DeSantis is a fascist, but unlike Trump a competent one. He's a top threat to US democracy. If he gains the Presidency, we won't have another election.
#desantis #fascism #disney #lgbtq
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Ron DeSantis takes control of Disney’s governing district after ‘don’t say gay’ row | Ron DeSantis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/27/florida-desantis-walt-disney-world-self-governing-district
Children killed annually by mass education of Black history: 0
Children killed annually by mass book reading: 0
Children killed annually by drag shows: 0
Children killed annually by mass shootings & firearms: 4400
GOP: The only way to protect our kids is ban history, ban books, ban drag, and arm more kids with guns.
In 2017, Yonatan Zunger published his essay, "Tolerance is not a moral precept" in which he said:
"Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty.
...
[And] the model of a peace treaty differs from the model of a moral precept in one simple way:
the protection of a peace treaty only extends to those willing to abide by its terms.
It is an agreement to live in peace,
not an agreement to be peaceful no matter the conduct of others."
~Yonatan Zunger
https://extranewsfeed.com/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376
"When members of the government and mainstream media perpetuate the moral panic against both queer and trans people and critical race theory, they provide cover for far right violence against LGBTQ communities and people of color.
While the Jan. 6 committee may help prevent Trump from regaining the presidency, it cannot address our underlying social crises. During the late 20th century, Anti-Racist Action combated fascism’s revolutionary turn in the streets while also building grass-roots institutions and organizing radical social movements. Like ARA, today’s anti-fascist left is called to respond on two fronts: organizing to confront the immediate threat of fascist violence while also working with other social movements to build a better world."
Latest from @spencerbeswick
https://itsgoingdown.org/fighting-fascism-reagan-to-present/
A look at the rise of Anti-Racist Action and the anarchist movement in the 1980s and 90s and the lessons that it leaves us with today, in a post-January 6th world. by Spencer Beswick Two years after the failed Jan. 6, 2021, coup, the far right continues to escalate threats against marginalized groups and to...
THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST is a three-part, six hour series directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, that examines America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Full series now streaming.
Excited to have received my copy of We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action.
Alex Stokes Should Not Be In Prison
He defended himself and others against the neo-fascist Proud Boys during an Albany, NY rally on Jan. 6, 2021, and it let to a chain of events that cost him his freedom. He is asking for your help.
https://idavox.com/index.php/2023/01/09/alex-stokes-should-not-be-in-prison/