#us politics/

[gardenstateofmind]

i've always believed that voting does not matter on a national level like this shit is rigged, the only way for things to change is to just kill all of these people

[bonyfish]

Here is a random fun fact about my father. He has always been very quick to make Nazi comparisons*. (Specific bees in his bonnet that I can remember include the TSA and any sort of environmental regulation, among other such things.) One time, when I found one of these comparisons particularly egregious, I brought up Godwin's Law ("As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."). My dad responded by informing me that he was actually in usenet groups with Mike Godwin back in the day and did not get along with him. Given that information, as well as his fondness for hyperbolic Nazi comparisons, I figure there is a non-zero chance that my father was part of the inspiration for Godwin's Law.

*despite his fondness for such comparisons, when I told him in 2015 that I thought he was being very blasé about the rise of American fascism he laughed like I was making a joke, so.

[letitrainathousandflames]

Hi there. I mean this in the kindest and most good faith way possible, but please don't reblog posts about American politics that are critical of Democrats without checking to see if the specific criticism is warranted, or if the statement is even true. There is almost always a better explanation to be found with just a glance at the notes. For instance, on that Moderna post: if Bernie Sanders were president, he would not be making that announcement or be responsible for the outcome — his involvement is directly tied to his specific position in the Senate. Democrats are not perfect and neither is President Biden and it is the responsibility of Americans to hold them to the standard we want, but 99% of posts like that on social media are designed to spark unwarranted outrage among more progressive voters so that they don't vote at all — which is what conservatives want, and exactly how we got Trump in the first place. I realize you are not American and may not be fully aware of stuff like this, but it's really, REALLY important not to spread any kind of misinformation in the current political climate.

I was so focused on the victory over Moderna that I didnt pay attention to the underhanded comment below. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. You're right - gotta be careful when reblogging posts on other countries' politics.

[animentality]

[ayeforscotland]

As we see a barrage of evil executive orders come in, they are not immediately enforceable and will takes months or years to implement.

That’s still not great, but don’t let these pile up to the point of hopelessness. Take a breath, and look community leaders who will fight it every step of the way.

[stoney-baloney-with-cheese]

Do not let them erase this. Do not let them tell you he meant "my heart goes out for you."

This man is the grandson of a Canadian Nazi sympathizer who moved to South Africa BECAUSE he thought the apartheid was just the coolest.

He has a gaggle of kids specifically because he believes his genes are superior and need to be spread to improve humanity.

He has thrown his support behind the neonazi party in Germany and the far right party in the UK, not to mention how far he's wormed up the ass of the Republican party.

He threw two sieg heil salutes back to back at the inauguration of the president of the United States and is trying to scrub the evidence off the internet.

Elon Reeve Musk is a fucking Nazi.

[vampiricbisexuality]

like to charge, reblog to cast <3

[tshifty]

oh my god...

so the first screenshot is trying to look this up on tiktok normally, "donald trump rigged election" and it says that search violates community guidelines.

the second screenshot is looking up the same exact thing, but with a (australian) vpn on. canadian vpn didn't fix it fyi.

THIS is exactly the type of censorship to be looking out for on tiktok. this actually is crazy.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

now that trump has tiktok, twitter, facebook and insta in his pocket, get ready for a massive wave of internet censorship. one of trump's greatest weapons has always been misinformation; it's going to become harder and harder to spread facts and criticism going forward. posts that aren't made invisible will be magically ignored by the algorithm. dissidents will have their accounts deleted and voices erased.

this is a suppression tactic. this is another stage of fascism.

[raddagher]

Trump voters on tiktok are EXTREMELY mad about the following:

They just found out what tariffs are

They just found out what denaturalization is

They (particularly black and Hispanic trump voters) just found out that other trump voters are racist

Leftists and liberals don't want to be their friends (they are furious about this)

Leftists keep telling them they hope they get what they voted for (they are really mad about this too)

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[gardenstateofmind]

i would like to think that the despair many people in this country are feeling right now will make them more sympathetic to the people worldwide who have already been suffering greatly because of u.s. imperialism, but i fear it's actually just going to make them even more xenophobic

[fuck-u-maga]

snort...

[theknightlywolfe]

[beauty-funny-trippy]