Thomas ZimmerFeb 20, 2023

Rightwing extremists advocating for the dissolution of the country is neither new nor surprising.

The fact that such extremists have risen to the center of conservative politics and continue to be elevated within the Republican Party, however, is indicative of an acute threat.

Show threadParker MolloyFeb 20, 2023
@tzimmer_history I would 100% be okay with this, though
Show threadSpicewallaFeb 20, 2023

@parkermolloy @tzimmer_history

Nope. The most energetic civil rights organizing comes from red states because the people there are on the front lines.

Show threadParker MolloyFeb 20, 2023
@Spicewalla @tzimmer_history See: next post https://masto.ai/@parkermolloy/109897826879851855
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Show threadParker MolloyFeb 20, 2023
@Spicewalla @tzimmer_history Also, you really don't get to tell me "nope" about what I would be okay with. I would move anywhere in the country if you told me that I would be able to live there free from efforts to criminalize my existence. In a heartbeat.
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 20, 2023
@Spicewalla @tzimmer_history "No, we need to keep the country together!!!" Literally why? I don't want to live in a country ruled by DeSantis and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Break it in two, give me the option to move to the one that's not insane, and let that be that.
Show threadMatt PiperFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy @Spicewalla @tzimmer_history Not so simple to just move to a blue state. For example: lots of Black folks live in Mississippi, Georgia, & other places where Republican governments & gerrymandering guarantee they are poorly represented, & shitty governance contributes to low property values so that selling in the red state does not yield enough money to buy in the blue state. Plus, leave generations of family, friends, jobs, & schools behind?
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 20, 2023
@mpiper I said that I was in favor of a wild hypothetical that involved magically splitting the country in two and letting people choose where to be. It's weird that people keep responding to act like I'm actively pushing for this to happen.
Show threadIwillyeah
@parkermolloy it's equally weird that you would push back when they give you reasons why they disagree with you. That first response of yours was quite the stomp.
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