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Dan GillmorAs the DeSantis regime eviscerates freedom of speech in Florida's university system, timid journalists use the anodyne word "conservative" to describe him and his apparatchiks. Refusing to call the extremists what they truly are is poor journalism. https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/06/gov-ron-desantis-wants-conservative-overhaul-at-new-college-of-florida/69784941007/
SaftyKuma@dangillmor The correct term to describe the modern GOP is "fascist."
Pensive™️@SaftyKuma @dangillmor
The present day GOP are a strange alloy of Oligarchic, Theocratic, Corporatist, & Leninist philosophies.
If it continues as it’s going, there’s going to be like 50 seperate countries with their own laws overruling the weakened Republic. #ConstitutionalSheriffs
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/06/lenin-white-house-steve-bannon
Brooke
Jayson MasseyThose people are so toxic and messy, there's no reason to start labeling them all of these different names. If you want to be a conservative, you're dealing with extremists. Period.
Larry Floop@dangillmor As I read this article, I felt the acids in my stomach come to a boil.
Patricia Kayden@dangillmor Fascist. He's a fascist. And the scary thing is that we have people like David Frum hoping that he will be the Republican Presidential nominee in 2024. He's as bad if not worse than Trump.
MJ Muse@dangillmor I noticed the media are throwing around d " freedom" caucus and " conservatives" to normalize Racists and extremists. Why I appreciated Jeffries saying Fascists last night. We can't let the #SeditionCaucus be called conservative.
GlenG🌻 - Support Ukraine@MJmusicinears @dangillmor Agree. It’s a sad situation. And even if there were “moderates”, another term they’re using, they’d be hamstrung by primary threats. They’re all functioning in a control system based on threats and extortion rather than principle and character.
Lisa@MJmusicinears @dangillmor Agree 110%.
They shouldn't even be called the GOP or Republican party anymore & they make Reagan look like a Center right Democrat, so they also should stop using his name to compare.
I was proud that Jeffries called the fascists out for what they are.
Coach Pāṇini ®
Gurtbeef Robe@MJmusicinears @dangillmor we can’t let the media call just the caucus that when 75% of the gop still supports Jan 6 insurrection. They are trying to create the narrative that it’s just a handful of extremists in this caucus while the rest of the party is moderates but its the entire party that’s extremist. It’s the sedition party, not just the sedition caucus
Canucanoe@MJmusicinears @dangillmor noticed “freedom caucus” used more frequently again. Disturbing.
Frank Vehafric@dangillmor But it's the journalism the rich owners pay them to do. Do we really think that they are, like, trying really really hard to do good journalism but can't seem to figure out how? They're not stupid. This is intentional.
Tofu Golem@dangillmor
Because the media is blatantly pro-Republican, they won't call DeSantis what he clearly is.
Because the people are not properly informed, they cannot deal with the problem.
The pro-conservative bias of the mainstream media is making democracy impossible.
edgeoforever 🍎@tofugolem @dangillmor just remove the “pro” and you got it. They are not outside the race, but inside, fixing it.
Marcy@dangillmor It's not just poor journalism. It's dangerous.
Adam SIth@dangillmor
No one says the f-word til its too late.
No one says the f-word til its too late.
Lorna@dangillmor It's not just regarding Desantis, the whole anti-democratic crowd is commonly referred to as "conservative". Media adopting right-wing framing is nothing new, and super dangerous.
yuletide@dangillmor when we look back at this era in 50-100 I hope the failure of the MSM to recognize or call out this slide into extremism and fascism (hopefully not successfully by then) is part of the narrative. It just keeps happening again and again for years now.
Sampath Pāṇini ® ✅ (@[email protected])
The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court: this conflation of #reactionaries with #conservatives doesn’t help #liberals, and our media ecosystem dependent on clickbait is enabling Overton Window creep normalizing #authoritarians. There’s nothing “conservative” about wanting to essentially neuter the branch of the government defined by Article III of the US #Constitution. https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/the-conservative-who-wants-to-bring-down-the-supreme-court
Masto.poetry@dangillmor
The various NPR affiliates constantly call him out for his lies his criminal activities and his fascism
The various NPR affiliates constantly call him out for his lies his criminal activities and his fascism
@dangillmor it’s what the boss in Moscow wants and he knows well the power of words (propaganda)
Lokpal@dangillmor
fascistAF
fascistAF
hammancheezDo YOU have some rubes that need to be milked for money?
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Simply spray on your Bill, Committee, Press Release or Speechprompter and watch that rube money roll in!
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Beelzebabe667✅🇺🇦@dangillmor Living in Florida has deteriorated from frustrating to disappointing to intolerable. We barely earn enough to survive and not nearly enough to save for a move to a less-fascist state, much less country. #Floriduh #DesantisDestroysFlorida
ScottCommandos@Beelzebabe667 D.O.J. charge DeSantis PETITION - civil rights crimes in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 242. DeSantis' cover-up of prosecutor's forgery of a Court order. To stop DeSantis sign and/or retweet.
https://www.change.org/p/doj-charge-ron-desantis-civil-rights-crimes
Angela Costello@dangillmor This man is going to be the next and final president of the US, and I am terrified.
Jeff@dangillmor nothing conservative about GQP
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌@dangillmor True! Real conservatives don't remove conditions granted/given to essential public services & servants to silence uncomfortable or critical voices, in violation of the First Amendment.
Totalitarian subversives & enemies of the Constitution would do that.
And true journalists should well have the guts to name it as it is!
#RuleOfLaw #Freedom #FreeSpeech #EducationMatters #Democracy #DefendDemocracy #BanTheGOP
Silvia Rasmussen@dangillmor why not? They are doing it everywhere else.
VrimjI didn't go to school there but I cried when I found out. It is one of the best things in Florida.
We're Not In Kansas Anymore#DeathSantis #NaziDeSantis #GOPNazis
Call him what he is...
conservative=Nazi