The Myth of Charlie Kirk

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When is #Donald_Trump going to call #Fox_News' #violent #radical #right_wing #terrorists "violent, radical, right-wing terrorists"? 😡
Tales of Resilience, Reform, and Reading Access

In this episode of Good News for Lefties, host Beowulf Rochlen takes you on an uplifting journey through the positive changes happening across America, remindin

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@Victor_sueca @bluecat

We are living Poe's Law.

There is no way to satirize the far right anymore with something that's actually implausible, and that won't be taken as a suggestion for a new low.

See also: "Please stop using the 'C' word" (Veronica Elizabeth)
https://giraffe-vanilla-e9ae.squarespace.com/home/please-stop-using-the-c-word

From there:
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Until any politicians truly are “cautious, moderate,” we need to almost completely abolish the use of the C-word from our vocabulary.
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▪︎ Instead of “conservative,” say “MAGA” or “right-wing”

▪︎ Instead of “conservative firebrand,” say “Hardline MAGA” or “Ultra MAGA”

▪︎ Instead of “conservative Supreme Court Justices,” say “Federalist Society Justices” or “reactionary justices”

▪︎ Instead of “traditional conservative values,” say “fundamentalist Christian values.”

▪︎ Instead of “Pack the court,” say “Reform the court”

▪︎ Instead of “Fox News,” say “FNC” (after spelling out Fox News Corporation once)

#PoesLaw #Poes_Law #RightWing #Right_Wing #conservatives #Republicans #language #framing

Please stop using the "C" word — Absurd-World Country

June 2, 2024 For those of us who have strong political views, it’s hard to comprehend that there are some people in the United States who blissfully bury their heads in the sand and don’t pay much attention to what the differences between the two major political parties really are. Chances are, mos

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One Nation Tory group refuses to back Badenoch or Jenrick in party leadership race – UK politics live

TRG says both candidates have ‘used rhetoric and focused on issues which are far and away from … the values we cherish and uphold’

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The #Nazis and other #right_wing #extremists, like #FPÖ (Freunde #Putin's) and AfD (#Kreml subsidiary), brought violence and lies. #Trump_Donald does the same!
Ohio's Gerrymandered, Supermajority Republican Senate Wields Intimidation to Impose Its Will - They intend to end DEI at public universities, stop all anti-voucher spending and implement other right wing ideologies. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2024/02/08/ohios-gerrymandered-supermajority-republican-senate-wields-intimidation-to-impose-its-will/ via @janresseger #Right_Wing
Ohio’s Gerrymandered, Supermajority Republican Senate Wields Intimidation to Impose Its Will

Ohio’s powerful state senate president, Matt Huffman defined how gerrymandering works in Ohio’s supermajority GOP legislature: “We can kind of do what we want.” The easy par…

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@madelainetaylor

👆 There's only one thing worse than a #gobshite and that's a #stupid #gobshite; add #right_wing and you get an infinity/divide-by-zero error...

You won't see this on the BBC

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@ChrisMayLA6

👆 That's ok - #Covid disproportionately kills stupid people (#AntiVaxers, #Libertarian #Right_Wing #Tories, #Mask_Deniers et al...) and, overall, reducing the number of stupid people has to be a good thing, right? 😂