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Or are you dismissing overt signalling of fascism as "just owning the libs"? Are you just cherry picking communication you feel safe about and ignoring the huge
by AtlasBarfed 2y ago
Or are you dismissing overt signalling of fascism as "just owning the libs"? Are you just cherry picking communication you feel safe about and ignoring the huge glaring signs being flashed by dozens of appointees? Are you pretending Obama and bush established legal precedents for classifying citizens as enemy combatants for rendition, denial of due process, and murder by drone without trial? That we don't have a better than 1984 turnkey oppression and total.monitorinf infrastructure for any despot of sufficient motivation which this admin has amply stated affection towards?
Language is important from leaders. So is consistency and some degree of integrity. Even disingenuous cowtowing to appearances and political norms constrains power and abuse.
- mmooss 2y agoI'm not sure what you are saying, but I'm not dismissing it, I'm saying we need to stop repeating their propaganda of terror and intimindation as if it's true. Be effective, not spread the poison of helplessness and fear.
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoWe need vigilance and nonpassivity. Propaganda is targeted to keep the majority passive while awful things are done by the government regime. Your argument seems to be "ignore them and they will go away". That's not how authoritarian takeovers are prevented.
- mmooss 2y ago> Your argument seems to be "ignore them and they will go away". I don't know why you are obsessed with saying that.