People focus on Hitler and Nazi leaders and the atrocious lethal lies they told to justify the mass murder of Jews.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Alarod last edited by
@Alarod Sorry, but I've lost your point. It seems to be shrouded in a fog of hostility that's opaque to me. I have no idea why a discussion of the distinction between authoritarianism and insanity should devolve into such hostility — so I confess I'm lost.
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Nicole Parsonsreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse
Republicans and Russia share the practice of Negative Nancy Narratives.
Impotence. Hopelessness. Despair. Shame. Parochial. Provincial. Insular. Selfishness. Vindictiveness. Petty jealousies. Revenge. Blameshifting. Unaccountability. Futility. Bigotry. Hate. Fear. Aimless violence.
Yet, despite all this, there are people who will vote Republican anyways.
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Burnt Veggiesreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @andytiedye @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 Yes. I'm not the toughest guy on the planet, but I'm very stubborn. That has gotten me through many hardships.
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@wdlindsy @andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lolonurse @Npars01 Great point - just occurred to me that Tim Snyder talks about this approach by recommending that we “don’t surrender in advance.”
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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I'm not giving up hope as long as Kamala Harris has a chance of winning.
@wdlindsy @Burnt_Veggies @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01
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TCat - Vote Blue, Vote Harrisreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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Yes, is there any doubt many Americans would cheerfully call ICE on their immigrant neighbors once the "mass deportations" begin?(and then complain how expensive gardeners and pool cleaners become)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to TCat - Vote Blue last edited by
@TCatInReality @Npars01 @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse Absolutely. I had a talk recently with several neighbors about all of this, and we all said that our whole neighborhood would cease to function well at all if immigrants doing work in our neighborhood suddenly vanished. Both neighbors have Latin American women cleaning their houses. We had just had our house re-insulated — all workers were hard-working Latin American men.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to 𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤 last edited by
@andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 I think we have to keep hope alive. Otherwise, we let those who want to make us hopeless dehumanize us — and that's exactly what they want.
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@lawyersgunsnmoney @andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lolonurse @Npars01 Yes, I had him in mind as I wrote my statement. Couldn't remember his exact phrase, but the concept remains powerful in my head. I find his analysis clear, illuminating, reasonable.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Burnt Veggies last edited by
@Burnt_Veggies @andytiedye @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 I hear you. I sometimes think my inner canine persona is a feisty, stubborn little Scottish terrier.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Nicole Parsons last edited by
@Npars01 @andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse Thank you. I didn't have a name for those narratives, and now I do. I like it!
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Kernoureplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 While evil people scheme, those of goodwill should scheme even harder, and out-scheme them. Of all the preventable problems that beset mankind, the most glaring is a Trump presidency. Vote...like you've never voted before, America.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Kernou last edited by
@Tharpa @andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 Well-stated. I agree.
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Burnt Veggiesreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @andytiedye @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 I like to think of myself as more like a husky. Quiet, aloof toward strangers, intelligent, independent (stubborn), loving to their pack.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Burnt Veggies last edited by
@Burnt_Veggies @andytiedye @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 I like huskys as well as terriers!
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@wdlindsy @andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lolonurse @Npars01 Snyder is a masterful historian. He and Ruth Ben-Ghiat are the top academics studying Fascism IMO. They build on the monumental foundation laid by Hannah Arendt
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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
We are cat people (though currently catless ).
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lolonursereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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When I was a newborn, my mom's best friend had not yet had a baby, so they decided to "share" me, and called me their Cocker Spaniel. Hmm... that was the wrong breed choice, but it was cute, I guess. I think of my inner dog as more of a Papillon, although my dogs have mostly been Dobermans & German Shepherds. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @Burnt_Veggies @andytiedye @lawyersgunsnmoney @Npars01 Cute. I had to look up Papillons. They're adorable. The first dog I got as an adult living on my own (well, with my future husband) was a cocker spaniel. I'm sure that motivated my choice was that one of my earliest memories is standing in my crib, staring through its bars and hoping I could reach our family's cocker spaniel.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to 𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂𝓣𝓲𝓮𝓭𝔂𝓮 𓀤 last edited by
@andytiedye @Burnt_Veggies @lawyersgunsnmoney @lolonurse @Npars01 I love cats and have had several, though I'm unfortunately allergic to them and breathe better when I don't have one near me. They're wonderful creatures.