Francisca Sinn

I think it would really help more Americans understand the gravity of what has been going on if media stopped using phrases like “reverse the results of the election” which is not a thing, or “overturn the election”, (also not a thing), and started using the language the rest of the world uses: attempted coup.

It’s not “reversing” or “overturning” an election; it’s ignoring the results of an election and installing a dictator through fraud, threats, and violence, ending democracy.

Dec 20, 2022 at 4:29amWeb
Show threadFrancisca SinnDec 20, 2022
“asked for help changing election results”
Show threadFrancisca SinnJan 16, 2023
https://mas.to/@billpascrell@mastodon.social/109696385752251610
Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Here are the 138 House republicans who voted to install trump as a dictator hours after rioters tried to do the same.

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Show threadFrancisca SinnAug 16, 2023

“bid to flip” from #NewYorkTimes

Shameful #MediaFail .

https://mastodon.social/@foser/110895868239516122

Show threadSocialistStanDec 20, 2022
@fsinn Hitler actually went to jail after his coup attempt, Trump is unlikely to.
Show threadFrancisca SinnDec 20, 2022
@SocialistStan I think he will, but I have been wrong before so… fingers crossed.
Show threadTQdemocratDec 22, 2022
@fsinn I love your statement. Media is always either click batting or attempting to normalize corrupt behavior.
Show threadFrancisca SinnDec 23, 2022

@TQdemocrat I get that they can’t make accusatory statements, but it appears the language is different when that same media is talking about “what appears to be an attempted-coup by armed insurrectionists storming the seat of government, trapping hundreds of the nation’s highest political officials all in the same building, while ordering the national guard to stand down, ostensibly because the former president lost an election, though really part of a much bigger special operation.”

I mean…

Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Mar 7, 2023

@fsinn

You are absolutely right. "the rest of the world..."
Yes, the proliferation of #Orwellian #NewSpeak terminology shows how far down the #fascist rabbit hole the #US already are.
In fact, knowing that 1 way 2 measure inflation is 2 count certain words in the publications deemed relevant.
I'm quite positive, defining such terms +having them counted and put into graphs monthly would yield interesting results.

Of course, regional, ownership, and location need to B accounted 4.

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Show threadSilvia RasmussenMar 29, 2023
@fsinn @TQdemocrat sounds like an attempted coup.
Show threadFrancisca SinnMar 29, 2023
@silviar it sure does. @TQdemocrat
Show threadMelzpetpalsJan 1, 2023
@fsinn 💯
Show threadDJDWadeJan 1, 2023
@fsinn Every....word...of....this.
Show threadStatmonkey 🙊Jan 1, 2023
@fsinn it's corporate America protecting their status quo. Now that the media is just another capitalist assembly line we need to teach our voters to look elsewhere for truth and balance. It's grim out there.
Show threadLeslie 🇺🇸🌻🌈 🌊Jan 1, 2023
@fsinn 100%
Show threadJasonMashakJan 1, 2023
@fsinn when you put it that way, it’s kind of funny that US foreign policy came home to bite it in the ass (again).
Show threadEli LavonJan 1, 2023
@fsinn Amen to that.
Show threadantipode77Jan 2, 2023

@fsinn

Words >do< matter.

They create the world in which we live. So we better be careful about the world we are creating.

Show threadShelby WynneJan 19, 2023
@fsinn Say it louder for the fools in the back!! 🔊
Show threadFrancisca SinnJan 19, 2023
@SAWYNNE1. Seriously. Over and over and louder and louder until they do better.
Show threadShelby WynneJan 19, 2023
@fsinn Yes indeed!
Show threadDoug ReiffJan 19, 2023
@fsinn #douchebags
Show threadTengrainJan 21, 2023

@fsinn
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This. 💯

Every style guide that I have ever used says to speak simply and clearly.

There’s a reason that Our Failed Political Press ™ cannot call a lie or a liar, and it has nothing to do with balance; BUT it has everything to do with cowardice.

Show threadFrancisca SinnJan 21, 2023
@Tengrain Exactly. I mean, I suppose the alternative is that they simply do not understand, which, when the purpose of the entire industry is to inform the public, is not any less horrifying.
Show threadKelly GuimontMar 7, 2023
@fsinn I keep using the most basic of measurements: if this exact thing happened Somewhere Else, what would you call it? Yeah. So call it that here too.
Show threadFrancisca SinnMar 7, 2023
@Verso This.
Show threadJames RussellMay 5, 2023
@fsinn 100
Show threadJoseph S Giacalone Photo ArtMay 20, 2023
@fsinn human law is imperfect...the law of karma never fails...
Show threadJoeStewartJul 27, 2023
@fsinn
Yep, language matters. The way the conversation is framed has huge implications on how the audience perceives the meaning of the conversation. I like this language:
It was a failed coup.
Trump attempted a coup and failed.
Trump wanted to be dictator.
I was a juror and was surprised at how poorly both attorneys told their stories - the language didn’t reach me….
Show threadShoq 🌿Jul 27, 2023
@fsinn They do it because we let them. We’ve been letting them do it for over 40 years. They have no incentive to stop. We seem to get the media we deserve, and as a result of it, the government we deserve. The most outspoken advocate in the world is Greta Thunberg. We can’t even muster a bad imitation of her here. We’re all complicit.
Show threadFrancisca SinnJul 27, 2023
@shoq We’re fighting the same fight in Canada too. It’s maddening.
Show threadBruce Acton 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦Aug 16, 2023
@fsinn we need to use the same language here in #canada for the politicians that voted to support the #convoy they should be held responsible for supporting a planned coup. Let’s make sure we vote out the #CPC #MP that vote in support of the convoy.
Show threadFrancisca SinnAug 16, 2023
@Bwacton Yes. I had some long threads on this on the bird site. It was terrorism (and not just domestic terrorism) and we need to demand that it be called out accurately.
Show threadduobhamAug 16, 2023
@fsinn it’s what the right call “stealing the election”, election fraud, voter fraud, and ignoring and stifling the law. Party of law and order, my ass. Bunch of whiny hypocrites!!
Show threadJulie WebgirlJan 7, 2024
@fsinn
Like the US has done on countless occasions around the world. Oh I guess that wouldn't help them understand either.
Show threadThreadbaneJan 7, 2024
@fsinn
And do we HAVE to keep referring to him as "former President Trump"? Do we have to pay him this "homage". He's just Donald Trump.