Discussion of the overt fascism now promoted openly by one of the two major parties in the US continues — because of course.

John "Sakata"

@wdlindsy
Honestly with the way that this shit is going I'm starting to think that the government should offer police wellness checks every hour during and maybe until handover for all election workers.
Would be tax dollars put to good use. Wasteful considering it shouldn't be needed, but yeah.
Don't these dumbasses know that the election people count *their* votes too? and that generally most places ensure they have a fair mix of all parties that are representing in their county?

William Lindsey :toad:

@MerelyAHut This is EXACTLY what we saw this summer when a crew of hard-working Hispanic immigrant men put a new roof on the house of our next-door neighbor. They started at daylight and worked till dusk with only a lunch break.

And these are the people we claim are harming all of us in some way? The people we want to round up and deport?

Something's wrong with us, it seems.

William Lindsey :toad:

"For nearly a decade, the American mainstream has failed over and over again to understand what Donald Trump is, what he means, how he works. ...

Many of Trump’s voters know exactly what he is. They know he’s going to blow the status quo to smithereens and they want him to. They want him to be incompetent, they want him to be senile, they want him to be cruel."

~ Timothy Burke

#Trump #fascism #violence #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy
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Trump Essentials (1)

#1: He Is A Suicide Bomber, And That His Appeal

(timothyburke.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"They want him to violate every one of the Ten Commandments in public view. ...

Nothing you tell a convinced Trump voter about Trump’s qualifications, problems or likely actions matters to them. In fact, you are only convincing them more. Everything you fear and loathe about Trump is a recommendation to them."

And (my footnote), they may very well get their way, this election cycle.

#Trump #fascism #violence #PoliticsofHate #immigrants #racism #WhiteSupremacy
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cognitively accessible math

@wdlindsy they're quoting the cult missives, which should be shut down...

William Lindsey :toad:

@geonz When you refer to cult missives, I'm not quite clear what you mean. Can you please help me understand?

William Lindsey :toad:

@sakata_m Thank you for voicing those concerns. Election workers really need a lot of reinforcement and support, seems to me. And, no, I think the dumbasses don't even reflect that the election workers are counting their votes, too.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Npars01 Yes, you're exactly right about that. Heather Cox Richardson's book on how the South won the Civil War is magisterial on that topic.

Nicole Parsons

@wdlindsy

Excellent, excellent book!

Highly recommended.

Matthew Loxton

@wdlindsy
"Have they really thought through what they're proposing ..."

No, they haven't. They are firmly the "belief-based people", and they don't value or use thinking through stuff

cognitively accessible math

@wdlindsy on Musk's site it used to be if somebody posted nonsense it was at *least* ridiculed and called out, if not actually removed. Now, it's getting cheers and boosts.

William Lindsey :toad:

@geonz You're absolutely right. To call it a cesspool is an understatement.

William Lindsey :toad:

@mloxton Well-noted. When one has the truth — because of one's belief-based system — why let facts, logic, reason, what history has to teach us matter?

William Lindsey :toad:

@Npars01 I agree!