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I dunno? Matt Walsh is an open ChristoFascist and Even Joe Rogan mentioned that he was worried about it harkening back to the George Bush days, part of my point

I dunno? Matt Walsh is an open ChristoFascist and Even Joe Rogan mentioned that he was worried about it harkening back to the George Bush days, part of my point was less that I though an extreme thing would happen and more that of the extreme things that could happen, Christian extremism seems more popular then libertarian extremism. But also maybe the answer to your question is yes? Separation of church and state and all that silly nonsense. Also OTA updates? Is this like some weird “I’m a free thinker and everyone else is an NPC thing?”

theandrewbailey 2y ago
> Also OTA updates? Is this like some weird “I’m a free thinker and everyone else is an NPC thing?” How else does a whole mass of people uncritically accept the same viewpoint with identical talking points that big media and big tech push out on the same day?
- Apocryphon 2y ago
  Do you really think there was any difference before mass media?
  - brnt 2y ago
    American are sounding an awful lot like Russians in exile 50 years ago... I wish you all the best. And us too.
    - Apocryphon 2y ago
      Nonsensical non sequitur
- techostritch 2y ago
  I don’t know, I don’t know what other people think, I do know what I think, and I don’t think I would describe it as uncritical. What makes you assume it’s uncritical?
sickofparadox 2y ago
OTA updates was a bit of snideness on my part, I will admit. It seems these days the more online elements of the political sides get new vocabulary to use every few months. Right wingers tend to focus on in group signaling through esoteric memes (based, peaty, keyed, "the breakfast question") while left wingers generally focus on new ways to ingroup signal through painting their enemies negatively, christo-fascist being the latest example.
- Apocryphon 2y ago
  That phrase probably dates back to 2004 or so, the same time "Islamofascist" was coined.
- techostritch 2y ago
  Yes, I’ve heard the term Christo-fascist thrown around recently, as I said most recently from Joe Rogan, I probably wouldn’t use the term had I not heard it thrown about recently but the point isn’t really the term. There is definitely a contingent of the Republican party who fits that description and that contingent definitely has power, are they the dominant power? I guess that we’ll just have to wait and see.

theandrewbailey 2y ago

> Also OTA updates? Is this like some weird “I’m a free thinker and everyone else is an NPC thing?” How else does a whole mass of people uncritically accept the same viewpoint with identical talking points that big media and big tech push out on the same day?

Apocryphon 2y ago
Do you really think there was any difference before mass media?
- brnt 2y ago
  American are sounding an awful lot like Russians in exile 50 years ago... I wish you all the best. And us too.
  - Apocryphon 2y ago
    Nonsensical non sequitur
techostritch 2y ago
I don’t know, I don’t know what other people think, I do know what I think, and I don’t think I would describe it as uncritical. What makes you assume it’s uncritical?

sickofparadox 2y ago

OTA updates was a bit of snideness on my part, I will admit. It seems these days the more online elements of the political sides get new vocabulary to use every few months. Right wingers tend to focus on in group signaling through esoteric memes (based, peaty, keyed, "the breakfast question") while left wingers generally focus on new ways to ingroup signal through painting their enemies negatively, christo-fascist being the latest example.

Apocryphon 2y ago
That phrase probably dates back to 2004 or so, the same time "Islamofascist" was coined.
techostritch 2y ago
Yes, I’ve heard the term Christo-fascist thrown around recently, as I said most recently from Joe Rogan, I probably wouldn’t use the term had I not heard it thrown about recently but the point isn’t really the term. There is definitely a contingent of the Republican party who fits that description and that contingent definitely has power, are they the dominant power? I guess that we’ll just have to wait and see.