I just posted this valuable statement by Noah Berlatsky on Facebook, and Facebook immediately took down the posting
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Robert Link last edited by
@phaedral I do think you must have done so.
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Robert Linkreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy It does happen. Pax?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Robert Link last edited by
@phaedral Of course. Pax.
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Truth Or Consequences ✅replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I have friends and family who I will be more likely to avoid because of the stink and stench they smeared upon themselves by cozying up to to iMAGA.
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@wdlindsy good piece until the very end, where he complains about people dropping substack subscriptions. He should consider migrating off substack
That's of course not on you. Thanks for sharing, it's accurate and cogently phrased.
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@draNgNon I'm glad you found it helpful. I agree that we need to consider the venues in which people choose to publish. At the same time, if I adopted a totally purist and rigid attitude, refusing to read or share material from sites that are far from perfect, I suspect I'd have little to share here.
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@wdlindsy
Those who could be endangered by MAGA relatives need to protect themselves.But for those not in danger, a purely performative act of distancing from family over disgust for their politics (such that they may never hear anything outside their bubble) is unhelpful to people at risk.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Truth Or Consequences ✅ last edited by
@Savvyhomestead Same for me. I'm already alienated from family members and friends on social media after their votes in 2016. They have shown me the face under the mask and I will not unsee it.
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@PapyrusBrigade As Noah Berlatsky wisely says, "Different people are in different circumstances; you can’t make blanket rules."
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Babs E. Blue #DoNotComplyreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy It will NOT be safe...whoaaaa.....FB took it down?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Babs E. Blue #DoNotComply last edited by
Yes, Facebook took the posting down as soon as I posted it. And see this report from another reader of this thread who had the same experience when that reader posted this material on Facebook:
https://toad.social/@starlily@mastodon.social/113465884972122119
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Babs E. Blue #DoNotComplyreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Yousa...the surveillance state begins
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Babs E. Blue #DoNotComply last edited by
@BlueWaver22 So it seems.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Just so we’re clear — the rule is that these people are allowed to despise us; to insult large groups of people on the regular; to demand that transgender people be pushed out of public society for their own comfort; to talk gleefully about how they can’t want to watch ICE agents pull grandmothers from their beds and deport them;"
~ Robyn Pennacchia
#Trump #MAGA #family #fascism #cruelty
/3https://www.wonkette.com/p/these-people-voted-for-trump-because
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"to — again, because this deserves repeating — shout
'YOUR BODY, OUR CHOICE!' at women and girls'; to call Puerto Rico a pile of garbage; to denigrate women who don’t have children; to repeatedly claim that 'liberalism is a mental disorder'; to talk about how they voted for Trump to punish us; to regularly claim that Black people are lying about the existence of racism and police brutality, to force their religion on us, and so forth!" -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"And yet, we’re supposed to want to be their friends, want to hang around them, invite them to parties? We’re mean if we don’t want to date them and bring them around our friends so that they can insult and denigrate them, because who doesn’t love that?"
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Steve Woodsreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Good morning, William.
Talking of women/bodies, etc., have you seen this?
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Glenn H Shepard Jrreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Not me.
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It’s the same arrogance that infected Nazi Germany, rooted in so called racial supremacy that led to scenes like this before it got a lot worse. Behind the uniforms civilians look on, smiles on their faces. These were probably their neighbours, or shopkeepers they knew.
The infection of fascism is a curse upon the world.
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KChernecky For Harris 2024replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Oh look! It was immediately removed
