Curtis McHaleMar 14

From Granola to Fascism Without a Wrong Turn

[This was an excellent essay](https://www.ianbetteridge.com/zen-fascist-wi/) tackling purity logic which is represented on both extremes of any argument. At the extremes, both sides feel they have the...

https://curtismchale.ca/2026/03/14/from-granola-to-fascism-without-a-wrong-turn

#fascism #fascist #moderate #farright

Zen fascists will control you...

In 1979, a punk band from San Francisco recorded a song about the Governor of California. It was a joke, mostly. Jerry Brown was a Democrat, a Buddhist, a man who dated Linda Ronstadt and discussed limits and simplicity at a moment when America was in no mood for either.

Ian Betteridge
Show threadNonilexFeb 25

#Spanberger, 46, is the second #CIA veteran in 2 years chosen to deliver the #Democratic Party’s formal response to Trump. Last year, it was Senator #ElissaSlotkin of #Michigan, a fellow #moderate who also first entered #Congress in 2018 & had also just won a statewide election. While #Slotkin warned last year that #Trump would increase the #CostOfLiving, Spanberger made a broader case that his admin was working against the #WellBeing of the American #people.

#SOTU

Show threadNonilexFeb 25

Spanberger’s speech — & the selection of her to deliver it — signaled how #Democratic leaders want the party to be viewed in Trump’s second term: sober & serious officials who understand voters’ economic plight.

A #moderate who is coming off a landslide election victory in #Virginia, #Spanberger gave a safe speech that struck the political notes #Democrats are aiming to press — that #Trump has hurt the economy & sowed #chaos with his policies.

#SOTU #USpol

garyFeb 21

the brewhaha man came to town
staph on my knee is starting to resolve - starting to recover faster - every 3 mos i get nailed

#moderate drinking as a coping mechanism #jama

Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋Jan 27
You can't really be passionately #moderate. It's like wearing an 'Extra Medium' - it doesn't exist. ---- Stephen Colbert
Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋Jan 27
You can't really be passionately #moderate. It's like wearing an 'Extra Medium' - it doesn't exist. ---- Stephen Colbert
Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋Jan 27
You can't really be passionately #moderate. It's like wearing an 'Extra Medium' - it doesn't exist. ---- Stephen Colbert
NömenlōonyJan 19

oooh "ask for a review from the oversight board"

Yeah because #Facebook doesn't have the balls or the staff to actually #moderate it's content.

I've completed a complaint on this occasion, but going forwards I'm just not really checking there anymore.

Facebook is for the people so set in their ways they won't move on and Federate.

openSUSE LinuxJan 14
Want to shape the future of #opensource? #openSUSE 💚 #contributors to help #moderate project channels, #mentor new developers, maintain #software packages, and more. Get started at contribute.opensuse.org
🏳️‍🌈Jamez Re!nert🏳️‍🌈Dec 19
#Centrist / #Moderate = #Conservative / #RightWing