HeavenlyPossumAug 27, 2025

US Democrats are so enamored with the idea that Trump is “distracting” because a fundamental pillar of US liberalism is that nothing real can ever happen. It’s just not allowed. So when real things do happen, like a fascist takeover and military occupation of the US capital, they can only conceive of it in terms of messaging, of signs and symbols.

The real world ended in 1992, after the Soviet Union collapsed and Bill Clinton became President and neoliberalism settled in as The End of History.

The first real thing that will ever happen to many of these people will be their own deaths.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/dem-strategists-urged-party-trump-military-takeover-1235415635/

Dems’ Messaging Nerds Urged Party Not to Talk About Trump’s Military Takeover

Democrats’ favorite research firm told Democrats to avoid discussing Trump’s “rising authoritarianism” and focus on tariffs instead.

Rolling Stone
Show threadJason von Nieda 🐀Aug 27, 2025
@HeavenlyPossum @thomasjwebb What exactly do you think people should be doing that they aren’t? I see so many takes like this and they never say anything useful. Do you mean violence? Is there something besides voting, protesting, preparing, protecting, suing, supporting allies, etc. that I am failing to do as a US democrat that can make a difference?
Show threadSouprMattAug 27, 2025

@vonnieda @HeavenlyPossum @thomasjwebb I hope the responses to this show you the types of clowns you will encounter on Kolektiva. I’m not sure if it’s a Russian troll farm, the biggest collection of idiots this side of a Trump rally, or a combination of both.

They tell people not to vote… then when that leads to fascists taking power, they say violence is the only solution. Self-fulfilling prophecy from keyboard warriors that will never take up arms in a rebellion of any kind. An absolute clown show, and not the funny kind of clowns.

Show threadThommyAug 27, 2025
@mls14 @vonnieda @HeavenlyPossum “violence is the only solution” said no one in this thread. The op is criticizing the “voting is the only solution” contingent.
Show threadSouprMattAug 27, 2025
@thomasjwebb @vonnieda @HeavenlyPossum “buy guns” was the post. You’re ascribing imagined nuance where none exists.
Show threadThommyAug 27, 2025
@mls14 @vonnieda @HeavenlyPossum no, this was the post https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum/115099971946314206
HeavenlyPossum (@[email protected])

US Democrats are so enamored with the idea that Trump is “distracting” because a fundamental pillar of US liberalism is that nothing real can ever happen. It’s just not allowed. So when real things do happen, like a fascist takeover and military occupation of the US capital, they can only conceive of it in terms of messaging, of signs and symbols. The real world ended in 1992, after the Soviet Union collapsed and Bill Clinton became President and neoliberalism settled in as The End of History. The first real thing that will ever happen to many of these people will be their own deaths. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/dem-strategists-urged-party-trump-military-takeover-1235415635/

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Show threadSouprMattAug 27, 2025
@thomasjwebb @vonnieda @HeavenlyPossum Scroll the thread. You will see the post I’m talking about. It’s from the OP, it’s only two words, and a response to somebody asking what the OP’s solution to this problem is. Don’t gaslight when people can literally read the thread and see that you’re lying.
Show threadThommyAug 27, 2025
@HeavenlyPossum @mls14 @vonnieda I scrolled the thread… all the way to the top. Or maybe you’re confused what “OP” means. It doesn’t mean “reply-to-reply I took out of context and got mad at”
Show threadSouprMattAug 27, 2025
@thomasjwebb @HeavenlyPossum @vonnieda OP means original poster. Which is the “heavenly possum,” who did post “buy guns” in the thread, in response to a question of what Democrats should do.
Show threadThommy
@mls14 @HeavenlyPossum @vonnieda you claimed that people here are saying "violence is the only solution" I pointed out that nowhere in the thread has anyone suggested that. A thorough reading of the thread proves what I said to be true - no one said that. Someone mentioning guns in response to a fairly comprehensive list of non-violent strategies is clearly not an endorsement of violence to the exclusion of everything else (also "buy guns" doesn't mean "do violence").
Aug 27, 2025 at 7:36pmWeb