Cliff Burton's Notes

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Cliff Burton's NotesJan 27, 2023
Seth CotlarJan 27, 2023
In 1961 a group of middle class white "patriots" gathered for target practice in someone's suburban basement to prepare for the day when they'd have to fight off the liberals, Marxists, and bureaucrats who sought to impose an "anti-fascist People's Democracy" on America.
Show threadCliff Burton's NotesJan 27, 2023
@sethcotlar hmm… is the origin of the “republic not a democracy” a Bircher thing?
Show threadCliff Burton's NotesJan 18, 2023
@drvolts And 99% of what they talk about is designed to hide this exact fact.
Show threadCliff Burton's NotesJan 13, 2023
@drvolts awesome - I texted my dad in Seattle and he said he went and really enjoyed it. Bought the book!
Show threadCliff Burton's NotesJan 12, 2023
@drvolts I’ve heard of Betty Davis eyes, but this?
Show threadCliff Burton's NotesJan 6, 2023
@normative The Sex Lives of Mindustry
Show threadCliff Burton's NotesJan 2, 2023
@kityates I would think the most charitable rejoinder to this would be that if any business is allowed to contribute it’s because it has a right to influence policy. If you remove this right from government contract sectors, they lose that right.
Cliff Burton's NotesJan 2, 2023
Show threadSeth CotlarJan 2, 2023
In the 70s & 80s, the conspiracy-addled conservative I'm researching, Walter Huss, looked around and saw a bunch of things he didn't like--gay rights activists, sex ed in schools, anti-racist children's television, calls for police reform, Roe v. Wade, renaming streets after MLK, pornography, etc.--and to his mind all of it could be explained as manifestations of "the communist conspiracy" and "the Jewish controlled media." So called "wokeness" plays a similar role for today's reactionaries.
Cliff Burton's NotesJan 2, 2023
Kevin M. KruseJan 2, 2023

Had a great time chatting with @andylevy about my Southern Strategy chapter in the new Myth America collection:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/proof-that-republicans-know-exactly-how-racist-they-are

Proof That Republicans Know Exactly How Racist They Are

Historian Kevin M. Kruse joins this episode of The New Abnormal politics podcast to set the record straight on one of the biggest conservative myths.

The Daily Beast
Show threadCliff Burton's NotesJan 1, 2023
@greenengineer @mickeleh @drvolts I’ve always wondered how much it’s institutional bias of the “meritocratic” elite institution to mainstream media pipeline. Having to jump hoops for your formative years cultivates a particular mindset about power.