A theme running through much testimony by eyewitnesses as Hitler's fascist movement rose to power in Germany was that the Nazis initially represented only a limited percentage of Germans.

William Lindsey :toad:

“If Donald Trump says tariffs work, tariffs work. Because Donald Trump is really never wrong. Think about it. He is never wrong.”

~ Texas Rep. Troy Nehls (R)

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/11

https://maxburns.substack.com/p/can-donald-trump-do-that

William Lindsey :toad:

"Christian Reconstructionism is now at the edge of power in the United States, and the attitude of the relevant people towards the female body and indeed towards rape is an essential element of what is happening and what is likely to happen. Both-sidesism, prudery, and euphemisms are keeping much of the media from bringing this story together in time."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/12

https://snyder.substack.com/p/men-and-women-perform

William Lindsey :toad:

As Wajahat Ali points out, we're being told that "Americans voted for Republicans because they were promised a better economy, cheaper eggs, security, and the romanticized promise of becoming 'great again.”'

Yet, we immediately see them as victors roll out stepped-up attacks on trans people.

How do those attacks address the price of eggs? And what did Americans who say it's all about eggs REALLY want when they voted for Trump?

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/13

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-will-bullying-trans-people-get

Chairman Meow ᓚᘏᗢ 🐿️🍉

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"... a society that is continually changing to embrace new peoples, cultures and technologies, products, environmental constraints, languages, religions, forms of expression, gender identities, sexual affinities, and so on."

No. Absolutely not. Do not even start down this road unless you're willing to walk side by side with fascists.

Solidarity means solidarity, not divisive anti-immigrant culture war stuff. Stop listening to pundits and start talking to your neighbors instead.

William Lindsey :toad:

@darcher It's interesting, isn't it, how terms like "fascist" can be turned right on their heads by people who promote agendas consonant with fascism, but who want to pretend those opposing them are fascists? Sort of like quoting Martin Luther King to justify racism. Or like Putin calling the Ukranians Nazis….

William Lindsey :toad:

"Trump’s cabinet appointments are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance. … Wrecking the government is not only Trump’s technique for gaining submission and compliance, but is his ultimate purpose."

~ Sidney Blumenthal

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/14

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/20/trump-cabinet-picks-contempt-rage-vengeance

William Lindsey :toad:

"One of the reasons those of us who’ve been paying attention were devastated by the results of the 2024 election is because we know not only how cruel my uncle and his supporters are, but just how cruel they intend to be. …

In the last two weeks, Donald has made it clear through his cabinet picks that he—and they—intend to cause as much pain as possible to their perceived enemies and to the most vulnerable among us."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/15

https://www.marytrump.org/p/cruelty-as-tactic

William Lindsey :toad:

"Trump is … an atavist, inviting citizens to satisfy all of their hungry drives, all of their libidinous instincts: His America is a place for malign energies to express themselves in action. There’s a certain pleasure in that, perhaps, a kind of psychic relief—to lose oneself in a radical movement and to express feelings normally prohibited by society."

~ Elizabeth Bruenig

The cruelty is the point.

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/16

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/maga-trump-psychological-appeal/680722/

William Lindsey :toad:

"Beyond all the hot takes of who was up and who was down compared to the last election, the clearest answer to why Trump will be returning to the White House is that white Christians, more than any other religious group, returned to the polls to put him there."

~ Robert P. Jones

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/17

https://www.whitetoolong.net/p/the-rest-of-the-story-white-christians

William Lindsey :toad:

"Trump once more owes his victory entirely ... to the votes of white Christian nationalists, people who frankly overwhelmingly favor strong leaders. They want someone to be the victor against evil. They want someone to crush their enemies."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/18

William Lindsey :toad:

"They want someone to impose their Christian values on the rest of us and they take a dim view, frankly, of the ast 50 or 60 years of progress for women minorities anyone who isn't a white male."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/19

William Lindsey :toad:

"The biggest thing mainstream analysis refuses to comprehend is the continued power of a politics of racial grievance and religious nostalgia among white Christian Americans."

~ Robert P. Jones

The media comprehend this. They just do not intend to admit it, because tax cuts for their super-rich owners and managers count more than anything, and admitting the price of getting those tax cuts is shameful.

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/20

https://www.salon.com/2024/11/15/the-ultimate-answer-to-why-donald-won-christians/

William Lindsey :toad:

"The answer to the question on so many Americans’ lips — 'How did we get here?' — is straightforward. That answer won’t be found in the margins of which group shifted toward Trump between 2020 and 2024. It is right in front of us. White evangelical Protestants, along with other conservative white Christians, were the principal actors who baptized, defended, rehabilitated and sustained Trump’s candidacy."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/21

William Lindsey :toad:

"More than any other group, these white Christians, who once proudly called themselves 'values voters,' have provided moral and religious cover for the immoral and the profane. …

The responsibility for Trump’s initial rise to power, his resurrection and everything that is now coming sits squarely with white Christian Americans."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
/22

Human after all

@wdlindsy Religion is only a cover

Arqtec

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I like Girls
and they liked me
Younger than I am Now
I moved to Hawaii, lived right in Waikiki on Kioniana Street in-between the aliwai Canal and the Kalacawa
My Buddy and me would go to the Airport and greet whole DC-8's that had no swinging' Dicks on board other than the pilots
I liked girls, whole college age wonderful bikini women, and I had a lot of sunscreen !!
When they invent a time machine I am going back to 1969 Hawaii
Honama Bay, The Toilet Bowl, The Pali lookout & Don Hoe

Tuckers Nuts Resist

@wdlindsy
🥥 In case you're wondering who's paying attention to your threads, William, Eye for one, look forward to them and usually boost or favorite most of the posts. 🥥

Kevin Leecaster

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I don't think that we're giving the Kremlin as much credit as they are due for creating so much division in our society personally.

David Nice

@wdlindsy Id-iocy. The irrational dark forces are underrated. The ancient Greeks could tell you about them as much as Freud can.

Public Display of Disaffection

@wdlindsy That is an amazing collection of essays. Thank you for sharing.