2024

[Shirley]

DeSantis is such a small man.

[Shirley]

[Shirley]

Where's Bootsie?

[Shirley]

I wish he were wrong.

September 3, 2023-The question of whether or not Trump is eligible to run for President is not so relevant. He is running and the Supreme Court will say that.



Some people say...

America is now in fascism’s legal phase

The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women’s rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy

“Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another.”

So began Toni Morrison’s 1995 address to Howard University, entitled Racism and Fascism, which delineated 10 step-by-step procedures to carry a society from first to last.

Morrison’s interest was not in fascist demagogues or fascist regimes. It was rather in “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems”. The procedures she described were methods to normalize such solutions, to “construct an internal enemy”, isolate, demonize and criminalize it and sympathizers to its ideology and their allies, and, using the media, provide the illusion of power and influence to one’s supporters.

Morrison saw, in the history of US racism, fascist practices – ones that could enable a fascist social and political movement in the United States.

Writing in the era of the “super-predator” myth (a Newsweek headline the next year read, “Superpredators: Should we cage the new breed of vicious kids?”), Morrison unflinchingly read fascism into the practices of US racism. Twenty-five years later, those “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems” are closer than ever to winning a multi-decade national fight.

The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy. As in all fascist movements, these forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump.

[...]

[twocoach]

I wish he were wrong.

September 3, 2023-The question of whether or not Trump is eligible to run for President is not so relevant. He is running and the Supreme Court will say that.



Some people say...

America is now in fascism’s legal phase

The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women’s rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy

“Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another.”

So began Toni Morrison’s 1995 address to Howard University, entitled Racism and Fascism, which delineated 10 step-by-step procedures to carry a society from first to last.

Morrison’s interest was not in fascist demagogues or fascist regimes. It was rather in “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems”. The procedures she described were methods to normalize such solutions, to “construct an internal enemy”, isolate, demonize and criminalize it and sympathizers to its ideology and their allies, and, using the media, provide the illusion of power and influence to one’s supporters.

Morrison saw, in the history of US racism, fascist practices – ones that could enable a fascist social and political movement in the United States.

Writing in the era of the “super-predator” myth (a Newsweek headline the next year read, “Superpredators: Should we cage the new breed of vicious kids?”), Morrison unflinchingly read fascism into the practices of US racism. Twenty-five years later, those “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems” are closer than ever to winning a multi-decade national fight.

The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy. As in all fascist movements, these forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump.

[...]

Her list, for reference:

1) Construct an internal enemy, as both focus and diversion.

2) Isolate and demonize that enemy by unleashing and protecting the utterance of overt and coded name-calling and verbal abuse. Employ ad hominem attacks as legitimate charges against that enemy.

3) Enlist and create sources and distributors of information who are willing to reinforce the demonizing process because it is profitable, because it grants power and because it works.

4) Palisade all art forms; monitor, discredit or expel those that challenge or destabilize processes of demonization and deification.

5) Subvert and malign all representatives of and sympathizers with this constructed enemy.

6) Solicit, from among the enemy, collaborators who agree with and can sanitize the dispossession process.

7) Pathologize the enemy in scholarly and popular mediums; recycle, for example, scientific racism and the myths of racial superiority in order to naturalize the pathology.

8) Criminalize the enemy. Then prepare, budget for and rationalize the building of holding arenas for the enemy-especially its males and absolutely its children.

9) Reward mindlessness and apathy with monumentalized entertainments and with little pleasures, tiny seductions, a few minutes on television, a few lines in the press, a little pseudo-success, the illusion of power and influence, a little fun, a little style, a little consequence.

10) Maintain, at all costs, silence.

[Sparko]

Corporations are people! Corporations are PEOPLE!

Fascist Green.

[Shirley]

See if you can spot the difference:

[jfish26]

I wish he were wrong.

September 3, 2023-The question of whether or not Trump is eligible to run for President is not so relevant. He is running and the Supreme Court will say that.



Some people say...

America is now in fascism’s legal phase

The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women’s rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy

“Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another.”

So began Toni Morrison’s 1995 address to Howard University, entitled Racism and Fascism, which delineated 10 step-by-step procedures to carry a society from first to last.

Morrison’s interest was not in fascist demagogues or fascist regimes. It was rather in “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems”. The procedures she described were methods to normalize such solutions, to “construct an internal enemy”, isolate, demonize and criminalize it and sympathizers to its ideology and their allies, and, using the media, provide the illusion of power and influence to one’s supporters.

Morrison saw, in the history of US racism, fascist practices – ones that could enable a fascist social and political movement in the United States.

Writing in the era of the “super-predator” myth (a Newsweek headline the next year read, “Superpredators: Should we cage the new breed of vicious kids?”), Morrison unflinchingly read fascism into the practices of US racism. Twenty-five years later, those “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems” are closer than ever to winning a multi-decade national fight.

The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy. As in all fascist movements, these forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump.

[...]

Her list, for reference:

1) Construct an internal enemy, as both focus and diversion.

2) Isolate and demonize that enemy by unleashing and protecting the utterance of overt and coded name-calling and verbal abuse. Employ ad hominem attacks as legitimate charges against that enemy.

3) Enlist and create sources and distributors of information who are willing to reinforce the demonizing process because it is profitable, because it grants power and because it works.

4) Palisade all art forms; monitor, discredit or expel those that challenge or destabilize processes of demonization and deification.

5) Subvert and malign all representatives of and sympathizers with this constructed enemy.

6) Solicit, from among the enemy, collaborators who agree with and can sanitize the dispossession process.

7) Pathologize the enemy in scholarly and popular mediums; recycle, for example, scientific racism and the myths of racial superiority in order to naturalize the pathology.

8) Criminalize the enemy. Then prepare, budget for and rationalize the building of holding arenas for the enemy-especially its males and absolutely its children.

9) Reward mindlessness and apathy with monumentalized entertainments and with little pleasures, tiny seductions, a few minutes on television, a few lines in the press, a little pseudo-success, the illusion of power and influence, a little fun, a little style, a little consequence.

10) Maintain, at all costs, silence.

The Holocaust was…not even 100 years ago.

[Sparko]

And yet Randy's team continues down that path, plugging their ears and owning the Libs because thinking hurts their hive mind.

[Overlander]

And yet Randy's team continues down that path, plugging their ears and owning the Libs because thinking hurts their hive mind.

You just earned yourself 8 new memes, and 12 posts of questionable origin

[Shirley]

Crude oil prices have experienced a significant 30% surge over the past two months, nearing the $90.00 threshold. Concurrently, the national average gas price has reached $3.83, aligning with the peak seen during the same season last year.

I believe they could be taking actions that undermine the U.S. pandemic recovery to potentially benefit Republican candidates.

This move mirrors a similar action before the 2022 midterms, raising questions about potential political motivations.

Speculation arises regarding the Saudi Crown Prince's significant investments in individuals like Jared Kushner and the Trump family, suggesting a motive to protect his financial interests.

[jfish26]

You’re just going after Jared because they’re going after Hunter. There’s no there there.

[Shirley]

You’re just going after Jared because they’re going after Hunter. There’s no there there.

Hunter's an amateur, he only made a few million, while Jarod makes $25 million/year because he's such a renowned investor/money manager.

[zsn]

You’re just going after Jared because they’re going after Hunter. There’s no there there.

Hunter's an amateur, he only made a few million, while Jarod makes $25 million/year because he's such a renowned investor/money manager.

You misspelled “launderer”

[Sparko]

Jared didn't stop at $25M. 666 Boy had a lot of oil money poured over his Anti-Christ investment. Got people killed and tortured too if you are keeping your super villiain bingo card up.

[ousdahl]

I wish he were wrong.

September 3, 2023-The question of whether or not Trump is eligible to run for President is not so relevant. He is running and the Supreme Court will say that.



Some people say...

America is now in fascism’s legal phase

The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women’s rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy

“Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another.”

So began Toni Morrison’s 1995 address to Howard University, entitled Racism and Fascism, which delineated 10 step-by-step procedures to carry a society from first to last.

Morrison’s interest was not in fascist demagogues or fascist regimes. It was rather in “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems”. The procedures she described were methods to normalize such solutions, to “construct an internal enemy”, isolate, demonize and criminalize it and sympathizers to its ideology and their allies, and, using the media, provide the illusion of power and influence to one’s supporters.

Morrison saw, in the history of US racism, fascist practices – ones that could enable a fascist social and political movement in the United States.

Writing in the era of the “super-predator” myth (a Newsweek headline the next year read, “Superpredators: Should we cage the new breed of vicious kids?”), Morrison unflinchingly read fascism into the practices of US racism. Twenty-five years later, those “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems” are closer than ever to winning a multi-decade national fight.

The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy. As in all fascist movements, these forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump.

[...]

Imagine being cognizant of all this on some…I guess, domestic? level; yet continuing to insist, with practically religious conviction, that this exact same nation’s warmongering is some universal symbol of freedom and democracy, and unilaterally good, on an international level.

[jfish26]

You continue to draw comparisons between things that are nothing like each other.

[ousdahl]

You sure?

Like none of these things could possibly be related?

I think you just proved my point?

Merica domestically: Fascism and racism and oligarchs!

Merica internationally: freedom and democracy!

[randylahey]

I wish he were wrong.

September 3, 2023-The question of whether or not Trump is eligible to run for President is not so relevant. He is running and the Supreme Court will say that.



Some people say...

America is now in fascism’s legal phase

The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women’s rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy

“Let us be reminded that before there is a final solution, there must be a first solution, a second one, even a third. The move toward a final solution is not a jump. It takes one step, then another, then another.”

So began Toni Morrison’s 1995 address to Howard University, entitled Racism and Fascism, which delineated 10 step-by-step procedures to carry a society from first to last.

Morrison’s interest was not in fascist demagogues or fascist regimes. It was rather in “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems”. The procedures she described were methods to normalize such solutions, to “construct an internal enemy”, isolate, demonize and criminalize it and sympathizers to its ideology and their allies, and, using the media, provide the illusion of power and influence to one’s supporters.

Morrison saw, in the history of US racism, fascist practices – ones that could enable a fascist social and political movement in the United States.

Writing in the era of the “super-predator” myth (a Newsweek headline the next year read, “Superpredators: Should we cage the new breed of vicious kids?”), Morrison unflinchingly read fascism into the practices of US racism. Twenty-five years later, those “forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems” are closer than ever to winning a multi-decade national fight.

The contemporary American fascist movement is led by oligarchical interests for whom the public good is an impediment, such as those in the hydrocarbon business, as well as a social, political, and religious movement with roots in the Confederacy. As in all fascist movements, these forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump.

[...]

Imagine being cognizant of all this on some…I guess, domestic? level; yet continuing to insist, with practically religious conviction, that this exact same nation’s warmongering is some universal symbol of freedom and democracy, and unilaterally good, on an international level.

Good post ous.

Internationally, america is not the good guys like they try to convince American citizens they are

Internationally, the Fed is greedy and power hungry. Locally too

Now apply that to the Ukraine situation

[jfish26]

You sure?

Like none of these things could possibly be related?

I think you just proved my point?

Merica domestically: Fascism!

Merica internationally: freedom and democracy!

I just think you’re starting from the wrong place, and it’s infecting the rest of everything you have to say on this subject.

I do not think it’s remotely close to true to describe what we’re doing vis a vis Ukraine as warmongering. Nor is it adventurism, nor neocolonialism, nor resource-grabbing.

This is a category error.

Russia’s war on Ukraine - and that’s what it is - has much less in common with anything that happened after WW2 than it does to what happened before it.