Do I need to fear for my life because some of you refuse to vote for Biden? Trump is talking about prosecuting opponents; Bill Barr said Trump often spoke of executing rivals, and some of Trump's advisors talk of executing journalists.

I'm an old(or), white man fighting for the rights of women, people of color and the LGBTQ community. I'm vocal. If Trump wins, is my freedom or life in danger?

You are free to be upset at Biden over his policies, but PLEASE don't ignore what this election means.

@augieray

It has gotten all so out of hand enough to be quite worrisome.

@augieray I've got your back. Many of us are volunteering to #GOTV and raise awareness of #Project2025 etc, doing all we can to get everyone to #VoteBlue for #Biden this November.

@augieray A vote for Trump is a vote against voting.

Anyone unwilling to vote strategically against that has no perspective. Biden is not as bad as people think, but even if the election was GWB vs. Trump, I'd still vote for GWB...

@danbrotherston @augieray The sad truth is, the current crop of so-called “conservatives” on offer in the USA or UK, make Reagan and Thatcher look attractive.

@danbrotherston @augieray

Or even Nixon against Trump.

On the other hand, I think Satan versus Trump would be more of a problematic choice for me !

@Ericthebeeover2 @augieray

Yup...if Christian mythology turns out to be literally true and the literal Prince of Darkness rises up on the Democratic ticket, sure, I'd recommend a vote for Trump. But a lot of other things are going to change too.

@danbrotherston @Ericthebeeover2 @augieray

Religious fanatics are the worst offenders of child abuse and misogyny

@augieray Yeah, but many people vote for Trump exactly they like him being cruel.

Public executions by torture of ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE, as decided by his Excellency, President for Life, Donald Self-Pardoned Trump. Doesn't that sound like first class entertainment for the American Empire?

@augieray
I'm an old white guy too, light years to the Left of Center, with the social albatross of being an atheist with a 30 year anti-religious trail on social media. The Republicans have made it clear that atheists deserve the death penalty, the problem being that a fair percentage of Democrats agree. This will be an easy purge for the Republicans because most scientists are atheists and science is their enemy. The God-soaked American public will not put up much resistance to save them.

@Threadbane @augieray

Religious theocracy will never find peace.

@augieray
Yes, anyone who posted a black square to social media in summer 2020 and has expressed an affinity for the belief that The Others are also human will be subject to the PATRIOT Act, unpersoning, and disconnected from the Matrix.

Within hours of inauguration.

@augieray

Funny thing about us old white people they keep counting on to support their bigotry and racism, a LOT of us have LGBTQIA* kids and friends. A LOT of us are women. And a fair number of us aren't actually racist!

They wanna lock us all up they're gonna need a lot bigger jail.

@darwinwoodka @augieray What if they don't want to lock you up but just kill you? Many fascists all over the world think that killing the roughly ⅓ of the population they can't get to cooperate would be absolutely fine.

@augieray nodds in agreement

NOT Voting for #Biden whilst one is perfectly capable to do so is supporting #Trump - because voting are done by % of valid votes, not % eligible voters!

@augieray Yes, as all of these rivals he executed 2017-2021...
@Apan Except people have said he TALKED about executing rivals. His lawyers were just in court suggesting the president could execute Americans and not face legal consequences. And some of his advisors are actively talking about imprisoning or executing people they don't like. Do you think a second Trump term will ONLY be as bad as first?
@augieray By people you mean Bill Barr and leaving out the fact that the same source also at no point in time belived that those words serious.Out of context for the sake of political points....
@Apan And I see you are ignoring the things Trump is saying, the contents of Project 2025, and the words of his lawyers in trying to claim immunity from such actions. So, I'm blocking you. You want to argue, not have an actual dialog about the risks of a second Trump term.
@augieray @[email protected] Thanks Augie. It’s good to know who you are blocking so I can too.
@augieray @Apan Well, if #Scotus finds a way to grant old big smelly #Trump immunity from everything, Trump, if he wins, will do whatever he likes which may include firing squads and concentration camps. Very #hitler, very #nazi. Such is Trump.
@alexproe @augieray If scotus rules the president gains immunity against everything then that would apply to Biden as well. Wouldn't it? Then he can do whatever he wants.
@alexproe @augieray Guess we will ser how it turns out. I doubt that neither Trump not Bodens gonna go down some sort of dicatorship. But i'll guess the first thing a dicator would do is to would disarm the people and ban free speech.
@Apan @augieray Trump has been stating that he would be a dictator from day one. Now this could just be rhetoric, then again, Trump seems to like the idea of being able to do what he likes so anything is possible. Seems the ultra conservatives want a puppet dictator too 😉
@Apan @augieray I think this might be why #Scotus is dragging its feet on the immunity issue. The court might, if it can, wait until Trump has been reelected before deciding the immunity issue.
@augieray Trump, MAGA, and the Republicans are a disaster in a million different ways, but we wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for the complicit incompetence of the Democrats.

@augieray

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CRYSTAL CLEAR, TRUTHFULFRAMING OF OUR AMERICAN NIGHTMARE.

@augieray As long as *I'm* not hurt by the policies of the American president, everything's OK.

But the people who are dying as a direct result of Biden's entrenched, vile beliefs... Well, what can you do?

You're not the good guy here.

@Shebeencounter I'll block you, but if you think that the destruction and death under Trump won't be multiplied, you're an idiot or deluded.

@augieray you should be utterly mortified to be a Biden supporter. Your man is genocidal butcher that has operated with impunity for DECADES, but you're worried about the other guy? My oh my, what a privilege it must be to be a white boomer enjoying their retirement by being a coward on the Internet.

The only "solutions" you have to offer are equivocation, speculation and deflection. It's the most embarrassing phenomenon I've ever seen in my life. You deserve whatever you get.

@Shebeencounter @augieray it’s always the same over the past few months. Everything, and I mean everything, said about Biden or Trump is twisted by these pro Trump plants blaming all of Israel’s crimes since its founding on Biden. Just block them instantly every time.they don’t care, there is no arguing with them, and I don’t think they actually care about Palestinians. They don’t give a shit about any other war zones or people, why would that be?
@blueQuaternary @augieray
Turns out that fascists don't argue in good faith - who knew?

@augieray

This is not a black/white thing. Conservatism has become a force of evil to be reckoned with by all of us who respect human dignity.