons last edited by
@Npars01 @DRBLD2009 @jodmentum I appreciate the links!