As Joyce Vance reminds us,
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to nanowiz last edited by
@nanowiz I agree. I think we're likely to see more and more violence of different sorts as they work to roil their already enraged and dangerous base, and as they embrace neo-Nazis who are all about violence.
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JonChevreaureplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy A ninny?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Alarod last edited by
@Alarod I once kept a folder of Republican male faces for a while — conspicuously enraged faces (think Lindsey Graham snarling as he tried butching it up when Kavanaugh's suitability for the Supremes was questioned, or Kavanaugh's own twisted enraged scowl). I finally gave that up because there were just so many! It's their look now, a look they cultivate.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Urban Camera last edited by
@uc Yes, absolutely. And this wouldn't happen if way too many Americans didn't have a large appetite for toxic lies.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to caseyjonesed last edited by
@caseyjonesed I do, too.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to JonChevreau last edited by
@JonChevreau I think that's perhaps not the N word Wajahat Ali had in mind.
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xs4me2replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Well if it quakes like a duck…
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mori_au 🇦🇺replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @Dave_Goldsmith Trump is exceedingly best at making a posteriori noises
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Alarodreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Nutjobs? I’ve all ready been doing that.
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JonChevreaureplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy A ne’erdowell?
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lachlanreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy From somebody not in the US, who can't do anything about the election and shouldn't be forced to live with it like a constant soap opera, thank you for responsible tagging.
I do dip toes to check on the yanks here (switch my filter to 'warn' not 'hide') and there, but it's way better for my mental health when I can filter posts like this out.
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SoGeneris for Harris/Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy He’s letting the militias know he’s practicing psyops.
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Runyan50replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Why is instigating violence legal in the US? That is not the kind of country I want to live in.
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Runyan50replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy He added the Springfield attack at the instant he knew he was losing the debate. Distractions galore.
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Dhyan Nada :vegananarchism:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
This attempt of damage limitation can't save Vance from being accused of inciting hatred in the worst manner imaginable. His lie is easily comparable with historic hate campaigns against Jews spreading rumours of them poisoning wells or murdering Christians to use their blood for religious rituals.
Pogroms against minorities have regularily been the outcomes of arousing aggressive emotions for political gains. In Germany the AfD is spreading hateful rumours against migrants and refugees with the effect that PoC aren't safe on the street anymore or their shelters are to be attacked by arsonists.
So hopefully this helps to weaken #Trump and #Vance so much that there won't be a worst case scenario of real fascism rearing its ugly head in the US.
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Riley S. Faelanreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Also known as scapegoating.
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nanowizreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
from the party of hanging Chad's,
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to nanowiz last edited by
@nanowiz For sure. We ain't seen nothing yet!
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to nanowiz last edited by
@nanowiz Yes. Transfer all the sins of the social group onto a poor goat, whip it out to the wilderness to die, and you absolve the social group of all sin — or so you imagine.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Dhyan Nada :vegananarchism: last edited by
@dhayannada Yes, I agree. I would hope this all helps to weaken Trump and Vance, but they're obviously going this ugly, dangerous route because it works with very many Americans.