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this is what is setting off alarms?!?
by lazide 2y ago
this is what is setting off alarms?!?
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean obviously a lot of stuff should be, but this is a very bad sign; it's very much something you tend to see in democracies that go dictatorship.
- lazide 2y agoMy point is that it’s saying ‘hey maybe the house is at risk of a fire’ because they smell smoke - in the middle of the house burning down around them. Why do you think Trump fired almost everyone at the national security council already?
- drewbug01 2y agoI can’t remember the exact, pithy phrasing - but there’s a sentiment expressed sometimes in activist work that I find helpful: “We wish you were with us before, but we are so happy you’re here now - there’s much work to do.” A meditation, perhaps - shared because you will likely encounter this situation often over the coming years and maybe it will help you as it helped me.
- lazide 2y agoWhat does that have to do with my comment? You realize that the current mess is a reactionary response to activists, right?
- happytoexplain 2y agoAnalogies are weak. We should discuss and express concern for everything that happens, and not give up part way through and cease highlighting/flagging anything at all, simply because of repetition, or the vague emotion of "you should have known already". The parent did know. Everybody did know. It's irrelevant to the specific topic. I.e. the genre of negative response you've given is distracting, accomplishes nothing helpful, and, sadly, is very common.
- lazide 2y agoIt's the 'it's literally been screaming out the window for years, was clearly true then, and is still clearly true now' response. How is what they are saying any better?
- pjc50 2y agoThey never said "only this". Anyone with an authoritarianism alarm has long since taken the batteries out of it.