ArtemisFeb 26

RE: https://masto.ai/@transworld/116133383689609626

This isn't about courting voters—they intend to consolidate both parties to agreement on the dehumanization of many groups of people in hopes of continuing the fascist/authoritarian tightening of control.

This isn't about the "culture". It's not about what people in general feel. This is about power, control, & the ability to murder people.

Show threadArtemisFeb 26

Trans folks are fighting for their lives.

To abandon them right now is unthinkable.

This isn't about what we the people want.

This is about what powerful people want us to want.

Show threadArtemisFeb 26
Just fucking wait. If we follow them down this path in a couple years Democrats will be saying "we need to be more 'culturally normal' & stop talking about women's rights."
Show threadQuasitFeb 26
@artemis The Democratic Party is the oligarchs' plan B for fascism.
Show threadThe Great Llama Feb 26
@Quasit @artemis
Honestly, Gavin Newsom is the dems planning to lose. They've had a year and a half to digest Harris' loss, their own studies told them running right was a mistake and yet here we are. They aren't running to win.
Show threadHakeemGFeb 26
@TheGreatLlama @Quasit @artemis Oh boy, here we go again. Kamala was one of the most progressive candidates of my lifetime. Look at her voting record in the Senate and you will find it was comparable to Bernie Sanders.
Show threadQuasitFeb 26
@HakeemG @TheGreatLlama @artemis
How is it progressive to send billions of our taxpayer dollars to Israel to kill babies?
Show threadHakeemGFeb 26
@Quasit @TheGreatLlama @artemis It's not. You realize Bernie spent three decades doing the same thing, right?
Show threadQuasitFeb 26

@HakeemG @TheGreatLlama @artemis I don't worship Bernie. Genocide support is an absolute dealbreaker no matter WHO supports it.

As it should be for any decent human being.

Is that the new Democratic position? That genocide is okay sometimes, depending on who it benefits?

Show threadHakeemGFeb 26
@Quasit @TheGreatLlama @artemis So you're going to vote for nobody. That will fix it. Why not run for office or organize and support a candidate.
Show threadQuasitFeb 26

@HakeemG @TheGreatLlama @artemis
Let me get this straight: if two people show up with guns and say that they're going to murder your children, your response will be to decide which of them is...BETTER?

You wouldn't fight back? Not even for your children's lives? Two people tell you that you must choose which of them will kill your family, and you just ACCEPT that choice?

I really hope you're some sort of AI bot, because I don't want to believe that a genuine human being would react like that.

As for not voting, I vote - not that it's any of your business. But only someone in a complete state of delusion (or an AI bot, or a paid shill) could seriously claim that we're going to be allowed to VOTE our way out of fascism. We're way past that.

We have to fight, or die. In this case "fighting" means a prolonged general strike. We shut down the economy and drive the oligarchs (and their Republican and Democratic flunkies) out of the country. Forever.

#GeneralStrike #Politics

Show threadThe Great Llama Feb 26

@Quasit @HakeemG @artemis
Earlier today, they literally posted, "I'm pretty sure you can actually vote out fascists." Apparently that's what Normandy was: aggressive voting.

Honestly, it's been somewhat amusing laughing at them, but it's getting repetitive and I think if there is a real human behind the account they're getting a troll's joy out of it, so I'm just blocking them now.

Show threadQuasitFeb 26

@TheGreatLlama @HakeemG @artemis
Yeah, I tend to agree with you on that. This isn't a serious person, if they're actually a person at all.

But I like that they don't seem to be as effective on Mastodon as they've been on Facebook and Reddit in the past.

Maybe I'll dig up my "How to spot a DNC shill" article and post it here with some updates.

Show threadOGJester has moved

@Quasit @TheGreatLlama @artemis

Just popping in to say thanks for the heads up, and a preemptive block. The Schumer/Jeffries apologists have nothing constructive to offer at this point. Zero.

Imagine, in 2026, looking out from the party that lost the House and Senate to the Insurrection Party, that lost to Chump TWICE, and still believing the problem is everyone else.

Feb 26 at 9:55pmWeb
Show threadThe Great Llama Feb 26
@OGjester @Quasit @artemis
Full Principal Skinner mode. "No, it's the children who are wrong!"
Show threadQuasitFeb 26
@TheGreatLlama @OGjester @artemis
This is turning into a really great thread!