LaffyJan 22, 2025
AOC: "We stand here just two days after President [sic] #Trump gave unconditional pardons to violenct criminals who attacked the Capitol, and these are the people who want you to believe they're 'keeping criminals off the streets.'"
Show threadRoger MooreJan 22, 2025
@GottaLaff
You just have to understand they see "criminal" as something you are, not something you do. Poor minorities are born "criminals" regardless of whether they ever do something illegal. Likewise, White dudes aren't "criminals" regardless of how many crimes they commit. Similarly, poor brown people are "illegal immigrants" even if their families have been citizens for generations, while White immigrants, like Elon Musk, are fine even if they didn't follow the rules when they came here.
Show threadALJan 23, 2025

@VATVSLPR @GottaLaff
thank you, that explains a lot.

I have been trying to understand how it is that their heads dont explode from cognitive dissonance.

Show threadBenAvelingJan 23, 2025
It’s internally consistent is how @GottaLaff @VATVSLPR @mral
Show threadAL

@BenAveling @GottaLaff @VATVSLPR
one would think that their internal, make-believe, world would collide with the real world at some point.

Maybe that is why controlling the media, and suppressing the vote is so important.

Jan 23, 2025 at 10:28pmWeb
Show threadRoger MooreJan 23, 2025
@mral @BenAveling @GottaLaff
The question is what that collision would look like. For some things, like climate change, they can just refuse to connect the dots and treat each climate-influenced disaster as a one-off. For others, like bigotry, the results of their actions create "facts" they can use to continue justifying their beliefs. For example, their racism puts lots of minorities in the justice system, which they can use as "proof" that minorities are a bunch of criminals.